Rudolf Krzyzanowski

Rudolf Krzyzanowski

Rudolf Krzyzanowski (born April 5, 1859 in Eger (Cheb) , † June 20, 1911 in Graz ) was an Austrian conductor and composer.

Life

Krzyzanowski studied violin, organ, piano and composition at the Vienna Conservatory since 1872 . Together with Friedrich Löhr , Hans Rott and Hugo Wolf, he was part of the close circle of friends of Gustav Mahler , who studied in Vienna from 1875 to 1878. Together with Mahler he was commissioned to compose the piano reduction of Anton Bruckner's 3rd symphony . Mahler also later advocated Krzyzanowski, who (after positions in Laibach , Hanover and Halle and Prague, among others ), on his recommendation, held the position of Second Kapellmeister at the Hamburg City Theater in 1896/97 - alongside Gustav Mahler. However, there was a rift there.

From 1898 Krzyzanowski was the first conductor of the Weimar court orchestra . With the conductor Peter Raabe , who also worked there, there were disputes over the hierarchy that led to Krzyzanowski's dismissal in 1907. Initially dismissed in court, he was found right in 1910. His sudden death as a result of an operation preceded a possible reinstatement.

Krzyzanowski was married to the singer Ida Doxat (1867-1947). His older brother Heinrich Krzyzanowski (1855–1933) was a writer.

Five songs for voice and piano of Krzyzanowski's few surviving compositions have been published by Ries & Erler .

literature

• Christian Fastl: Krzyzanowski (Kržyžanowski), married couple. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
• Alphons Silbermann : Lübbes Mahler Lexicon. Bergisch Gladbach 1986, pp. 146-147.
• Nina Okrassa: Peter Raabe: conductor, music writer and president of the Reichsmusikkammer (1872-1945) , Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar, 2004, pp. 29–30.
• Helmut Brenner / Reinhold Kubik : Mahler's people. Friends and companions. St. Pölten - Salzburg - Vienna 2014, pp. 89–90, ISBN 978-3-7017-3322-4 .
• Rudolf Krzyzanowski: Five songs for voice and piano , ed. by Johannes Volker Schmidt. Berlin: Ries & Erler [2013]. ISMN M-013-60091-5
• Johannes Volker Schmidt: Franz Krenn and Rudolf Krzyzanowski. About two central people from Hans Rott's environment , in: Uwe Harten / Johannes Volker Schmidt (eds.): 'The thing for which my life stands.' Studies on the life and work of the Viennese composer Hans Rott . Hildesheim, Zurich, New York: Olms 2014, pp. 65–90, ISBN 978-3-487-15160-1 .

Web links

• Rudolf Krzyzanowski in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
• Rudolf Krzyzanowski on the website of the Ries & Erler music publisher (here with obviously wrong place and date of birth: April 5, 1862 in Eger (Hungary) )