Rudolf Mengelberg
Rudolf Mengelberg (born February 1, 1892 in Krefeld , † October 13, 1959 in Monte Carlo ) was a Dutch composer and musicologist .
Life
Mengelberg , son of the lawyer and counselor Heinrich Mengelberg and brother of Käthe Bauer-Mengelberg , began studying law in Geneva, Munich and Bonn, but switched to musicology in Leipzig. Jan Blaha and Hugo Riemann were among his teachers, and he received piano lessons from Otto Neitzel (1852–1920). He received his doctorate in 1915 with a study on the Italian composer Giovanni Alberto Ristori . He then continued his composition studies in Amsterdam with Cornelis Dopper and his uncle Willem Mengelberg .
In 1917 Mengelberg came to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam , became its artistic director in 1925 and general director in 1935.
Already in his youth Mengelberg created chamber music and songs (e.g. a song cycle Chamber music 1908 based on texts by James Joyce ). Although he moved in many genres (violin concerto op. 18, 1930), vocal music formed a central part of his work throughout his life, for example in a Requiem (1924), a Missa per Pace (1932) and a Stabat Mater (1941). For his work Vintage for tenor, choir and orchestra, he received the award of the Dutch Society for the Promotion of Music in 1928.
His works as a musicologist include a Mahler biography (1923) and the historical study Holland as a cultural unit (1928).
Web links
- Works by and about Rudolf Mengelberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mengelberg, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch composer and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1959 |
| Place of death | Monte Carlo |