Rudolf Mors

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Rudolf Mors (born July 16, 1920 in Munich , † September 24, 1988 in Eisingen ) was a German composer .

Life

As the son of composer Richard Morse (1874-1946), a representative of the Munich school to Ludwig Thuille , Rudolf Mors began his training even during the Second World War when Gustav Geierhaas to them after his return from Soviet captivity in Joseph Haas and Karl Höller continue . His graduation from the Munich Music Academy was honored with the Richard Strauss Prize of the City of Munich , the first recipient of which is Mors.

In 1951 he became Kapellmeister and composer for the drama theater in Ingolstadt , followed by an engagement as first Kapellmeister at the Ulm Theater, where he wrote and premiered the two musical parodies Freedom in Krähwinkel and Der Weiberstreik in collaboration with the cabaret artist Hanns Dieter Hüsch . The women's strike , broadcast by ZDF in the 1960s , is still occasionally on the fixtures today. In 1963 Mors switched to the position of drama composer at the Bielefeld Theater , where he was able to devote more time to composing free works.

In 1983 Mors was awarded the Westphalian Music Prize of the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association for his complete works .

Works

Instrumental music

Orchestral works

  • The little girl with the sulfur sticks (symphonic fairytale poem after Hans-Christian Andersen ), WV 1 (1935/36) about 9 'premiered 1993 (Kiel)
  • 1st Symphony for Orchestra, WV 4 (burned by the war; sketches complete and parts preserved)
  • 2nd symphony for orchestra, WV 14 (1953-55) approx 30 'premier 1955 (Ulm)

Concerts

  • Lyric Suite for flute and strings, WV 11a (1950/86) ca 9 'premiered 1986 (Bielefeld)
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra, WV 24 (1976) about 30 'premiered in 1977 (Regensburg)

Chamber music

  • quintet
    • Quintet for horn and string quartet, WV 21 (1972) around 16 'premiered in 1973 (Bielefeld)
  • Quartets
    • String Quartet in E minor, WV 5 (1939-44) around 18 'premiered in 1964 (Bielefeld)
    • 5 bagatelles for 4 recorders or flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, WV 16 (1957) about 5 'premier 1957 (Lindau)
    • Variations on "Es ist ein Schnitter" for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones, WV 23 (1974) about 8 'premiered 1974 (Trebgast)
    • Variations on an own theme for 4 cellos, WV 39 (1987) about 7 'premiered 1987 (Würzburg)
  • Duos
    • Sonatina A major for violin and piano, WV 2 (1937) ca.9 'premiered in 1943 (Munich)
    • Sonata for violin and piano, WV 8 (1949) around 14 'premiered in 1950 (Munich)
    • Lyric Suite for flute and piano, WV 11 (1950) ca 9 'premiered 1950 (Munich)
    • 12 miniatures for violin and cello, WV 20 (1971) around 7 'premiered 1974 (Bielefeld)
    • Fantasia for flute and accordion, WV 28 (1983) around 3 'premiered 1984 (Stuttgart)
    • Sonata for oboe and piano, WV 43 (1984-?) (Fragment) from it: Adagio for oboe and piano, WV 33 (1984) about 5 'premier 1989 (Bielefeld) also as: Adagio for oboe and organ, WV 33 premier 1985 (Bielefeld)
    • Sonata for cello and piano, WV 37 (1986) about 6 'premiered in 1986 (Bielefeld)
    • Sonata for Viola and Piano, WV 37a (1986/88) ca 6 '(new version of the Sonata for Cello and Piano, WV 37) premiered in 1988 (Bielefeld)
  • Solo instrument
    • Small suite for treble recorder, WV 36 (1986) around 3 'premiered in 1986 (Bielefeld)

Piano music

  • Sonata for piano 4 hands, WV 13 (1950) ca.12 'premier 1950 (Munich)
  • Steinigung , Fantasie for piano, WV 26a (1982) ca.11 '(concert version of the ballet WV 26) premiered 1983 (Bielefeld)
  • Sonata for piano, WV 42 (198?) (Fragment) (1st movement completed; about 3 ') WP 1989 (Bielefeld)

Organ music

  • Organ Fantasy on HCAB, WV 34 (1985) around 6 'premiered in 1986 (Bielefeld)
  • Small Orgi-Suite for organ, WV 38 (1987) about 7 'premiered in 1987 (Bielefeld)

Vocal music

Choir with orchestra

  • Symphonic cantata based on serious words by Christian Morgenstern for soprano and baritone solo, large choir and orchestra, WV 10 (1950) ca.25 '; First performance in 1963 by the Ulm Oratorio Choir under the direction of Hans Jakob Haller
  • Pater noster for mezzo-soprano solo, four- to six-part choir and orchestra, WV 27 (1983) about 6 '
  • Die Temptung Jesu , cantata for alto and bass solo, mixed choir and instruments, WV 35 (1985) ca.16 'WP 1989 (Brilon)
  • Oratorio based on texts from the Bible, Christian Morgenstern, the Sioux Indians (translated by Jörg Zink ), the composer and Jörg Zinks for solo voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), four- to six-part choir and orchestra, WV 44 ( 198? -88) (fragment; Part I completed, the composition breaks off in Part II) about 46 'premiered 1992 (Bielefeld)

A cappella choir

  • Morgenstern cycle for large choir, WV 9 (1948) ca.11 '
  • Songs to the Wind based on poems by Christian Morgenstern for soprano solo and three to five-part children's choir (boys 'and women's choir), WV 40 (1987) about 10'
  • Lullaby based on a text by Clemens Brentano for three to four-part boys, children or women choir, WV 41 (1988) ca.3 '

Solo voice with orchestra

  • Four summer songs based on poems by Hermann Hesse for soprano and orchestra, WV 17a (1960/63) ca.12 'premiered in 1963 (Ulm)
  • Die Flamme , elementary fantasy after Christian Morgenstern for soprano and large orchestra, WV 19 (1968-70) ca.12 'premiered 1971 (Bielefeld)
  • Sounds from the Orient , four songs based on poems by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff for soprano and orchestra, WV 32a (1984/85) about 8 'premiered in 1986 (Göttingen)

Solo voice with several instruments

  • Lovely mother with child , text: Martin Knapp , Christmas cantata for flute, violin, voice and piano, WV 7 (1948) about 8 'premiered in 1969 (Bielefeld)

Solo voice with piano

  • Four early songs for soprano and piano, WV 3 (1937-1948) around 8 'premiered 1983 (Bielefeld)
  • Three songs from the “Dance of Death” based on poems by Christian Morgenstern for dramatic alto or baritone and piano, WV 12 (1950) approx 8 'premier 1950 (Munich)
  • Three songs of the night based on poems by Christian Morgenstern for voice and piano, WV 15 (1953-55) about 7 'premiered 1955 (Ulm)
  • Four summer songs based on poems by Hermann Hesse for soprano and piano, WV 17 (1960) around 12'UA 1964 (Regensburg)
  • From Evening to Morning , 4 songs based on poems by Christian Morgenstern for voice and piano, WV 22 (1973) about 11 'premiered 1974 (Bielefeld)
  • Four sacred songs for solo singing in church services with organ accompaniment (also possible with piano), WV 29 (1978-84) about 7 'premier 1983/84 (Bielefeld)
  • Six songs based on poems by Li Tai-Pe , transcribed by Klabund for lower voice and piano, WV 30 (1983) about 11 'premiered 1984 (Münster)
  • Three songs based on Chinese poems in the German translation by Klabund for lower voice and piano, WV 31 (1983-84) about 11 'premiered 1984 (Münster)
  • Sounds from the Orient , four songs based on poems by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff for soprano and piano, WV 32a (1984) about 8 'premiered 1984 (Münster)

Melodramas

  • The little girl with the sulfur sticks , arrangement of the symphonic fairy tale poem from 1935/36 for speaker and piano, WV 1a (1985) ca.9 '
  • Melodeclamation on Goethe's elegy "A tender youthful grief" for speaker and piano or orchestra, WV 6 (1946; orchestral version 1979) ca.5 '

Stage works

Operas

  • Vineta, opera based on his own text book, WV 18 (1960-67) Premiere 1968 (Bielefeld)
  • The chalk circle, opera in four acts based on the play of the same name by Klabund; Text arrangement by the composer, WV 25 (1977-82) WP 1983 (Bielefeld)

Musicals

ballet

Incidental music (selection)

not datable:

Film music

Between 1954 and 1960, music for agricultural and industrial films was created for the director Georg Munck . Since the exact order can no longer be reconstructed, the films are listed alphabetically in the following overview.

  • Current agricultural film show, 10. – 14. episode
  • A village plays along . Cultural film
  • Healthy landscape - our destiny . Cultural film
  • Craft - Industry - Film
  • Always hungry, always fresh
  • Raised to the sky (Bosch in agriculture). Industrial film
  • Paper sack
  • Poplar cultivation
  • And electricity everywhere . Cultural film
  • Trees grow in the sky
  • What is important . Cultural film
  • Bielefeld, the friendly city in the Teutoburg Forest . Audio show, director: Hans J. Sramek
  • Westphalia - biography of a travel landscape . Audio show, director: Hans J. Sramek

literature

Rudolf Mors, ed. by Alexander L. Suder. Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1992 (= composers in Bavaria 30).

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Mors, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mors, Rudolf Ernst Theodor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH September 24, 1988
Place of death Eisingen , Bavaria