Rudolf Wimmer (composer)
Rudolf Wimmer (born July 19, 1897 in Gunskirchen near Wels , † December 13, 1963 in Wels) was an Austrian composer.
Life
He financed his studies with Max Springer and Franz Schmidt , among others, through his work as an organist at the Dominican Church (Vienna) . From 1925 he was choir director in Bozen , which he had to leave in 1929 due to lack of a work permit, so he took a comparable position in Krems , where he founded a children's singing school. From 1938 to 1945 he had to watch as his development work fell apart again, so he returned to Gunskirchen and taught music at the Linz teacher training institute . After a stroke in 1961, Wimmer died in 1963 in the hospital in Wels.
Works
- Mass in D major for solos, choir and orchestra
- Marienkantata for solos, mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra and organ (premier in the Großer Musikvereinssaal 25 May 1930)
- Angel Christmas , cantata for soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra and organ (premiered in Krems in 1936 )
- Missa Tu Rex Gloriae Christi for soloists, choir and orchestra (premiere 1962 Neuer Dom Linz)
- German Psalm Mass for solos, choir, schola, organ and orchestra (premiered in 1955 at Neuer Dom Linz)
- Missa Misericordiae Domini for soli, choir and orchestra (premiere of the Franziskanerkirche Vienna 1957, premiere of the octet version with strings by Martin Nowak , Carinthischer Sommer 2007)
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Wimmer, Rudolf. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Web links
- Works by and about Rudolf Wimmer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wimmer, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gunskirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1963 |
| Place of death | catfish |