Waldemar Bloch

Waldemar Bloch (born May 5, 1906 in Vienna , † February 19, 1984 in Graz ) was an Austrian composer , pianist and music teacher.

Soon he moved from Vienna to Graz, he already spent his school and study days in Styria. He studied composition with Roderich Mojsisovics von Mojsvár, among others . Initially as a pianist on concert tours, he has been a teacher at the Styrian State Conservatory since 1945, and subsequently since 1956 as a professor of music theory at the Music Academy, and from 1963 the Music Academy in Graz. He has been honored several times, including the 1957 State Prize for Music .

His best-known students are Franz Koringer , Karl Haidmayer , Viktor Fortin , Johann Täubl, Peter Vujica and Hermann Markus Preßl .

Waldemar Bloch's compositional work includes theater music, many vocal compositions, including several masses and numerous choirs as well as the scenic cantata Orpheus (1955); also instrumental works, piano, chamber music and numerous organ works as well as compositions for the accordion . In addition, he wrote music theory writings.

Works (selection)

Operas

Seven operas, including

• The little girl from Heilbronn
• The servant of two masters (after Goldoni)
• Harpagon
• Venetian hour

Works for accordion

• Little dances
• Inventions for Cornelia
• Sonatina for violin and accordion

Works for accordion orchestra

• Sinfonietta (1st Allegro molto, 2nd Andante lento, 3rd Presto) - Musikverlag Matthias Hohner 1972

Works for organ

• Wake up, the voice calls us (variations and fugue)

Fonts

• General music studies
• Tonsatzlehre - Verlag Leykam / Graz 1967

literature

• Angelika Nair: Waldemar Bloch - a polyhistor in Graz musical life after 1945. Dissertation. University of Graz, Graz 2009 ( full text )

Web links

• Works by and about Waldemar Bloch in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ outstanding artist award - music ( memorial from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 28, 2012