Werner Reinhart

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Werner Reinhart (born March 19, 1884 in Winterthur ; † August 29, 1951 there ) was a Swiss industrialist and patron .

Life

Werner Reinhart was the third of five children of Theodor Reinhart and his wife Lilly, geb. Volkart, born. His brothers Hans and Oskar were also patrons. After completing a commercial training in his parents' company, he spent a year in Paris as a trainee at a bank. He then worked as an employee of his parents' company, went on business trips to England, India, China and Japan and in 1912 became a partner in the Volkart brothers . In 1932 he received a doctorate degree from the University of Zurich . Among other things, he worked as a church curator , on the board of the Gottfried Keller Society and for almost 40 years for the Winterthur Music College in various functions. Both as quaestor and president of the concert commission, he shaped its development.

Reinhart knew, promoted and corresponded with many European composers, writers and artists. These include Igor Stravinsky , Richard Strauss , Othmar Schoeck , Arnold Schönberg , Anton Webern , Alban Berg , Paul Hindemith , Ernst Krenek and Rainer Maria Rilke . In 1922 he was also instrumental in founding the International Society for New Music (IGNM / ISCM) and its Swiss section , the Swiss Society for New Music SGNM (ISCM Switzerland). His Villa Rychenberg in Winterthur was an important meeting place for musicians and authors. He bequeathed it to the Winterthur Music College as a music school. Reinhart's correspondence came into the possession of the Musikkollegium Winterthur after his death; it is indexed in the manuscript catalog of the Winterthur libraries . It is being developed in a research project at the Musicological Institute of the University of Zurich.

literature

  • Musikkollegium Winterthur: In memory of Werner Reinhart, Dr. phil. hc 1884-1951. Winterthur 1951

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the history of the SGNM. iscm-switzerland.ch
  2. ^ Founding confirmation IGNM Switzerland, letter from Werner Reinhart of October 31, 1922, p. 1, with the kind permission of the Winterthur City Libraries
  3. ^ Founding confirmation of IGNM Switzerland, letter from Werner Reinhart of October 31, 1922, p. 2, with the kind permission of the Winterthur City Libraries
  4. ^ Founding confirmation IGNM Switzerland, letter from Werner Reinhart of October 31, 1922, p. 3, with the kind permission of the Winterthur City Libraries
  5. ^ Anton Haefeli: The International Society for New Music - Your History from 1922 to the Present. Zurich 1982, p. 621
personal data
SURNAME Reinhart, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss industrialist and patron
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1951
Place of death Winterthur