Wilhelm Jerger

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Wilhelm Jerger (egtl. Jerabek; born September 27, 1902 in Vienna , † April 24, 1978 in Linz ) was an Austrian composer , conductor and music historian .

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Wilhelm Jerger began studying music at the k. k. Academy for Music and Performing Arts with a major in double bass with Eduard Madensky; He also studied music theory with Eusebius Mandyczewski and conducting with Franz Schalk . In 1922 he finished his studies with the final examination and in the same year he was engaged as a double bass player by the Vienna State Opera Orchestra . In 1922/23 and from 1925 to 1927 Jerger studied musicology at the University of Vienna with Guido Adler . In addition to his work with the State Opera Orchestra, Jerger taught at the Vienna People's Conservatory from 1936 and in 1938 received a teaching position for instrument studies at the Reich University of Music in Vienna.

Jerger had been a member of the NSDAP since May 1, 1932 (membership number: 1,207,001) and a member of the SS since 1938 . In 1938 Jerger was appointed acting director of the Vienna Philharmonic by the NSDAP's cultural administrator in Vienna, State Secretary Hermann Stuppäck . On December 22, 1939, Goebbels appointed him, in agreement with Gauleiter Schirach, to the board of the Vienna Philharmonic Association. On April 20, 1938, he was appointed chamber musician by Adolf Hitler ; In 1939 he became “Councilor of the City of Vienna” and in 1942 he was appointed professor.

After the end of the Second World War he was relieved of his post as part of the denazification process and went to Salzburg. In 1948 he moved to Lucerne and resumed his studies at the University of Friborg (Switzerland) ; In 1952 he finished it with a doctorate in philosophy. In 1958 he returned to Austria and on August 15 of the same year took over the management of the Bruckner Conservatory , which he held until 1973.

Jerger's best-known composition is the “Salzburg Court and Baroque Music”, a chamber music work in four movements in the Baroque style.

Awards

  • Ring of Honor of the Vienna Philharmonic
  • Franz Schalk Medal of the Vienna Philharmonic in silver

List of works (selection)

  • Concerto grosso, for string orchestra, piano and organ ad lib.
  • Hymns to the Lord, folk oratorio, for solo voices, boys' choir, mixed choir, orchestra and organ
  • Theresian festivals, for orchestra
  • 1st symphony, classical symphony, for orchestra
  • Symphonic Variations on a Choral Theme, for Orchestra
  • Austrian peasant songs, for orchestra

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footnote

  1. ^ Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . Kiel 2004, CD-ROM Lexicon, p. 3409.