Wilhelm Jerger
Wilhelm Jerger (egtl. Jerabek; born September 27, 1902 in Vienna , † April 24, 1978 in Linz ) was an Austrian composer , conductor and music historian .
Live and act
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
Fonts
- Heritage and broadcast, Wiener Verlag Ernst Sopper & Karl Bauer , Vienna, 1942, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Vienna Philharmonic
- August Göllerich's work for Franz Liszt in Linz. In: Burgenland homeland sheets . 23, Eisenstadt 1961, issue 4, pp. 233-236, PDF on ZOBODAT
- From Musikverein to Bruckner Conservatory 1823–1963 , Linz 1963.
- August Göllerich, student and interpreter of Franz Liszt. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets . Year 26, Linz 1972, Issue 1/2, pp. 23–32, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
- Franz Liszt's piano lessons from 1884-1886, shown in the diary entries of August Göllerich. Regensburg 1975 ISBN 3-7649-2091-2 .
- August Göllerich. In: Friedrich Blume (Ed.): The music in past and present . First edition, Volume 16, Kassel et altera 1979, column 493.
literature
- Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933-1945 . Kiel 2004, CD-ROM Lexicon, p. 3409ff.
- Clemens Hellsberg: Democracy of Kings . Schweizer Verlagshaus ( inter alia), Zurich 1992, ISBN 3-7263-6646-6 , p. 459ff.
- Barbara Boisits: Jerger (own Jerabek), Wilhelm Franz. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
- Erich Posch: Professor Dr. Wilhelm Jerger 70 years. In Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Linz 1972, pp. 168–171, online (PDF; 360 kB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
Web links
- Works by and about Wilhelm Jerger in the catalog of the German National Library
- The Vienna Philharmonic in the Nazi state in the Gedenkdienst magazine(PDF file; 137 kB).
footnote
- ^ Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . Kiel 2004, CD-ROM Lexicon, p. 3409.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jerger, Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, conductor and music historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1902 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1978 |
Place of death | Linz |