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Egon Wellesz (1885-1974)

By Benser, Caroline C.

Egon Wellesz (1885-1974) Memories

Egon Wellesz (1885-1974)

By Benser, Caroline C.

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This study covers Egon Wellesz's career as both composer and musicologist. Drawing on materials from the Wellesz Fonds housed in the Music Collection of the Austrian National Library in Vienna, and also on firsthand information from interviews and corres- pondence, the author follows Wellesz from his pre-World War I years in his native Vienna to his long tenure as a scholar and composer in Oxford. In Vienna Wellesz had been one of Arnold Schönberg's first pupils. Alban Berg and Anton Webern were associates. At the University, Wellesz received a doctorate in musicology under Guido Adler. Recognition as a composer came with successful performances of his stage works throughout the Weimar Republic. Soon after immi- gration to England in 1938, he became a Fellow of Lincoln College. Unable to compose during the war, he returned to research in Byzantine music, producing A History of Byzantine Music and Hymnography. When he resumed composition, he followed the line of symphonic writing abandoned after Bruckner's work. He wrote his first symphony in 1945 at the age of sixty and completed his ninth symphony in 1971. One of his most cherished compliments was his designation as Bruckner's heir.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
432
Release Date:
1985-12-31
Publication Date:
1985-12-31
Publisher:
Peter Lang
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0820401382
ISBN13:
9780820401386
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
749 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
231 cm
Thickness:
28 cm
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