Erich Marckhl (3 February 1902 in
Celje
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– 8 July 1980 in
Graz
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) was an
Austrian
musicologist and
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
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Life
Erich Marckhl received his doctorate from the
University of Vienna in 1925 . From 1926 to 1936 he worked as an educator at the Bundes-Erziehungsanstalt Wien XIII, formerly a cadet school, but was dismissed for political reasons (membership in the illegal
NSDAP ).
He then taught from 1937 to 1939 at the teacher training college in
Dortmund
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. In 1939 he became "Specialist Inspector for Music at Higher Schools" in Vienna.
In 1940–45 professor for music education at the ''Vienna State Academy of Music'' (today
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna ).
At the music academies in Vienna he held a seminar for music education and a provisional teacher examination board.
Due to his National Socialist past, he initially remained unemployed in 1945 and lived with the support of the
Gottfried von Einem family in
Ramsau am Dachstein (1945/46) and in Plomberg am Mondsee (1946–48).
In 1948 he became director, 1949-52 director of the Municipal Music School in
Kapfenberg
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The town has a swimming complex, ...
. In 1948, Marckhl was given the newly established small seminar for music education at the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz . In 1963, Marckhl, became the President of
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz in addition to that of being a professor. In 1965, Marckhl founded a cultural and university center in
Oberschützen
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Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''B ...
in
Burgenland.
Awards
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Great Austrian State Prize
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It was originally created in 1950 by then education mi ...
for Music (1968)
*
Mozart Medal (Mozartgemeinde) by the Mozart Society Vienna (1971)
*Joseph Marx Music Prize from the State of
Styria
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(1972)
Further reading
* Barbara Boisits
Schulz, FamilieIn: ''
Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''. Online-edition, Vienna 2002, ; printed edition: 4th edition, published by the
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2005, .
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External links
Works by and about Erich Marckhlin the catalog of the
German National Library
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marckhl, Erich
1902 births
1980 deaths
Austrian composers
Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni