Franz Mairecker (11 April 1879 – 11 May 1950) was an Austrian violinist, music teacher and lecturer.

Life

Born in

Gumpoldskirchen Gumpoldskirchen (Central Bavarian: ''Gumpoidskiachn'') is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Gumpoldskirchen borders on the municipalities Mödling, Guntramsdorf, Gaaden, Pfaffstätten and Traiskirchen. The ...

, Mairecker studied with Josef Maxinczak,

Jakob Grün Jakob Moritz Grün ( hu, Grün Jakab; 13 March 1837 – 1 October 1916) was an Austrian violinist of Hungarian origin. After positions as principal violinist in the court orchestras of Weimar and Hannover, he was, from 1868 to 1897, concertmaste ...

, Ernst Ludwig and

Robert Fuchs Robert Fuchs (15 February 1847 – 19 February 1927) was an Austrian composer and music teacher. As Professor of music theory at the Vienna Conservatory, Fuchs taught many notable composers, while he was himself a highly regarded composer in hi ...

at the Vienna Conservatory from 1889 to 1895. He then worked as a substitute in the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra.Mairecker, Franz
on musiklexikon.ac The violinist became a member of the

Vienna Philharmonic The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...

in 1898.Th. Antonicek: Mairecker, Franz. In ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon'' 1815–1950 (ÖBL). VOl. 6, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften presses, Vienna 1975, , . There he held various positions. Thus he was a member of the orchestra's committee from 1909 to 1938, vice-president of the board from 1911 to 1933, and

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (U.K.) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (or clarinet in a concert band). After the conductor, the concertmaster is the second-most signifi ...

from 1921. He founded the Mairecker Quartet in 1922, with which he travelled throughout Europe and America. In his birthplace of Gumpoldskirchen he owned an old winery. Mairecker taught

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

and

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

from 1919 at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts, which had emerged from the Vienna Conservatory. There he became

lecturer Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...

in 1924 and

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in 1929. He also served as a member of the examination commission for the teaching profession of music at secondary schools and teacher training colleges from 1922. Mairecker retired from the Vienna Philharmonic in 1945 and from the academy in 1946. He died in Vienna four years later at the age of 71.

Honours

* Golden Medaille of the

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(1922) * , Regierungsrat (1927) and

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(1934) * Officier de l’instruction publique (1928) *

Knight's Cross Knight's Cross (German language ''Ritterkreuz'') refers to a distinguishing grade or level of various orders that often denotes bravery and leadership on the battlefield. Most frequently the term Knight's Cross is used to refer to the Knight's Cr ...

I. Classe of the (1934) * Naming of the ''Maireckergasse'' in Vienna- (1957)

Felix Czeike Felix Czeike (21 August 1926 – 23 April 2006) was an Austrian historian and popular educator. He was an author and partly also editor of numerous publications on the history of Vienna and was the director of the . His main work is the six-volume ...

(ed.): Maireckergasse. In '. Vol. 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ,
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