Fridolin Dallinger (16 February 1933 – 28 October 2020) was an Austrian composer, music educator and painter. He was the brother of composer Gerhard Dallinger (1940–2016).Elisabeth Th. Hilscher/Georg Demcisin, Art. „Dallinger, Brüder“, in Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online, Zugriff: 18. Mai 2021 (https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_D/Dallinger_Brueder.xml).

Life

Born in Eferding, Dallinger came from a musical home and was introduced to house music at an early age.mica (update date: 28 April 2020): "Biografie Fridolin Dallinger". In music database of mica - music austria. Available online at: https://db.musicaustria.at/node/52304 (retrieval date: 18 May 2021). He studied from 1946 at the

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and from the year 1953 composition at the Musikschule der Stadt

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. In between, from 1948 to 1953, he graduated from the Lehrerbildungsanstalt Linz. From 1958 to 1961 he was in the teaching profession and taught as an Volksschule teacher in Eferding and St. Leonhard bei Freistadt, as well as at the music schools in Eferding and Waizenkirchen. While working as a music teacher at the , he studied music at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and graduated with the '' Staatsexamen'' for piano and the examination for field of study. From 1975 to 1993, Dallinger taught as a music professor at the the subjects form theory,

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, organology, didactics and piano. From 1993, he was a freelance composer and painter. He had been a member of the Eferdinger Künstlergilde since 1955 and was also among the members of the Künstlervereinigung MAERZ. His works as a painter included abstract paintings and landscape painting. Role models for his compositional work were Johann Nepomuk David and

. Dallinger died in Eferding at the age of 87.

Awards

* 1954: Composition Prize (Art Promotion Prize) of the City of Linz. * 1965: Austrian State Prize for music. * 1967:

Theodor Körner Prize The Theodor Körner Prize (German: ''Theodor-Körner-Preis'') is a set of annual Austrian awards bestowed by the Theodor Körner Fund in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances. The prize is awarded at the University of Vienna. The priz ...

* 1977: Ehrenring der Stadt Eferding * 1981:

Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich The Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich (Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria) is awarded as a prize by the Province of Upper Austria. The prize is endowed with 7,500 euros and is awarded annually in several categories. References

* 1997:

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* 2003:

Anton Bruckner Prize The Anton Bruckner Prize is the main Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria (Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich) for music. The prize, which is awarded by the Upper Austria, Land of Upper Austria, is named after the composer Anton Bruc ...

* 2008: Kulturmedaille des Landes Oberösterreich * 2013: Ehrenbürger der Stadt Eferding

Works

Ensemble music

* ''Spielmusik'' - for string trio (1950).mica (update date 28 April 2020) : "Werkeverzeichnis Fridolin Dallinger". In: mica music database - music austria. Available online at https://db.musicaustria.at/node/52304 (retrieved 18 May 2021). * ''Little Suite'' - for clarinet, viola and cello (1961). * ''Three Songs'' - for soprano, clarinet, viola and cello to texts by Wilhelm Busch,

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and

Hermann Hesse Hermann Karl Hesse (; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include ''Demian'', ''Steppenwolf (novel), Steppenwolf'', ''Siddhartha (novel), Siddhartha'', and ''The Glass Bead Game'', ...

. (1961) * ''Zoologia buffa'' - for narrator, woodwinds, brass and percussion on texts by Wilhelm Busch (1964).. * ''Sonata'' - for viola and piano (1965). * ''Bauernlieder'' - cycle based on texts by Georg Trakl for soprano, flute, viola and cello (1966). * ''Des Krieges Ruhm'' - cantata for

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, reciter, two pianos and percussion on texts by George Forestier,

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(1969). * ''Quintet'' - for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1970). * ''Kleine Spielmusik'' - for string quartet (1971). * ''Five Pieces'' - for clarinet and percussion (1972). * ''Quartettino'' - for flute (piccolo), oboe (English horn), cello and harpsichord (1973). * ''Sonatine'' - for flute and guitar (1973). * ''Sonatine'' - for baritone and harpsichord (1974) * ''Concertino'' - for Violine, Klarinette und Streichorchester (1974) Doblinger 07316 * ''Elegy'' - for violin and piano (1984). * ''Trio'' - for mandolin, guitar and harp (1985) * ''Five Aphorisms'' - trio for flute, guitar and viola after verses by

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(1992). * ''Sechs Volkslieder im Satz'' - for 2 violins (1994). * ''Tief im Schlummer seufzt die bange Seele'' - for oboe and organ (1999) * ''4 Stations in the Life of Gertrud Fussengegger'' - string trio for violin, viola and cello (2002).. * ''Metamorphoses on a Theme by

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'' - for cello and piano (2003).

Vocal music

* ''Organon'' - melodrama for two-part female choir, male choir, narrator and instruments after a text by Kurt Klinger. (1953) * ''Death'' - for

to a text by Matthias Claudius (1955) * ''Three cheerful choruses after poems by Eugen Roth'' - for mixed choir (1956) * ''Human Landscapes'' - cycle after Josef Weinheber for mixed choir (1964) * ''Ich wandle finster, ohne Trost'' - for upper choir (1967) * ''Ade, ihr Felsenhallen'' - for mixed choir (1975) * ''Himmlischer Vater'' - for mixed choir to a text by Hans Sachs (1976) * ''Five Choruses after Wilhelm Busch'' - for mixed choir (1976) * ''Hunnenzug'' - for mixed choir (1977) * ''Offside'' - for male choir (1980) * ''Four Animal Songs'' - for mixed choir after poems by

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and Christian Morgenstern (1983) * ''Two Pedagogical Choruses'' - for mixed choir after texts by

Christine Busta Christine Busta (23 April 1915, Vienna, Austria – 3 December 1987, Vienna) was an Austrian poet. In her work, she stood for an undogmatic Catholicism. Awards and honours * 1950 Promotion Prize for Literature * 1954 Georg Trakl Prize * 1 ...

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(1987) * ''Was der Wald sah'' - for mixed choir to a text by

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(1988) * ''Trust in the Light'' - for mixed choir to texts by

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(1990) * ''The Danube'' - secular oratorio for soprano, baritone, choir, organ and orchestra. Text: Gertrud Fussenegger (1992-1993) * ''Lullaby in Winter'' - for male choir (1997) * ''Herrgott, du bist Anfang und End'' - dialect mass for mixed choir after texts by Hans Dieter Mairinger (2002). * ''Unsa bugladö Welt'' – Heimatlied aus dem Mühlviertel, text Albrecht Dunzendorfer.''Vierteltakt'' Nr. 2/2008, Oberösterreichisches Volksliedwerk, Linz 2008, .

Solo music

* ''20 kleine Stücke'' – for piano (1980). * ''Präludium und Toccata'' – for organ (1981). * ''Metamorphosen'' – for piano (1988). * ''Sonatine'' – for guitar solo (1990). * ''Melos'' – for flute solo (1996).

Stage music

* ''Die sieben Todsünden (Gesellschaft für einen Abend)'' – Ballett für großes Orchester (1965/1970) Uraufführung: 30. März 1968 am

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* ''Die Goldenen Zwanziger'' – The Roaring Twenties. Musical, text Adolf Opel (1988) * ''Passion'' – Stage music for the Gospel play after Friedrich Zauner (2003) * ''Johannes-Rufer in der Wüste'' – Stage music for the Gospel play after Friedrich Ch. Zauner (2005) * ''St. Georgener Totentanz'' – Bühnenmusik für Chor, Kammerorchester/Ensemble und Solostimme(n) after texts by Hans Dieter Mairinger (2005) * ''Zeichen und Wunder'' – Bühnenmusik zum Evangelienspiel Friedrich Ch. Zauner (2005). * ''Das Grab ist leer'' – Bühnenmusik zum Evangelienspiel nach Friedrich Ch. Zauner (2006).

References

External links

*
''Fridolin Dallinger'', in Nachlässe in Österreich - Personenlexikon

Ein Eigensinniger im Besten Wortsinn: Fridolin Dallinger im mica-Porträt
on ''musicaustria.at'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dallinger, Fridolin 1933 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Austrian composers 20th-century Austrian male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century hymnwriters Austrian classical composers Austrian opera composers Austrian painters Ballet composers Austrian male opera composers People from Eferding District Theodor Körner Prize recipients Anton Bruckner Private University alumni