Hanns Jelinek (5 December 1901 – 27 January 1969) was an

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descent who is also known under the

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s Hanns Elin, H. J. Hirsch, Jakob Fidelbogen.

Biography

Jelinek was born and died in

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. His father was a machine operator (died 1917). At the age of 6 he began violin lessons and at age 7, began learning the piano. In 1918 he became a member of the newly founded

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. In 1918–19 Jelinek studied briefly with

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in the composition seminar which Schoenberg gave at

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's School in Vienna (with a focus on counterpoint and harmony), and privately with

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. These two influenced him to write many works in the

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. In 1920 he started the study with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Academy of Music. However, in 1922 he broke off his studies for financial reasons, and thereafter studied music on his own. In order to support himself as a self-employed composer in Vienna, he appeared as a pianist in bars and cinemas and composed popular music under the pseudonym ''Hanns Elin''. From 1958 on, he was a lecturer and, after 1965, a professor at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1966, he was awarded the

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Compositions

Since 1934 (starting with his ''Second String Quartet'' op. 13) he used the twelve-tone technique in all of the works to which he gave an opus number. In 1956 in his ''Three Blue Sketches'' op. 25 he combined

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with

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Pupils

Among his pupils were:

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, Igor Štuhec,

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, Gregory Rose,

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and

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, future Iranian filmmaker, and

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, one of the most important representatives of new music in Persia (

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), studied under Jelinek for a while.

Selected works

*Compositions **''13 kleine Lieder (13 Little Songs)'' for voice and Piano op. 1 (1927) **''Präludium, Passacaglia und Fuge'' for chamber orchestra op. 4 (1922) **''3 Chansons'' after the texts by

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(1930) **''1st String Quartet'' op. 10 (1931) **''Suite'' for string orchestra op. 11 (1931) **''Sinfonia concertante (Symphony No. 4)'' for string quartet and big orchestra op. 12 (1931) **''2nd String Quartet'' op. 13 (1934–35) **''Bubi Caligula'' operetta (1947–53) **''Zwölftonwerk'' op. 15 (1947–52) **''Sinfonia brevis'' op. 16 (1948–50) **''Concertino'' for strings op. 17 (1951) **''Phantasie'' for clarinet, piano and orchestra op. 18 (1951) **''Zwölftonfibel (Twelve-Tone Alphabet Book)'' for piano op. 21 (1953–54) **''Sinfonia concertante (Symphony No. 6)'' op. 22 (1953) **''Selbstbildnis des Marc Aurel (Self-Portrait of Marcus Aurelius)'' for speaker and four instrumental soloists op. 24 (1954) **''Sonata'' for violin op. 27 (1956) **''Unterwegs (On The Way): Cantata on the lyrics by Franz Kiessling'' for soprano, vibraphone and double bass. op. 28 (1957) **''Four Songs'' on the lyrics by Franz Kiessling for middle voice and piano op. 29 (1957) **''The Dances Around the Steel Blue Rose'' ballet (1956–59) **''Canon nuptiale'' for mixed choir (1959) **''Zehn zahme Xenien (Ten Tame Xenias)'' for violine and piano op. 32 (1960) **''Rai Buba'' étude for piano and big orchestra op. 34 (1962) *Writings **''Musikalisches Hexeneinmaleins'', in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, 6. Jg., 1951 **''Anleitung zur Zwölftonkomposition nebst allerlei Paralipomena'' (2 volumes), Vienna, 1952 **''Die krebsgleichen Allintervallreihen'', in ''

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'', 18. Jg., 1961 **''Musik in Film und Fernsehen'', in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, 23. Jg., 1968

Films

* '' Love is Duty Free'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949)

References

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