Paul Angerer (16 May 1927 – 26 July 2017) was an

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, conductor,

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and radio presenter.

Life

Angerer studied

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and

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with

Friedrich Reidinger Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

and

Alfred Uhl Alfred Uhl (5 June 1909 – 8 June 1992) was an Austrian composer, violist, music teacher and conductor. Biography Uhl was born in Vienna and studied with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Music Academy, receiving a diploma in composition with hon ...

, and conducting with

Hans Swarowsky Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899September 10, 1975,) was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth. Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss. Jiří Vysloužil, ...

. He performed in the viola section of

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and

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall. In addition to symphony concerts, the OSR performs as the opera orchestra in productions at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. History Er ...

early in his career, and was viola soloist with the Wiener Symphoniker from 1953 to 1957. Angerer then began to conduct the

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and the orchestras in

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and

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. From 1967 to 1972, he was principal conductor of the Salzburg Opera Theater (Salzburger Landestheater) and led the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester from 1971 to 1982. In 1982, Angerer began conducting the

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and held a teaching position at the

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in Vienna from 1982 to 1992. Angerer was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Music in 1953 for his ''Musik für Viola allein'' and in 2001, he received the

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. Paul Angerer's compositional style is influenced by that of

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...

. His works are published by Verlag Doblinger,

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, C. Haslinger and Editions M. Reift.

Selected works

;Opera * ''Die Paßkontrolle'', Television Opera (1958) ;Orchestral * ''Orchesterwerk I'' (1946) * ''Orchesterwerk II'' (1947) * ''Sinfonia III'' for chamber orchestra (1947) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente VIII'' for 15 stringed instruments (1950) * ''Musik für Orchester'' (1950) * ''Gradatio'' (1951) * ''Sinfonia in A'' (1951) * ''Concert pour la Jeunesse'' (1956) * ''Musica fera'' (1956) * ''Recordatio'' for 14 strings (1972) * ''Ire in orbem'' for string orchestra (1975) ;Concert band * ''Angerer-Marsch'' (1986) * ''Eisenbahn-Marsch'' (1987) ;Concertante * ''Sinfonia I'' for organ and chamber orchestra (1945) * Concerto for viola, harpsichord and 5 winds (oboe, English horn, 2 bassoons, trumpet) (1946) * Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1947) * Concerto for harpsichord and 6 winds (flute, oboe, 2 bassoons, trumpet and trombone) (1950) * Concerto for viola and brass sextet (3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba) (1950) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente IX'' for viola and string orchestra (1950) * ''Responsorium'' for English horn and string orchestra (1951) * ''Liberatio'' for violin and chamber orchestra (1952) * ''Musik für Klavier und Streicher'' (Music for Piano and Strings) (1953) * ''Musica ad impulsum et pulsum'' for violin, viola, cello and double bass soli, string orchestra and percussion (1955) * ''Conference entre deux violoncelles'' for 2 cellos and chamber orchestra (1956) * ''Konzert (Sonnerie)'' for harpsichord, string orchestra and percussion (1956) * ''Gloriatio'' for double bass and chamber orchestra (1957) * Concerto for viola and orchestra (1962, 1975) * Concerto for 2 alto recorders and chamber orchestra (1962) * Concerto for viola da gamba, strings and percussion (1962) * Concerto for piano and string orchestra (1962) * ''Quicquam'' for double bass and string orchestra (1977) * ''Musica conquisita – pro fidicina et cordarum sonus'' for harp and string orchestra (1981) * ''Musica exanimata'' for cello and chamber orchestra (1983) ;Chamber and instrumental music * ''Partita'' in E minor for viola and piano (1944) * ''Musik'' for viola and piano (1945) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente I'' for string quartet (1945) * Sonata in A for violin and piano (1945) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente II'' for 2 violas, cello and double bass (1946) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente III'' for violin solo, 2 violas, cello and double bass (1946) * Trio for oboe, viola and bassoon (1946) * ''Kammermusik'' for woodwind quintet (1947) * ''Musik für Oboe und Streichinstrumente'' (1947) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente IV'' for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1947) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente V'', Trio for violin, viola and cello (1947) * ''Sextett'' for flute, trumpet, bassoon, violin, viola and double bass (1947) * ''Konzert für zwölf Instrumente'' for piccolo, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, tuba, 2 violas, cello, double bass, piano and timpani (1948) * ''Musik für Fagott, Streichinstrumente und Klavier'' (1948) * ''Musik für Viola allein'' for viola solo (1948) * ''Divertissement'' for flute, oboe and bassoon (1949) * Duo for viola and cello (1949) * ''Musik für Trompete, Streichinstrumente und Klavier'' for trumpet, 2 violas, cello, double bass and piano (1949) * ''Musik für Violoncello allein'' for solo cello (1949) * ''Musique pour alto et contrebasse'' for viola and double bass (1949) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente VI'' for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1950) * ''Musik für Streichinstrumente VII'', Trio for 2 violas and double bass (1950) * ''Certamen musicum'' for flute and horn (1951) * Duo for violin and viola (1951) * ''Flötenmusik'' for alto recorder and harpsichord (1951) * ''Konzertantes Quartett'' for oboe, horn, viola and bassoon (1951) * ''Oktett'' for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1951) * ''Pastorale'' for viola da gamba (1951) * ''Rectus motus'' for violin, viola and cello (1951) * ''Serenata'' for violin, viola, horn and bassoon (1951) * ''Sextett'' for oboe, English horn, trumpet, horn and 2 bassoons (1951) * String Quartet (1951) * Duo for alto recorder and viola (1952) * ''Varia Vestis'' for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello (1952) * ''Hornquartett'' for 4 horns (1953) * ''Ruminatio'' for viola and piano (1953) * ''Tänze'' (Dances) for 3 violins (1953) * ''Toccata'' for 2 alto recorders and harpsichord (1953) * Trio for oboe, horn and bassoon (1953) * Trio for alto recorder,

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and lute (1953–1955) * ''Invocatio'' for violin, cello and piano (1954) * ''Musica exanimata'' for cello and piano (1954, 1983) * ''Tänze'' (Dances) for violin and piano (1955) * ''Etüde: Eine Technische und Durchaus Musikalische Etüde'' for violin and piano (1956) * ''Quintett'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1956) * ''Tre Poemi per Angelo'' for trumpet, horn and 2 trombones (1957) * Trio for violin, recorder and guitar (1961) * ''Chanson Gaillarde'' for oboe (or violin), cello (or bassoon) and harpsichord (or piano) (1963) * ''Cogitatio'' for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1964) * ''Musica articolata'' for 13 winds (1970) * ''Oblectatio vespertina'' for flute and harp (1970) * ''Quartett I'' for alto recorder, viola da gamba, guitar and percussion (1971) * ''Trio I Bruchstücke'' for flute, oboe and cello (1971) * ''Trio II Floskeln'' for violin, cello and piano (1973) * ''Conjunctio'' for violin and harp (1975) * ''Trio III Syngrapha'' for violin, viola and cello (1975) * ''Il promesso'' for 8 flutes (1976) * ''Minutatim'' for violin solo (1978) * ''Exercitium Canonicum'', 4 Canonic Pieces for 2 violas (1980) * ''Colloquio concertante'' for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello (1982) * ''Obolus'' for 6 oboes (1983) * ''Trifolium octangulum'' for viola d'amore,

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and cello (1983) * ''Tubilustrium: Eine Übung im Blasen'' for tuba and piano (1985) * ''Oculus'' for horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba (1986) * ''Quartett'' for 9 recorders (1986) * ''HiLaRaTiO'' for viola d'amore,

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, violin and double bass (1987) * ''Blechsalat'' for 3 trumpets and 3 trombones (1989) * ''Quadriga'' for 4 trombones (1990) * ''Sinfonia, Wiegenlied und Tanz'' for viola d'amore, violin and double bass (or cello) (1993) * ''Fetzig'' for horn and piano (1996) * ''Drei Stücke für 3 Hörner I'' for 3 horns (1996) * ''Drei Stücke für 3 Hörner II'' for 3 horns (1996) * ''Drei Stücke für 3 Hörner III'' for 3 horns (1996) * ''Ein Thema'', 3 Pieces for horn and piano (1996) * ''Musica pro cornuario profundo'' for horn and piano (1996) * ''quartilatus medium et facile'', 4 Pieces for horn and piano (1996) * ''quatuor capitibus'', 3 Pieces for 4 horns (1996) * ''Terz, Quart und Quint'', 3 Pieces for 2 horns (1996) * ''4 Stücke'' for horn and piano (1996) * ''2 Stücke für tiefes Horn und Klavier'' (1996) * ''Wettstreit zwischen Dur und Moll'' for 2 violas d'amore (1997) * ''Oblectatio vespertina'' for trombone and harp (1998) * ''Octangulum'' for viola d'amore and piano (1999) ;Harp * ''Stadium Veronicae'', 6 Pieces (1971) * ''La Nostalgia: Walzer-Paraphrase'' (1977) ;Harpsichord and clavichord * ''4 Orgelpfeifen stellen sich vor'', 4 Little Pieces for clavichord (1946) * ''5 Toccaten'' (1957) * ''Una mesata'' (1985) ;Organ * ''Der du bist drei in Einigkeit'', Chorale Fantasy (1944) * ''Gib Fried, o frommer, treuer Gott'', Chorale Prelude (1944) * ''Flügelaltar: Musica pro Organo III nach Herbert Boeckl'' (1946) * ''Musica pro organo'' (1946) * ''Praeambulum in drei Teilen und Fuge'' (1946) * ''Resurrectio'', Musica Sacra (1946) * ''4 Praeambeln'' (1953) * ''Praeludium und Fuge Halapé'' (1954) * ''Praeambulum und Fuge'' for

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(1960) * ''Luctus et gaudium'' (1980) * ''Christ ist erstanden'', Chorale Variations (1995) ;Piano * ''5 Fugen'' (1944) * ''Passacaglia'' in G minor (1944) * ''Präludium und Fuge'' in F minor (1944) * Sonata in F major (1944) * Sonatina in D major (1944) * ''Toccata'' in G major (1944) * ''Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn'' (1944) * ''Variationen über ein Thema von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'' for piano 4-hands (1945) * ''Annexus musicae cum ratione'' for piano 4-hands (1946) * ''Hausmusik'' for piano 4-hands (1946) * ''Schlagstück'' for piano 4-hands (1946) * ''Progressio'' (1952) * ''Sempre legato'' (1953) * ''Stimmungen'', 5 Pieces (1955) * ''3 Klavierstücke'' (1973–1974) ;Vocal * ''2 Lieder'' for mezzo-soprano and piano or string trio (1949); words by Barbara Peter * ''Triptychon'', 3 Songs for baritone, 2 oboes, 2 bassoon, trumpet and trombone (1949); words by Barbara Peter * ''Abendlied eines Bauernmanns'' for baritone and string orchestra (1950); words by

Matthias Claudius Matthias Claudius (15 August 1740 – 21 January 1815) was a German poet and journalist, otherwise known by the pen name of “Asmus”. Life Claudius was born at Reinfeld, Holstein, Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena. He spent the gre ...

* ''3 Narrenlieder'' for baritone and piano (1960); words from ''

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'' by

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* ''Einsame Träume'', Rilke Variations for soprano, baritone and chamber orchestra (1965); words by

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* ''Code maçonnique'' for bass and piano (1979) * ''Communio'' for soprano and organ (1995) * ''5 Lieder'' for soprano and string orchestra (1998); words by

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;Choral * ''Gesang von mir selbst'' for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1946); words by

Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...

* ''Missa pro coro a cappella'' (1946) * ''Sinfonia II Domenica in passione'' for boys' chorus and orchestra (1946) * ''Messe'' for chorus, ensemble and organ (1947) * ''Auf meinen lieben Gott'', Cantata for soprano, chorus and chamber ensemble (1948); words by Sigmund Weingartner * ''Wen der Himmel retten will, dem gibt er die Liebe'', Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (1949); words by

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* ''Der jüngste Tag'' for chorus, 2 (or more) violas, cello and double bass (1951); words by

Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (24 March 1739 – 10 October 1791), was a German poet, organist, composer, and journalist. He was repeatedly punished for his social-critical writing and spent ten years in severe conditions in jail. Life Bor ...

* ''Agamemnon muß sterben'' (Agamemnon Must Die), Cantata for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, speaker, 2 choruses and orchestra (1954–1955); words by

Rudolf Bayr Rudolf Bayr (19191990) was an Austrian dramatist, lyricist, essayist, critic and translator. Biography Bayr was born on 22 May 1919 in Linz, Upper Austria. Bayr was cultural editor of the Volkischer Beobachter at a young age but later had a consid ...

* ''Die Vogelscheuche'' for 3-part boys' chorus a cappella (1956); words by Wladimir von Hartlieb * ''Legende von Oedipus'', Cantata for baritone, narrator, mixed chorus and orchestra (1956); words by

* ''Gedicht 13.5.1941'' for mixed chorus a cappella (1962); words by

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

* ''Kantate zur Eröffnung der Fritz-Erler-Schule'' for chorus, viola, piano and percussion (1976) * ''Vier Chöre'' (4 Choruses) (1982); words from the Latin comedy ''Henno'' by

Johannes Reuchlin Johann Reuchlin (; sometimes called Johannes; 29 January 1455 – 30 June 1522) was a German Catholic humanist and a scholar of Greek and Hebrew, whose work also took him to modern-day Austria, Switzerland, and Italy and France. Most of Reuchlin's ...

* ''Missa Seitenstettensis'', German Mass for

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, chorus, brass, timpani and organ (1987) * ''Fünf lateinische Sinnsprüche'' for male chorus (1990) * ''Geraser Orgelmesse'' for cantor, chorus and organ (1995) * ''Flügelschlag'' for children's chorus and piano (1999)

References

External links

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