René Clemencic (27 February 1928 – 8 March 2022) was an Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player.

Biography

Born in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

, Clemencic was educated at the

Vienna University The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public university, public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the Geogra ...

and studied further in France, Netherlands and

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

. He was director of the Capella Musica Antiqua and of the Drama Musicum in Vienna. In 1958 he founded Musica Antiqua (known after 1959 as Ensemble Musica Antiqua) to perform

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

period instruments In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic ...

. Later, in 1968, he founded the Clemencic Consort. Clemencic died on 8 March 2022, at the age of 94.

Compositions

* ''Meraviglia'' 1969John Mansfield Thomson Recorder profiles 1972 p77 "Rene Clemencic also specialises in contemporary music and at Warsaw in 1969 performed his own work Meraviglia ('Wonder'). ... 'In my own compositions I want to rediscover music as something actual, something born at this moment," * ''

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

'' Film music for the film by

Ariane Mnouchkine Ariane Mnouchkine (; born 3 March 1939) is a French stage director. She founded the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble ''Théâtre du Soleil'' in 1964. She wrote and directed ''1789'' (1974) and ''Molière'' (1978), and directed ''La Nuit Mirac ...

(1978) * ''Missa Mundi'' mass in Latin, for five voices and orchestra (1981) * ''Unus Mundus'' (1986) * ''Drachenkampf'' ballet (1987) * ''Kabbala'' Oratorio in Hebrew (1992) * ''Der Berg'' chamber opera (1993) * ''Apokalypsis''

Oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is mus ...

on the Greek text of the

Revelation of John The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of R ...

(1996) * ''Stabat Mater'' - (2001) * ''Monduntergang'' - Operelle for sirene Operntheater (2007) * ''Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke'' - chamber opera for sirene Operntheater (2009) * ''Harun und Dschafar'' - chamber opera for sirene Operntheater (2011) * ''Gilgamesch'' - Oratorio in German for sirene Operntheater (2015)

Selected recordings

Carmina Burana ''Carmina Burana'' (, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" 'Buria'' in Latin is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreverent ...

5 LPs, 1975, reedition 3CDs Harmonia Mundi France.

References

External Links

* *
Webpage
1928 births 2022 deaths Austrian male composers Austrian composers Austrian musicologists Austrian classical musicians Austrian conductors (music) Austrian classical organists University of Vienna alumni Oehms Classics artists Musicians from Vienna {{Austria-composer-stub