Gösta Neuwirth (; born 6 January 1937) is an Austrian musicologist, composer and academic teacher. He studied in Vienna and Berlin, where he wrote a dissertation on

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Franz Schreker Franz Schreker (originally ''Schrecker''; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic pluralit ...

's '' Der ferne Klang''. He has taught at universities and music schools including the Musikhochschule Graz,

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, Hochschule der Künste Berlin and

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. His compositions include a

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

and a

chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a Chamber music, chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas ...

Life

Born in Vienna, Neuwirth comes from a musical family; the pianist

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is his brother, whose daughter

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is a composer. He received instruction in violin and piano starting in 1944. He studied composition with Karl Schiske at the Wiener Musikakademie, and music and theatre at the

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. His dissertation topic in musicology,

Anton Webern Anton Webern (; 3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist. His music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyric poetry, lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonality, aton ...

, was not accepted. After a brief period as a journalist at the ' in Graz, he continued his studies from 1963 at the

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with Adam Adrio. In 1968 he received his

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in Berlin with a dissertation on

in Schreker's '' Der ferne Klang'' (''Die Harmonik in der Oper "Der ferne Klang" von Franz Schreker''). From 1968 to 1970, Neuwirth worked in the Mendelssohn-Archiv of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and from 1970 to 1972 was affiliated with the Schönberg-Gesamtausgabe initiative. From 1973 to 1982, Neuwirth headed the electronic studio of the Musikhochschule Graz and lectured on music history at both the Musikhochschule and the

. From 1982 to 2000 he was a professor of

music theory Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "Elements of music, ...

at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin. Since 2009 he has been an honorary professor at the

. Numerous renowned composers, including

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, Peter Ablinger, Georg Friedrich Haas, Arnulf Herrmann,

Isabel Mundry Isabel Mundry (born 20 April 1963) is a German composer. Life and work Isabel Mundry was born in Schlüchtern, Hesse in 1963 and studied composition at the Berlin University of the Arts, Hochschule der Künste and electronic music, musicology and ...

, Hanspeter Kyburz, Orm Finnendahl,

Enno Poppe Enno Poppe (born 30 December 1969 in Hemer, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German composer and conductor of classical music, and an academic teacher. Career Enno Poppe studied composition and conducting at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Ho ...

and Oliver Korte, are among his students. For his 70th birthday, the 2007

Styriarte Styriarte (also written styriarte) is an annual summer festival of classical music in Graz and Styria, Austria, established in 1985. It is focused on Early music, Baroque music and music of the Classical period. Intended to showcase the work of Ni ...

festival organized a tribute with his and Schreker's works. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Society of Friends of Music in Donaueschingen (Germany) organized a concert with works by Neuwirth as well as his teacher Karl Schiske and his students Peter Ablinger and Martin Kapeller.

Awards

* 1975 Förderpreis of Graz * 1976

Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...

-Preis * 1988 Johann Joseph Fux-Preis of

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* 1995 * 2002 Maria-Ensle-Preis of the * 2008 * Kompositionspreis des Musikprotokolls

Publications

* ''

'', Vienna 1959 * ''Parsifal und der musikalische Jugendstil'', in ''

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

. Werk und Wirkung'', edited by

Carl Dahlhaus Carl Dahlhaus (10 June 1928 – 13 March 1989) was a German musicologist who was among the leading postwar musicologists of the mid to late 20th-century. #Selected bibliography, A prolific scholar, he had broad interests though his research foc ...

(''Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts'', volume 26), Regensburg 1971, * ''Arnold Schönberg, Von heute auf morgen. Text und Skizzen'', edited by Gösta Neuwirth (Arnold Schönberg, ''Sämtliche Werke'', Abt. 111, ''Bühnenwerke'', series B, Rd. 7/I), Mainz 1972. Kritischer Bericht dazu (with Tadeusz Okuljar), Mainz 1974 * ''Alexander Zemlinskys Sechs Gesänge für eine mittlere Stimme nach Texten von Maurice Maeterlinck op. 13 und Franz Schrekers Fünf Gesänge für eine tiefe Stimme. Ein Vergleich'', in ''Alexander Zemlinsky. Tradition im Umkreis der Wiener Schule'' (''Studien zur Wertungsforschung'', volume 7), Vienna 1976, * ''Wozzeck I, 1. Formdisposition und musikalisches Material'', in ''50 Jahre Wozzeck von

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( ; ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

. Vorgeschichte und Auswirkungen in der Opernästhetik'' (''Studien zur Wertungsforschung'', volume 10), Vienna 1978, * ''Zur Alexander Skrjabin-Renaissance'', in ''

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'', 33rd year (1978), * ''Der späte Schreker'' and ''Ein unbekanntes Lied Schrekers'', in ''Franz Schreker. Am Beginn der Neuen Musik'' (''Studien zur Wertungsforschung'', volume 11), Vienna 1978, * ''Schönbergs George-Lieder Op. 19. Die Entwürfe zum XIV. Lied'', in ''Bericht über den Kongreß der Internationalen Schönberg-Gesellschaft Wien 1974'', edited by

Rudolf Stephan Rudolf Stephan (3 April 1925 – 29 September 2019) was a German musicologist. Life Stephan was born in Bochum. After studying violin at the conservatory, he entered the Institute of Heidelberg, where he studied musicology at the University unde ...

, Vienna 1978, * ''Symbol und Form'', in

Johann Joseph Fux Johann Joseph Fux (; – 13 February 1741) was an Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue of the late Baroque era. His most enduring work is not a musical composition but his treatise on counterpoint, '' Gradus ad Parnassum'', which ha ...

, ''Litaneien, Vespern, Kompletorien'' (complete work, volume 2,2), Kassel 1979, * ''Musik um 1900'', in ''Art nouveau. Jugendstil und Musik'', edited by

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, Zürich 1980, * '' ROTAS – SATOR. For

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dated 23 August 1980'', in ''

'', 35th year (1980), . Reprint in ''Ernst Krenek'' (''Musik-Konzepte'', volume 39/40), Munich 1984, * Foreword, in Franz Schreker, ''Kammersymphonie in einem Satz'',; (1916). Vienna 1981, * ''Themen und Zeitstrukturen in Alban Bergs Kammerkonzert'', in ''Alban-Berg-Symposion Wien 1980. Tagungsbericht'', Vienna 1981, * ''Erzählung von Zahlen'', in ''Josquin des Prés'' (''Musik-Konzepte'', volume 26/27), Munich 1982, * ''Bemerkungen zu einigen späteren Werken Ernst Kreneks'', in ''Ernst Krenek'' (''Studien zur Wertungsforschung'', volume 15), Vienna 1982, . Reprint in ''Ernst Krenek'' (''Musik-Konzepte'', volule 39/40), Munich 1984, * ''Die Zwölftöner. Musik in Fremdheit und Isolation'', in ''Das größere Österreich. Geistiges und soziales Leben von 1880 bis zur Gegenwart'', hrsg. von Kristian Sotriffer, Vienna 1982, * ''Die Suche nach der endgültigen Unwirklichkeit'', in ''Anton Webern'' (''Musik-Konzepte Sonderband'', volume 1), Munich 1983, * ''Weberns Rede. Wahn & Witz, mit beschränkter Haftung'', in ''

'', 38th year (1983), ; Reprint in: ''Anton Webern'' (''Musik-Konzepte Sonderband'', Band 2), München 1984, * ''Zur Geschichte der 4. Symphonie'', in ''Mahler-Interpretation. Aspekte zum Werk und Wirken von Gustav Mahler'', edited by

, Mainz 1985, * ''Erda-Scenen'', in ''Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde'' (''Musik-Konzepte'', volume 57/57), Munich 1987, * ''Die Väter sind sterblich'', in ''Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft'', 32nd year (1990), * ''Kehraus des schönen Wahns'', in ''1913. Aufbruch in unsere Welt. Essays zur Kunst, Musik, Literatur und Architektur'', Wien 1993, * ''Suite'', in ''Töne, Farben, Formen. Über Musik und die bildenden Künste'', edited by Elisabeth Schmierer among others, Laaber 1995, Gösta Neuwirth
on

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Work

* ''Requiem'', 1956 * ''Hommage à Mahler'', 1966 * ''Der Garten der Pfade, die sich verzweigen'', 1975 * ''String quartet'', 1976 * ''Pisspott oder Pot of Pieces'', 1973–1981, Neufassung 2017 * ''Eine wahre Geschichte'', chamber opera, 1981 * ''Sechs Gesänge nach Texten von Maurice Maeterlinck'', 1995

References

External links

*
Gösta-Neuwirth-Archiv

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