فرانز شميت

فرانز شميدت Franz Schmidt (ولد 1874 وتوفى 1939) مؤلف موسيقي نمساوي وعازف تشيللووبيانو

حياته

عازف بيانو محترم ومكرم وعازف تشيللوومايسترو ومدرس في فيينا وجد شميت ايضا الوقت ليخط بعض الأعمال المبهرة واسعة النطاق. هذه الاعمال دائما تعكس الاثر المجري لانه كان من اسرة المانية تتحدث المجرية وايضا تعكس انجاز رومانسي-كلاسيكي وفي الاعمال الرائعة للارغن تعكس تأثير يوهان سباستيان باخ. لم تكن حياة شميت سهلة فكان يحارب ضد الصحة المعتلة طوال حياته وزوجته الاولى المريضة عقليا قلتها النازيون وابنته خلد ذكراها في السمفونية رقم أربعة (والاخيرة) ماتت بعد وقت قصير من الميلاد. كانت سمفونياته هي التي حققت له اكبر شهرة رغم ان اوبراه Notre Dame وهي إنترميتزوأوركسترالي باسلوب غجري كانت ايضا نجاحا دوليا.

The Book with Seven Seals

Symphonies

Symphony No. 1 in E major.
Written in 1896 at age 22. The scherzo of this precociously accomplished symphony (which shows a mature absorption of Bruckner and Richard Strauss) is especially noteworthy, while Schmidt demonstrates his contrapuntal skills in the Finale.

Symphony No. 2 in E flat major.
Written in 1913 in a style reminiscent of Strauss and Reger, with homage to the grandiosity of Bruckner. This is Schmidt's longest symphony in terms of duration and employs a huge orchestra. The central movement (of three) is a highly ingenious set of variations, which are grouped to suggest the characters of slow movement and scherzo. The complex scoring of this magnificent symphony renders it a considerable challenge for most orchestras.

Symphony No. ثلاثة in A major.
A sunny, melodic work in the Schubert vein (although its lyricism and superb orchestration do much to conceal the fact that it is one of the composer's most harmonically advanced works). Winner of the Austrian section of the 1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition, it enjoyed some popularity at the time (1928).

Symphony No. أربعة in C major.
Written in 1933, this is the best-known work of his entire oeuvre. The composer called it "A requiem for my daughter". It begins with a long 23-bar melody on an unaccompanied solo trumpet (which returns at the symphony's close, "transfigured" by all that has intervened). The Adagio is an immense ABA ternary structure. The first A is an expansive threnody on solo cello (Schmidt's own instrument) whose seamless lyricism predates Strauss's Metamorphosen by more than a decade (its theme is later adjusted to form the scherzo of the symphony); the B section is an equally expansive funeral march (deliberately referencing Beethoven's Eroica in its texture) whose dramatic climax is marked by an orchestral crescendo culminating in a gong and cymbal crash (again, a clear allusion to similar climaxes in the later symphonies of Bruckner, and followed by what Harold Truscott has brilliantly described as a "reverse climax", leading back to a repeat of the A section).

قائمة الاعمال

Operas

Notre Dame, romantic Opera in two acts, text after Victor Hugo by Franz Schmidt and Leopold Wilk; comp. 1902-4, premiered Vienna 1914
Fredigundis, Opera in three acts, text after Felix Dahn by Bruno Warden and Ignaz Welleminsky; comp. 1916-21, premiered Berlin 1922

Oratorio

Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (The Book with Seven Seals) for Soli, Chorus, Organ and Orchestra, Text after the Revelation of St John; comp. 1935-37; premiered Vienna, 1938

Cantata

Deutsche Auferstehung a Festival Song for Soli, Chorus, Organ and Orchestra, Text by Oskar Dietrich; comp. 1938-39, unfinished, prepared for performance by Dr. Robert Wagner; premiered Vienna, 1940

Symphonies

Symphony No. 1 in E major; comp. 1896-99, premiered Vienna 1902
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major; comp. 1911-13, premiered Vienna 1913
Symphony No. ثلاثة in A major; comp. 1927-28, premiered Vienna 1928
Symphony No. أربعة in C major; comp. 1932-33, premiered Vienna 1934

Piano Concerti

Concertante Variations on a Theme of Beethoven for Piano (left hand alone) with orchestral accompaniment; comp. 1923, premiered Vienna 1924; Two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1952)
Piano concerto in E flat major (for left hand alone); comp. 1934, premiered: Vienna 1935; Two-handed version by Friedrich Wührer (1952)

Various Orchestral Works

Carnival music and Intermezzo from the Opera Notre Dame; comp. 1902-03; premiered Vienna 1903
Variations on a Hussar Song for orchestra; comp. 1930-31; premiered Vienna 1931
Chaconne in D minor; transcribed from the Chaconne in C sharp minor from 1925; completed 1931; Manuscript

Chamber music

Four little Fantasy pieces after Hungarian national melodies, for cello with piano accompaniment; comp. 1892; premiered Vienna 1926 (three pieces)
String Quartet in A major; comp. 1925; premiered Vienna 1925
String Quartet in G major; comp. 1929; premiered Vienna 1930
Quintet for piano (left hand alone), two violins, viola and cello in G major; comp. 1926; premiered Stuttgart 1931; two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1954)
Quintet for clarinet, piano (for left hand alone), violin, viola and cello in B major; comp. 1932; premiered Vienna 1933
Quintet for clarinet, piano (for left hand alone), violin, viola and cello in A major; comp. 1938; premiered Vienna 1939; two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1952)

Music for Trumpets

Variations and Fugue on an original Theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis); 3. Arrangement for Trumpets alone; comp. 1925, premiered 1925

Music for Organ and Trumpet

Variations and Fugue on an original Theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis); 4. Arrangement for 14 Trumpets, Kettledrum and Organ; comp. 1925, premiered Vienna 1925
Choral overture "God preserve us" for Organ with ad libitum processional Trumpet-chorus; comp. 1933, premiered Vienna 1933
Solemn Fugue (Fuga solemnis) for Organ with Entrance ofستة Trumpets,ستة Horns, ثلاثة Trombones, Bass Tuba and Kettledrums; comp. 1937, premiered Wien 1939

Piano music

Romance in A major
Christmas pastorale in A major (= Organ work, arrangement)
Intermezzo F sharp minor (2nd movement of the A major Quintet)
Toccata in D minor (for left hand alone); comp. 1938, premiered: Vienna 1940 (two-handed arrangement); two-handed arrangement by Friedrich Wührer (1952)

Organ works

Variations on a theme by Christoph Willibald Gluck (lost)
Variations and Fugue on an original theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis), 1. Arrangement; comp. 1916
Phantasie and Fugue in D major; comp. 1923-24, premiered Vienna 1924
Variations and Fugue on an original theme in D major (King's Fanfare from Fredigundis), 2. Arrangement; comp. 1924, premiered Vienna 1924
Toccata in C major; comp. 1924, premiered Vienna 1925
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major; comp. 1924, premiered Vienna 1925
Chaconne in C sharp minor; comp. 1925, premiered Vienna 1925
Four small Chorale preludes; comp. 1926, premiered Vienna 1926

"O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort" (O Eternity thou Thundrous Word), F major

"Was mein Gott will" (What My God Wills), D major

"O, wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen" (O How Happy Are Ye Now, You Blessed), D minor

"Nun danket alle Gott" (Now Thank We All Our God), A major

Fugue in F major; comp. 1927, premiered Vienna 1932
Prelude and Fugue in C major; comp. 1927, premiered Vienna 1928
Four little Preludes and Fugues; comp. 1928, premiered Berlin 1929

Prelude and Fugue in E flat major

Prelude and Fugue in C minor

Prelude and Fugue in G major

Prelude and Fugue in D major

Chorale Prelude, "Der Heiland ist erstanden"; comp. 1934, premiered Vienna 1934
Prelude and Fugue in A major, Christmas pastoral; comp. 1934, premiered Vienna 1934
Toccata and Fugue A flat major; comp. 1935, premiered Vienna 1936

هوامش

المراجع

Thomas Bernard Corfield - Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) - A Discussion of His Style With Particular Reference to the Four Symphonies and 'Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (Garland Publishing, New York, 1989)
Harold Truscott - The Music of Franz Schmidt - 1: The Orchestral Music (Toccata Press, London, 1984)
Wilhelm Altmann - Handbuch für Streichquartettspieler (Handbook for String quartet performers) (Hinrichshofen Verlag, Wilhelmshafen, 1972)
Otto Brusatti, Studien zu Franz Schmidt (Studies of Franz Schmidt) (Universal Edition, Vienna 1977)
Andreas Liess, Franz Schmidt (Böhlau, Graz 1951)
C. Nemeth, Franz Schmidt (Leipzig 1957)
Walter Obermaier (Ed.), Franz Schmidt und seine Zeit (Franz Schmidt and his time): Symposium 1985 (Doblinger, Vienna-Munich 1988).
Carmen Ottner, Quellen zu Franz Schmidt (Sources for Franz Schmidt), Parts 1 and 2. (Doblinger, Vienna-Munich 1985-1987)
Carmen Ottner (Hrsg.): Franz Schmidt und die österreichische Orgelmusik seiner Zeit (Franz Schmidt, and Austrian Organ-Music of his time): Symposion 1991 (Doblinger, Vienna 1992), ISBN 3-900695-24-5
Norbert Tschulik: Franz Schmidt (Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Wien 1972)
Peter Watchorn: Isolde Ahlgrimm, Vienna and the early music revival (Ashgate, Burlington Vermont; Aldershot UK; 2007), ISBN 978-0-7546-5787-3