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Hans Pfitzner

Hans Pfitzner

German composer and conductor
Hans Erich Pfitzner was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina, loosely based on the life of the sixteenth-century composer Giovanni Pierluigi... Wikipedia
Born: May 5, 1869, Moscow, Russia
Died: May 22, 1949 (age 80 years), Salzburg, Austria
Compositions
Palestrina
Von deutscher Seele
Das Christ-Elflein
Das Herz
Der arme Heinrich
Die Rose vom Liebesgarten
In Danzig, op. 22 Nr. 1
Im tiefen Wald verborgen, op. 2 Nr. 4
Unter den Linden, op. 24 Nr. 1
Konzert für Violine und Orchester h-moll, op. 34: II. Langsam, sehr getragen
6 Studien für das Pianoforte, op. 51: 4. Studie über 5.4.3 Bewegt
Kleine Sinfonie op. 44: II. Allegro
Schön Suschen, op. 22 Nr. 3
Sextet in G minor, op. 55: V. Comodo, gemächlich, doch mit Fluß
Das Christ-Elflein, op. 20: Akt II: 8. Melodram "Der Doktor weiß nicht"
String Quartet in C minor, op. 50: IV. Allegro
Das Christ-Elflein, op. 20: Akt II: 12. "Bei wem das Christkindchen heut' kehrt ein" (Christkindchen, Frieder, Elflein, Tannengreis)
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, Op. 17: Overture
Gretel, op. 11 no. 5
String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 36: III. Langsam, ausdrucksvoll
Quintet in C major, op. 23: IV. Finale: Gemächlich bewegt. (Allegro comodo).
Sextet in G minor, op. 55: I. Allegro con passione, leidenschaftlich
Ständchen, WoO 6
Das Christ-Elflein, op. 20: Akt I: 6. Reigen "Tannenjunker!" (Elflein, Tannengreis, Engel)
Piano Concerto in E-flat major, op. 31: III. Äusserst ruhig, versonnen, schwärmerisch
String Quartet in D major, op. 13: I. In mässig gehender Bewegung
Herbsthauch, op. 29 Nr. 2
Violinsonate e-moll, op. 27: 2. Sehr breit und ausdrucksvoll
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, Op. 17: Act III: Prelude
6 Studien für das Pianoforte, op. 51: 1. Nicht schnell
5 Klavierstücke, op. 47: 4. Zerrissenheit
Violinsonate e-moll, op. 27: 1. Bewegt, mit Empfindung
Klage, op. 25 Nr. 2
Cello Concerto in G major, op. 42
Scherzo for Orchestra
String Quartet in C minor, op. 50: III. Langsam
Wanderers Nachtlied, op. 40 Nr. 5
5 Klavierstücke, op. 47: 3. Hieroglyhe
Das Christ-Elflein, op. 20: Akt I: 2. "Krank? O weh! Was mag das sein?" (Elflein)
Lethe, op. 37
Das Christ-Elflein, op. 20: Akt II: 9. "O komm' in uns're Mitte" (Kinder)
Röschen biß den Apfel an, op. 33 no. 6
4 Lieder, op. 32: 3. Eingelegte Ruder
Piano Concerto in E-flat major, op. 31: IV. Rasch, ungeschlacht launig
Es fällt ein Stern herunter, op. 4 Nr. 3
Nachts, op. 26 no. 2
String Quartet in D minor: I. Allegro, molto moderato
Zorn, op. 15 Nr. 2
Hussens Kerker, op. 32 no. 1
Tragische Geschichte, op. 22 Nr. 2
5 Klavierstücke, op. 47: 2. Ausgelassenheit
Hans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist.
Pfitzner was one of most successful composers of the Nazi years, and performed frequently throughout Germany.
Hans Pfitzner was a German composer who upheld traditional ideals during the post-Wagnerian era. Pfitzner was a pupil at Frankfurt of Iwan Knorr.
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Hans Erich Pfitzner was born in Moscow on 5 May 1869. His father, Robert Pfitzner, had an engagement as a violinist at the Moscow opera house.
Hans Pfitzner, born in Moscow in 1869 as the son of the musician Robert Pfitzner, grew up in Frankfurt am Main, studied there from 1886-1890 at the ...
Hans Pfitzner was one of the composers who carried the German Romantic tradition well into the 20th century. Unlike those of his contemporaries Mahler and ...
Hans Pfitzner performed his first stage work, Arme Heinrich (Poor Heinrich) in Mainz. After teaching and conducting jobs in Berlin, moved to Munich in 1906.
His very personal style was derived from Schumann and Wagner. In his works he was striving to achieve a new direction while preserving the classical and ...
Hans Erich Pfitzner was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is the post-Romantic opera Palestrina (1917), loosely based ...
Jul 13, 1997 · A critic at large about Hans Pfitzner, the composer of "Palestrina," who embraced Nazism. On April 30, 1945, "zero hour," in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.