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Karl Höller (25 July 1907 – 14 April 1987) was a Germany|German composer of the late Romantic tradition.

Biography


Karl Höller was born in Bamberg , Bavaria . He came from a musical family on both sides: his father Valentin Höller was the Bamberg Cathedral organist for 40 years, and his grandfather and great-grandfather were organists at Würzburg Cathedral . His aunt Gretchen was the first female organist at Würzburg. http://komponisten.suite101.de/article.cfm/karl_hoeller_komponist_mit_pfiff His mother was a singer, whose father had been a choir director and musician. http://www.ambitus.de/ambitus/product_info.php/products_id/292/language/en
He showed aptitude for the organ (music)|organ at an early age. http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/d/dgg775483a.php He was a choirboy from age six, and he studied piano , organ and cello in Bamberg. He went to the Würzburg Conservatory where he studied composition under Hermann Zilcher ; and to the Munich Academy of Music , where he studied composition with Joseph Haas and Waltershausen, organ with Gatscher, and conducting with Siegfried von Hausegger . After taking his composition and organ examinations in 1929, he became a master-class student of Haas.
He taught at the Munich Academy (1933–37), from 1937 in Frankfurt at the Hoch Conservatory and Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts|Hochschule für Musik (1938–46), and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München|Munich Conservatory (Hochschule für Musik) (1949–72; taking over the composition class of his teacher Joseph Haas http://www.classical-composers.org/comp/hoeller). He was also president of the Munich Hochschule für Musik from 1954 to 1972.

Höller became a member of the Akademie der Künste|Berlin Academy of Arts in 1952, and an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1958.

His compositions are characterized by polyphony and colourful, impressionistic harmony. http://www.answers.com/topic/karl-h-ller They are redolent of Paul Hindemith , Hans Pfitzner , Max Reger and the French 20th century school. He wrote in a tonal idiom regardless of the prevailing fashions, which meant that he was initially criticised as modernist, and later as a reactionary. http://www.ambitus.de/ambitus/product_info.php/products_id/289/language/en His music has been recorded by such artists as Eugen Jochum (Symphonic Fantasy and Sweelinck Variations http://chaos.com/product/karl_holler_symphonische_phantasie_sweelinckvariationen_623729_153259.html), Wilhelm Furtwängler (Cello Concerto No. 2, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000027SSN) and others.

Karl Höller died on 14 April 1987 in Hausham , Miesbach , Bavaria .

Works


Orchestral


  • Concertino for violin, viola, piano and chamber orchestra, Op. 9 (1930)

  • Chamber concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 10 (1930; revised as Violin Concerto, Op. 23, 1938; new version 1967)

  • Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 11a (1939)

  • Concerto for Organ and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 15 (1930/32; revised 1966)

  • Toccata, Improvisations and Fugue (orchestration of Op. 16 for 2 pianos) (1942)

  • Hymn on Gregorian Chorales, Op. 18 (1932/34)

  • Chamber Concerto for Harpsichord and Small Orchestra or 6 solo instruments (Op. 19, 1933/34; revised 1958)

  • Symphonic Variations (or Symphonic Fantasy) on a Theme of Girolamo Frescobaldi , Op. 20 (1935, rev. 1956, 1965)

  • Passacaglia and Fugue on a Theme of Frescobaldi, Op. 25 (1938/39)

  • 2 cello concertos (No. 1, Op. 26, 1940/41; No. 2, Op. 50, 1949)

  • Heroische Musik, Op. 28 (1940)

  • 2 little symphonies, Opp. 32a (1965), 32b (1969)

  • Concerto grosso for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 38a (1965; a re-working of the Trio Sonata for 2 violins and piano, Op. 38)

  • 2 symphonies (No. 1, Op. 40, 1942–46; No. 2, Op. 65, 1973, "Homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart ")

  • Sonata for orchestra, Op. 44a (1966)

  • Serenade for chamber orchestra, Op. 46a (1957; rev. for large orchestra 1972)

  • Symphonic Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 47 (1947/48)

  • Fugue for string orchestra (1948; a reworking of the first movement of the String Quartet No. 5, Op. 48)

  • Divertimento for flute and strings, Op. 53a (? 1978)

  • Sweelinck Variations ("Mein junges Lebe hat ein End"), Op. 56 (1950/51)

  • Intrade, Allegro and Fugue, for timpani, percussion and strings, Op. 60 (1962)

  • ”Bamberger” Piano Concerto, Op. 63 (1972/73)

  • Transcription for orchestra of Franz Schubert 's Five German Dances for piano http://www.sinfoniavarsovia.org/en/sv.php? ref=%2Fen%2Fkalendarz-koncertowy-br.php Sinfonia Varsovia

  • Transcription for orchestra of Max Reger ’s "Praeludium und Fughetta", Op. 80 (1974)


    • Chamber


  • 8 violin sonatas (unnumbered, Op. 4, 1929, revised 1968; No. 1, Op. 30, 1942; No. 2 in G minor, Op. 33, 1943 – dedicated to the memory of Alma Moodie , who died in March 1943 http://www.jean-laurent.com/index.php? lang=en& loc=en/downloads/cd6.php Jean Laurent; No. 3, Op. 35 "Fränkische", 1944; No. 4, Op. 37, 1945; No. 5, Op. 39 " Arthur Honegger|Honegger Sonata", 1946; No. 6, Op. 44, 1947; No. 7, Op. 52, 1949)

  • Chamber Trio for 2 violins and piano, Op. 6 (1930)

  • Piano Quartet (Op. 7, 1930; revised 1955)

  • Divertimento for flute, violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 11 (1931)

  • 6 string quartets (No, 1, Op. 24, 1938, revised 1966; No. 2, Op. 36, 1945; No. 3, Op. 42, 1947 – see also Serenade for Wind Quintet, Op. 42a; No. 4 in C, Op. 43, 1947; No. 5, Op. 48, 1948; 1st movt. Reworked as "Fugue for String Orchestra"; No. 6, Op. 51, 1948)

  • Largo appassionato (violin/piano, 1939)

  • Music for violin and piano, Op. 27 (1940/41; rev. 1956)

  • 2 Cello Sonatas (No. 1, Op. 31, 1943, rev. 1967; or viola and piano; also for Viola and Clarinet, 1967; No. 2, Op. 66, ? 1979)

  • Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 34 (1944; also for Harp, Violin, and Cello, Op. 34a, 1966)

  • Trio Sonata ‘in the old style’, Op. 38 (2 violins and piano, 1946; rev. as Concerto Grosso for 2 Violins and orchestra, Op. 38a, 1965)

  • Serenade for wind quintet, Op. 42a (after the String Quartet No. 3, Op. 42)

  • 2 Flute Sonatas (No. 1, Op. 45, 1947; No. 2 in C, Op. 53, 1948)

  • Clarinet Quintet in A minor, Op. 46 (1947)

  • Fantasy, Op. 49 (violin and organ, 1949)

  • Divertimento for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and flute, Op. 53a

  • Improvisation on the sacred folksong "Schonster Herr Jesu", Op. 55 (cello and organ, 1950; or violin and piano)

  • Viola Sonata in E minor, Op. 62, "In memoriam Paul Hindemith " (1966/67)

  • Scherzo for wind octet (1972)


    • Piano


  • Suite, Op. 2

  • 3 Little suites, Op. 2a (1975; includes a reworked Suite, Op.2)

  • Toccata, Improvisation and Fugue, Op. 16 (2 pianos, 1932, rev. 1966; see also Orchestral)

  • Sonatina, Op. 29 (1942)

  • 2 Little sonatas for Piano, 4 Hands (Op. 32, 1943)

  • 3 Little sonatas (Op. 41, 1946)

  • Little Dance (1950)

  • 2 Little sonatas for 2 pianos, Op. 41a (1967)

  • Tessiner Klavierbuch, Op. 57 (1957/61)

  • * Impression; Scherzoso; Elegie; Etude; Notturno; Capriccio ("Kuckuck"); Die Glocken von; Capriasca; Tanz; Epilog http://www.schott-music.com/shop/1/1000505/1671245/1261762/show,35017,s.html

  • 2 Sonatinas, Op. 58 (1962)

  • Capricious Dance


    • Organ


  • Chorale Partita "O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen", Op. 1 (1929)

  • Fantasy (1930)

  • Chorale Variations "Helft mir Gottes Güte preisen", Op. 22, No. 1 (1936)

  • Chorale Variations "Jesu meine Freude", Op. 22, No. 2 (1936)

  • Ciacona in B minor, Op. 54

  • Chorale-Passacaglia on "Die Sonn' hat sich mit ihrem Glanz gewendet", Op. 61 (1962)

  • Triptychon on the Easter sequence "Victimae paschali laudes", Op. 64

  • Chorale Prelude "Zu Bethlehem geboren"


    • Vocal


  • Missa brevis, Op. 3 (chorus a cappella, 1929)

  • 3 Old German Minnelieder, Op. 5 (1929)

  • Motet " Media vita in morte sumus ", male choir, tenor and bass solos, Op. 8 (1930)

  • Jubilate Deo, for 5- or 8-part choir and organ (1930)

  • "Weihnachtsmusik", Op. 12a (female and children’s voices, violin and organ; 1931)

  • 3 Songs on poems of Thea Graziella (1931)

  • Passionmusik, Op. 12b (soprano, female and children’s voices, violin and organ; 1932)

  • Hymnen, Op. 13 (male chorus, 3 trumpets, timpani and organ, 1932; revised as Hymnischer Gesang for male chorus or mixed chorus and orchestra, Op. 13a)

  • Requiem Missa pro defunctis , Op. 14 (chorus and organ, 1931/32)

  • Emitte spiritum, choir and organ (1932)

  • 6 Sacred songs, Op. 17 (chorus and organ, 1932; version for chorus and piano, 1972)

  • Lied zur Fastnacht, 3-part female or children’s chorus and piano 4-hands (1933)

  • Motet "Tenebrae factae sunt", Op. 21 (male chorus, flute, oboe and clarinet; 1937)

  • Weg in die Zukunft, 2-part choir and winds or piano (1939)

  • Volk, du bist das Wesen, 3-part choir (1939)

  • Summer Night, 5 songs for 4- and 8-part choir a cappella, Op. 59 (1963)


    • Film scores


  • Raum in kriesenden Licht (1936)

  • Antwort des Herzens (written 1949 for a 1950 documentary) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428231/ IMDb


    • Other


  • Hörspielmusik Cenodoxus, der Doktor von Paris (1933)

  • Hörspielmusik Thomas Paine (1934)


    • References


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    Sources


  • http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Holler-Karl.htm

  • http://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Hoeller/wv_gattung.html

  • http://home.arcor.de/christoph_gaiser/hoel1a.htm


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