Johann Nepomuk David

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Johann Nepomuk David (30 November 1895 – 22 December 1977) was an Austrian composer.

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Life and career David was born in Eferding. He was a choirboy in the monastery of Sankt Florian and studied at an episcopal teacher training college in Linz, 1912–1915, after which he became a school teacher. He studied briefly (1921–22) at both the Musikhochschule (where was a composition student of Joseph Marx) and the university of Vienna (where he studied with Guido Adler). He returned to Linz in 1922, where he acted as musical director of the Linz "Kunststelle" until 1924. From January 1925 until the autumn of 1934 he was a teacher at a local catholic school, founded and directed a Bach choir, and was organist at a Protestant church at Wels. He then became professor of composition and theory at the Musikhochschule in Leipzig (November 1934 – January 1945). From 1945 to 1947 he was professor of music at the Mozarteum, Salzburg, and finally, from 1948 to 1963, professor of theory and counterpoint (practically: composition) at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart. At Stuttgart, he also directed the Bruckner choir (1949–52), the academy's chamber orchestra (1950–53). David wrote a number of orchestral works including eight symphonies, several concertos including an organ concerto and three violin concertos, instrumental works including many…Citește mai mult

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Selected worklist Eight Symphonies: No. 1 in A minor, op. 18 (1937) No. 2, op. 20 (1938) No. 3, op. 28 (1941) No. 4, op. 39 (1948) No. 5, op. 41 (1951) No. 6, op. 46 (1954) No. 7, op. 49 (1957) No. 8, op. 59 (1964–65) Symphonie preclassica super nomen H-A-S-E (op. 44, 1953), sinfonia breve for small orchestra (op. 47) (1955), sinfonia per archi (op. 54) (1959) Chaconne, op. 71 for orchestra (1972) Flute Concerto, 1936 Three concertos for string orchestra (op. 40 no. 1, 1950, op. 40 no. 2, 1951, op. 74, 1974, published by Breitkopf & Härtel) Violin concerto, op. 45 with small orchestra (1952) Violin concerto no. 2, with string orchestra, op. 50 (1957) Violin Concerto no. 3, op. 56 (1961) Melancholia for viola and chamber orchestra, op.53 (1958) Concerto for organ and orchestra, op. 61 (1965) Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra, op.68 (1969) Duo concertante for violin and cello (op. 19) (pub. 1938) Sonata for viola solo, op. 31 no.3 (1947) Two sonatas for cello solo (op. 31 no. 4, pub. 1947; 1977) Sonata for guitar (op. 31 no. 5) Sonata for flute and viola, op. 32 no.1 (1943) Sonata for clarinet and…Citește mai mult

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Writings David, Johann Nepomuk (1968). Die Jupiter-Symphonie: eine Studie über die thematisch-melodischen Zusammenhänge (in German). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. OCLC 258753615.