RAUCHENECKER, Georg Wilhelm (1844-1906) - String Quartet No.1

Obra d'Ernest Ange Duez (1843-1896), pintor francès (1)

- Recordatori de Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker -

En el dia de la celebració del seu 172è aniversari de naixement

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Parlem de Pintura...

Ernest Ange Duez (Paris, 7 de març de 1843 - Bougival, 4 d'abril de 1896) va ser un pintor francès. Es va formar amb el pintor Isidore-Alexandre-Augustin Pils. El 1868 va participar per primera vegada al Saló de París obtenint, el 1874, la tercera medalla, la qual va anticipar nous èxits en anys successius. El 1879 va realitzar possiblement la seva obra més famosa, el tríptic de Sant Cuthbert, on va combinar la temàtica tradicional amb un paisatge costaner, tractat amb pronunciat naturalisme. En els anys següents Duez va aconseguir renom com a retratista. En aquest sentit, va realitzar el retrat de la seva dona, Mme. Duez, i també els dels pintors Ulysse Butin i Alphonse de Neuville. Aviat, però, va retornar al paisatgisme de tall històric i al·legòric. El 1888 va pintar per a La Sorbona el panell decoratiu Virgili buscant inspiració en els boscos, i el 1892 va realitzar una parella de figures al·legòriques relatives a la Botànica i la Física per l'Hotel de Ville de París. Duez va morir l'abril de 1896 a Bougival.

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Parlem de Música...

Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (München, 8 de març de 1844 - Elberfeld, 17 de juliol de 1906) va ser un compositor alemany. Va néixer a Munich, ciutat on es va formar en violí, orgue i composició. Poc després va treballar en diverses ciutats franceses com a violinista, director i organista fins que va començar la Guerra Franco-Prussiana de 1870. A partir d'aleshores va viure a Suïssa on va ser membre fundador el 1875 i director del Musikkollegium de Winterthur. Anys més tard va tornar a Alemanya on va ser director de diverses orquestres. El 1905 va rebre el títol honorífic de Director de Música de Prússia. Va ser molt prolífic com a compositor destacant per les seves òperes, tres simfonies i dos concerts de piano. Va morir a Elberfeld el juliol de 1906.

OBRA:

Vocal secular:

Stage:
"La graine de coquelicot" (ca. 1863), Opéra comique in 1 Act [29]
"Tristanderl und Süßholde" (1865), parody [30]
"Le florentin" (1871), opera in 3 acts
"Adelheid von Burgund" (1886), opera
"Die letzten Tage von Thule" (ca. 1889), opera in 4 acts
"Sanna" (1893), opera in 2 acts
"Ingo" (1893), opera in 4 acts
"Don Quijote" (1895), opera in 3 acts
"Der Florentiner" (1901), opera in 3 acts (new version of "Le florentin")
"Ovid bei Hof", Incidental music (after 1885)
"Theodor Körner", Festival (1891)
"Amalasuntha", opera

Songs:
"Fünf Lieder der Brautzeit (Bräutigamslieder)" (1894) for baritone and piano
"Sieben Lieder" after the novel „Der Liedermacher“ (1894) for soprano and piano
"Abendlied" (1896)
"Maria Wiegenlied" (1898)
"Wirtstöchterlein" (1898)
"Schwing dich auf" (1900)
"Ave verum corpus" (1903) for contralto, cello, harp and organ
"So geht’s" (ca. 1888) for voice and piano
"Bergisches Lied" for baritone and piano
"Drei Gesänge" for baritone
"Fünf Lieder" (ca. 1883/84) for deep voice
"Königsmordliche Ballade" (ca. 1874) with flute accompaniment

Choral works:
"Sechs Lieder" (1878) for mixed chorus
"Zwei Särge" (1900) for mixed chorus and piano
"Pharao" (1897) for four-part mixed chorus or three-part women’s chorus and piano
"Lied von der Glocke" for four-part mixed chorus with speaker and piano or three part women’s chorus (ca. 1895)
"Hymne zur Einweihung des Kaiser-Wilhelm- und des Kaiser-Friedrich-Denkmals in Elberfeld" (1883) for men’s chorus
"Deutsches Schwert und deutscher Sang" (1891) for four-part men’s chorus
"Gotenzug", op. 137 (1899) for four-part men’s chorus with winds or piano
"Gotentreue", op. 138 (1899) for men’s chorus, soloists and orchestra (or piano)
"Germania" (ca. 1896) for men’s chorus
"Sechs Lieder" for men’s chorus
"Schwert und Palme" for men’s chorus
"Baracher Wein" (ca. 1889) for four-part men’s chorus
"Chorlied der Deutschen in Amerika" (1885) for four-part men’s chorus
"Der Lenz ist da" (ca. 1890) for men’s chorus
"O du taufrischer Morgen" (1877) for men’s chorus
"Wie lieb ich dich" (1877) for men’s chorus
"Walther von der Vogelweide" (1899) for four-part men’s chorus a cappella
"Das heutige Vaterland" (1883) for men’s chorus
"Gruss der Heimat: Wo immer ich weile" (um 1888) for men’s chorus
"Die Schönheit der Natur" (1900) for four-part women’s chorus
"Im Abendrot" (1900) for four-part women’s chorus
"Geduld" (1900) for three-part women’s chorus
"Zur heiligen Nacht" (1900) for mixed and three-part women’s chorus and piano
"Vater unser" (1895) for three-part women’s chorus with harmonium and flute
"Weihnachtsgruss" (1898) for three-part women’s chorus and piano
"Ode an das 19. Jahrhundert" (1899)
"An die Freiheit" (1891) for soloists, chorus and orchestra
"Niklaus von der Flüe" (1874), Swiss Peace Cantata, for soloists, male chorus and orchestra
"Trauerkantate auf den Tod Friedrichs III." (1888) for mixed chorus, baritone and orchestra
"Meine Göttin" (1897), cantata for tenor, men’s chorus and orchestra
"Huldigung der schönen Künste" (1898), cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra
"Heil dir Germania", cantata for four-part mixed chorus, piano and orchestra and speaker
"Hinaus auf hohen Bergesgipfel", (1889) festive cantata
"Die Murtenschlacht", (1876) cantata for soloist, chorus and orchestra
"Kaiser Otto I.", Kantate für Solo, dreistimmigen Frauchenchor und Klavier oder für Solo, gemischten Chor und Klavier
"Borussia" (1899/1900), cantata for three-part women’s chorus and piano or soloist, mixed chorus and piano
"Durch Nacht zum Licht (per tenebras ad lucem)" (ca. 1900) oratorio for chorus, soloists and orchestra
"Grosse Vokale Messe" (1863/64) for six-part chorus
"Titanenschicksal" (1899)
"Festgesang" (1877) for mixed chorus, soloists and orchestra

Instrumental:

Orch.:
La Serenade pour Orchestre (1857)
Ouverture „Souvenirs d’Aix“ (1863)
Grand Ouverture pour Musique Militaire (1867)
La Marseillaise pour Musique Militaire (1868)
"Friedrich Rotbart" (ca. 1870), symphonic poem
Symphony No. 1 in F minor (1875)
Symphonic Composition in the Style of an Ouverture (1880)
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major “Triumphal” (1885)
"Hochzeits-Idyll" (1889)
Intermezzo from the opera "Sanna" (ca. 1893)
"Aus der Jugendzeit" (ca. 1896), symphonic poem
"Alarich auf der Akropolis" (ca. 1899/1900), symphonic poem
Symphony No. 3 in D major “Elegiac” (1903/1904)

Conc.:
Violin Concerto No. 1 A minor (1876/1885)
Violin Concerto No. 2 B minor (1900)
Piano Concerto No. 1 B minor (1898)
Piano Concerto Nr. 2 F minor (1894)
Cello Concerto D minor (1904)
Oboe Concerto H minor (1905)

Chbr.:
String Quartet No. 1 in C minor (1874)
String Quartet No. 2 in D major (1878)
String Quartet in A minor (ca. 1879)
String Quartet in E major (ca. 1883)
String Quartet in G minor (in the Form of a Suite) (ca. 1890)
String Quartet in E-flat major
Piano Quintet in D major (1897) for piano, flute, 2 violins, viola and cello
String Sextet in E-flat major
Wind Octet in B-flat major (1897) for flute, oboe, cor anglais, 2 horns, bass clarinet and bassoon

Works for solo instruments:
"6 Charakteristische Tonbilder", op. 24–29 (1873) for violin and piano
"Orientalische Phantasie" (1874) for violin and string quartet or piano
"Die vier Temperamente", 4 short pieces for piano
"5 kleine Klavierstücke"
"26 kleine Orgelpräludien" (ca. 1902/03)
"Jesu, komm zu mir" for organ
"Präludium für Harmonium" (after 1885)

Font: En català: Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844-1906) - En castellano: Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844-1906) - In english: Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844-1906) - Altres: Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844-1906)

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Parlem en veu pròpia o en veu d'altri...

While in Switzerland, Rauchenecker was introduced to Wagner who was living close by. Soon after, Rauchenecker became a member of the Triebschen Quartet which performed several concerts devoted to Beethoven’s quartets under the general direction of Wagner. This experience left a strong impression on Rauchenecker. The influence of both Wagner and Beethoven can clearly be heard in his String Quartet No. 1 in c minor, composed during this time (1874). One also can hear the influence of Mendelssohn and Schubert.  In four movements, the quartet begins Allegro impetuoso. The main theme bears some resemblance to that which Wagner used in his Siegfried Idyll, yet the movement is fresh and well-wrought. In the second movement, Andante moderato, the viola introduces the lovely melody, which serves as the main theme. It is clearly the center of gravity for the quartet and the music has an affinity to one of Mendelssohn’s songs without words. This is followed by a short but robust Allegro vivace complete with a lovely trio section. The quartet concludes with a very convincing Allegro con fuoco which blends an exciting, galloping first theme with a less-driving but lyrical second subject.

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Gaudiu i compartiu! 

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