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(A-lek-san’-der Zem-lin’ske) 1871–1942 Austrian composer Zemlinsky was a friend, teacher and (for a while) brother-in-law of Schoenberg; unlike him he never severed his stylistic roots in the music of Strauss and Mahler. His work was long neglected or ignored, but recent interest in his four string quartets, his operas – notably Eine florentinische Tragödie (‘A Florentine Tragedy’, 1917) ...

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1871–1942, Austrian Dedicated to opera as a conductor and composer, Zemlinsky attracted critical acclaim, yet by the time of his death he was all but forgotten. He had his second opera, Es War Einmal (‘Once Upon a Time’, 1899), conducted and revised by Gustav Mahler for its first performance at the Vienna Court Opera in 1900. Zemlinsky ...

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Büchse der Pandora (‘Pandora’s Box’, 1904). Following the composer’s death, controversy arose as to the fate of the incomplete third act. Berg’s widow asked Schoenberg, Webern and Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942) to complete the opera but they all refused. From this point on, she withheld all of Berg’s supporting materials. It was not until after her own death in ...

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1897–1957, Austrian The son of music critic Julius Korngold, Erich was declared a genius aged nine by Gustav Mahler. Four years later, Korngold wrote a ballet pantomime, Der Schneemann (‘The Snowman’, 1910), orchestrated by his teacher Zemlinsky. The work drew the admiration of Puccini and Strauss, both of whom were already major influences on Korngold’s compositional ...

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was scheduled to debut at the Met, he died after falling down a flight of steps at a friend’s castle. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Alexander Zemlinsky | Modern Era | Opera Houses & Companies | The Birth of the Metropolitan Opera | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

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he died on 18 May. ‘Second Viennese School’ Mahler was already a musical father-figure to the next generation of Viennese composers in his lifetime – he supported Schoenberg and Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942), for example, even at the risk of jeopardizing his own position. Soon after his death, writes the musical scholar Constantin Floros, he became ‘the spiritual leader ...

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no stooge to Broadway and Hollywood. Recommended Recording: The Threepenny Opera, soloists, Ensemble Modern (cond) Heinz Karl Gruber (RCA/Sony) Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Alexander Zemlinsky | Modern Era | Classical ...

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with Schoenberg and also in his native Prague with the pioneer of microtonal music, Alois Hába. In his own music their influence is joined by those of Mahler, Zemlinsky (with whom he studied conducting), Debussy and Weill, among others. His powerful opera Der Sturz des Antichrists (‘The Rise of Antichrist’, 1935) was not performed due to the German ...