Leon Schidlowsky
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ליאון שידלובסקי | |
Born | Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete 21 July 1931 Universidad de Chile |
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Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete (
Life and career
León Schidlowsky was born in Santiago de Chile on 21 July 1931.
Chile (1954–1968)
After his return to Chile in 1954, Schidlowsky became a member of the avant-garde ensemble Grupo Tonus in Santiago and served as its director from 1958 to 1961.[1] This ensemble wanted to spread avant-garde and contemporary music in Chile. In 1956 Schidlowsky produced Nacimiento, considered the first electroacoustic work composed in Latin America. Between 1956 and 1959 he was member of the British Council and between 1956 and 1961 a musical adviser of the pantomime ensemble Grupo Noisvander. He served as director of the music library at the Instituto de Extensión Musical in 1961 and 1962, and as secretary-general of the Asociación Nacional de Compositores from 1961 to 1963. He also served as director-general of the Instituto de Extensión Musical, of the university from 1962 to 1966.[1] In this period the Institute achieved distinction, with the performance of music that had never been played in Chile before, and with the performance of at least one work by a Chilean composer every year. Besides that, a number of orchestral conductors, soloists, and foreign orchestras visited Chile and made a substantial contribution to the musical culture of the country.
In 1964, Schidlowsky was, together with
Israel
In 1969, Schidlowsky was appointed Professor for Composition and Music Theory at the
Personal life
Schidlowsky's wife, Susanne Schidlowsky, died in 1999. They had five children (David, Elias, Judith, and twins Yuval and Noam).
Schidlowsky died in Tel Aviv on 10 October 2022, at the age of 91.[3]
Awards
Schidlowsky received various awards for his music, such as at the Festivales de Música Chilena, with works of his being awarded the Chilean Prize CRAV. In 1996 he received the First Prize for his work Absalom in the 60th anniversary competition of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.[1]
In 2000 he was awarded the
Works
Many of Schidlowsky's works make reference to his Jewish-Israeli identity and to the history of the Jewish people, as well as to his interest in history and the political and social situation in Chile and Latin America. There is also in his works a musical response to his personal life and experience, such as the death of his wife Susanne (1999) and his son Elias (2004), or the destiny of many personal and professional friends, or personalities of his time. As an admirer of Arnold Schoenberg´s music, Schidlowsky began his career as a composer in the tradition of the Second Viennese School. His music is also highly influenced by Edgard Varèse, specially on his concern with timbre and freedom of form.
Later he began to use
His compositions have been performed in numerous countries with orchestra conductors including
Schidlowsky's works include:[5]
- Caupolicán, text by Pablo Neruda, for speaker, mixed chorus, 2 pianos, 6 percussionists
- Tríptico for orchestra
- Kristallnacht, text: fragment from a traditional Jewish prayer, for tenor, male chorus, orchestra
- Invocation, text by the composer, for soprano, speaker, orchestra
- Llaqui, text by Javier Heraud, for speaker and orchestra]
- New York for orchestra
- Epitafio para Hermann Scherchen for orchestra
- Amereida
- Llaqui, text by Javier Heraud, for speaker and orchestra
- Memento, text by Heraud, for soprano and orchestra
- Ecce Homo, text after fragments of Che Guevara), for soprano and orchestra, 1969
- In Eius Memoriam, for orchestra
- Amerindia
- Preludio for orchestra
- Los heraldos negros, text by César Vallejo), for speaker and orchestra
- Sacsahuamán, for orchestra
- Era el crepúsculo de la iguana, text by Pablo Neruda, for speaker and orchestra
- Yo vengo a hablar, text by Neruda, for speaker and orchestra
- Missa in Nomine Bach, text from the Mass, for mixed chorus and ensemble (8 players)
- Nacht, text by the composer, for mixed chorus
- Lux in Tenebris, for orchestra
- In memoriam Luigi Nono, for viola, cello and double bass
- Arabesque for transverse flute
- Silvestre Revueltas, text by Neruda, for speaker and chamber ensemble
- Prelude to a Drama, for orchestra
- Absalom, for orchestra
- Three Dialogues for 2 violins
- In memoriam Jorge Peña, text by the composer, for speaker and orchestra
- And death shall have no dominion for orchestra
- Job for orchestra
- L´inferno for orchestra
- Partita for cello
- In memoriam György Ligeti for orchestra
- Nocturno, text by Neruda, for narrator and orchestra
- Soledad, text in Quechuaand Spanish, for voice, oboe, horn and cello
- Lautaro, text by Neruda, for narrator and orchestra
- Valparaíso, text by Álvaro Gallegos, narrator and orchestra
Examples from his graphic notation music include:
- Kolot for harp
- Trigon for violin or viola, cello and piano
- Actions for Piano'
- Vera la morte, text by Cesare Pavese, for voice and percussion
- Hommage to Picasso, text by Gertrude Stein, for voice
- Tetralog
- Music for Piano and Winds
- Music for Piano and Strings
- Music for Piano and Percussion
- Music for Piano and Voice
- Dadayamasong, text by Franz Mehring, for soprano, saxophone, piano and percussion
- Misa Sine Nomine(In Memoriam Víctor Jara)
- Bereschít bará elohím et haschamáim weét haáretz text from the Bible, for two mixed choruses and percussion
- Kyrie eleison for large mixed chorus
- Lied, text by George Grosz, for speaker and organ
- Gloria, for large mixed chorus and four gongs (1 player)
- Chile, text by the composer, for 20 mixed voices
- Credo, for speaker, large mixed chorus, organ and four bass drums (1 player)
- Benedictus, for 36 mixed voices and four suspended cymbals (1 player)
- Ich komme, text by Vladimir Mayakovsky, for 36 mixed voices
- Dona nobis pacem, for large mixed chorus
- Babel, text from the Bible, for 6 sopranos, 6 altos, 4 tenors, 4 basses
- Epilog, text from the Bible, for speaker, small mixed chorus, large mixed chorus, organ, 4 percussion
- Palindrom for women's chorus
- Am Grab Kafkas, text by Franz Kafka), for women's voice (+ crotales)
- Greise sind die Sterne geworden, texts by Heinrich Heine, Georg Trakl, Else Lasker-Schüler, Mascha Kaléko, Erich Fried, Novalis, and the Bible, for soprano, alto, baritone, speaker, mixed chorus, piano, organ, harpsichord, celesta, 3 percussion
- Deutschland ein Wintermärchen, for chorus, speaker, soloist, piano, and percussion ensemble
Among his numerous works, Schidlowsky also wrote three operas:
- Die Menschen, opera in four acts, libretto by the composer, after Walter Hasenclever
- Der Dybbuk, opera in three acts, libretto by the composer, after S. Ansky
- Before Breakfast, opera in one act, libretto by the composer, after Eugene O'Neill
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Schidlowsky Leon". Israel Music Institute. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Leon Schidlowsky". The Living Composers Project. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Álvaro Gallegos (21 August 2014). "Adiós a León Schidlowsky, forjador del modernismo musical en Chile" (in Spanish). Radio ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ J. L. F. (21 August 2014). "León Schidlowsky obtiene el Premio Nacional de Artes Musicales" [León Schidlowsky Gets the National Prize for Musical Arts]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ^ A full list of his works can be found at www.schidlowsky.com
Bibliography
- Fugellie Videla, Daniela: "La música gráfica de León Schidlowsky: Deutschland ein Wintermärchen (1979) como partitura multimedial". In: Revista Musical Chilena. Año LXVI, Número 218, Santiago de Chile, July to December 2012.
- David Schidlowsky (ed.): "Gráfica musical. León Schidlowsky". RiL editores Santiago de Chile 2012 - ISBN 978-956-284-876-3.
- David Schidlowsky [ed.): "musikalische Grafik - graphic music. León Schidlowsky". Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, Berlin 2011 - ISBN 978-3-86573-620-8.
- Rüdiger, Wolfgang: "Was wollen wir bauen? Leon Schidlowsky: 'Am Grab Kafkas' für Stimmen und Crotales". In: Stoll, Rolf (ed.): Teamwork! Sprache, Bild, Bewegung, Szene: neue Musik für Schülerensemble. Musik und Bildung Spezial. Praxis Unterricht. Schott Verlag, Mainz 2004.
- Fresis, Errico: "Zwischen Berger und Meer. Der Komponist Leon Schidlowsky". In: Neue Musikzeitung, H. 9, Regensburg 2001.
- Traber, Habakuk: "Schidlowsky, Leon: misa sine nomine". In: Forum Kirchenmusik, 3, Templin, Germany 1999.
- Kube, Michael: "Schidlowsky, Leon: misa sine nomine". In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 3, Mainz 1999.
- Lutzky, Z.: "Leon Schidlowsky: Portrait of a Composer as a Rebel". In: Israel Music Institute News, 91/3, Tel Aviv 1991.
- Cohen, Y. W.: "Neimej smiroth Israel". Tel Aviv 1990, 236-243.
- Maur, Karin von: "Thema Musik – Malerei – Musikalische Graphic". In: Katalog zur Ausstellung Leon Schidlowsky Musikalische Graphik. Staatsgalerie Stuttgart 1979.
- Karkoschka, Erhard: "Zu musikalische Graphik und Leon Schidlowsky's einschlägigen Arbeiten". In: Katalog zur Ausstellung Leon Schidlowsky Musikalische Graphik. Staatsgalerie Stuttgar 1979.
- Leon Schidlowsky Musikalische Graphic,. exhibition catalogue, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart 1979
- Karkoschka, Erhard: "Leon Schidlowsky's "DADAYAmasONG". Eine musikalische Graphik und ihre Interpretation". In: Göllner, Theodor (ed.): Notenschrift und Aufführung. Symposium zur Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung1977 in Munich. Tutzing (Hans SchneiderVerlag), 1980. Part of a series: Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte vol. 30
- Grebe, María Ester: "León Schidlowsky Gaete. Síntesis de su trayectoria creativa (1952-1968)". In: Revista Musical Chilena 22, H. 104/105, 7-52, Santiago de Chile 1968.
- Compositores de América/Composers of the Americas, Editor: The Pan American Union, Vol. 10, Washington DC 1965.
Recordings
- Obras sinfónicas. Compositores chilenos Vol. 4. Academia Chilena de Bellas Artes. Santiago de Chile 2013. CD 7126709014223
- Leon Schidlowsky zum 75. Geburtstag. Werke von 1952 bis 2005, live from Emmauskirche , Berlin-Kreuzberg, 23/24 September 2005 and 16/17 September 2006. musikart Ingo Schulz, CD 4260031182342
- Greise sind die Sterne geworden. Eine moderne Passion, live recording of the world premiere on 25 March 2000". musikart Ingo Schulz, CD 4012831190634
- Misa sine nomine, live concert on 12 September 1998. CD 4012831190436
External links
- Official website
- Leon Schidlowsky Schott Music
- Leon Schidlowsky (in German) Emmaus
- Leon Schidlowsky discography at Discogs
- Leon Schidlowsky at IMDb
- Labor cumplida en 1957 por el Instituto de extension musical de la Universidad de Chile obtienearchivo.bcn.cl