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  Encyclopedia: Franz Schreker
Schreker was the oldest son of the Jewish court photographer Ignaz Schrecker and his wife Eleonore von Clossmann.
Schreker's fame and influence were at their peak during the early years of the Weimar Republic.
Schreker was primarily a composer of works for the stage.
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 Franz Schreker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In 1912, the performance of the opera Der ferne Klang overnight established his fame and the same year Schreker was appointed as a (Someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university) professor at the Music Academy in Vienna.
The first performance of Der Schatzgräber (Frankfurt, 21 January 1920) was the highpoint of his career, and in March that year he was appointed director of the Hochschule für Musik in (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) Berlin.
Schreker's fame and influence were at their peak during the early years of the (The German republic founded at Weimar in 1919) Weimar Republic.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fr/franz_schreker.htm   (533 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Ernst Krenek Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He studied there and in Berlin with Franz Schreker before working in a number of German opera houses as conductor.
During World War I, Křenek was drafted into the Austrian Army, but he was stationed in Vienna, allowing him to go on with his musical studies.
He then started writing in a neo-Romantic style with Franz Schubert as a model, before using Arnold Schoenberg's twelve tone technique; the opera Karl V (1938) is entirely written with this system, as are most of his later pieces.
www.ipedia.com /ernst_krenek.html   (346 words)

  
 Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
13 (version with orchestra), with the Philharmonic Choir and the Wiener Tonkünstler-Orchester under the direction of Franz Schreker in Vienna on 9 December.
Receives his first stipend from the Mahler Foundation; additional stipends follow in 1914 and 1918.
World première of the “Gurrelieder” on 23 February in the Großer Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, under the direction of Franz Schreker.
www.schoenberg.at /1_as/bio/biographie_e.htm   (6193 words)

  
 HARRASSOWITZ Offers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Vocal music by Franz Schubert in Carus editions (July 2004)
Franz Lehar - Die lustige Witwe - Subscription for the first time available score (June 2005)(pdf)
Franz Schreker - Choral music - Subscription for the complete edition by Carus (April 2005)(pdf)
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