Egon Kornauth [SEP] date of birth
Egon Kornauth
Egon Kornauth (14 May 1891 – 28 October 1959) was an Austrian composer and music teacher.
Kornauth was born in Olmütz, Moravia. A cellist and pianist from his youth, he went in 1909 to Vienna, where he studied with Robert Fuchs, Guido Adler, Franz Schreker (with whom he quarrelled) and Franz Schmidt.
After teaching music theory at Vienna University from 1919, Kornauth embarked on an international career as pianist, accompanist and conductor that took him to Indonesia (1926-9
quartet, Op. 34a (1931); words by Clemens Brentano
- [2 Choruses], Op. 39 (1933); words by Friedrich Hölderlin
References.
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- Sources
- Gruber, Gerold W. (n.d.). "Kornauth, Egon" in Oxford Music Online , accessed 4 April 2014.
- Powell, Jonathan (2013). "Egon Kornauth Piano Works , Volume One." Essay in booklet accompanying CD of the same title, Toccata Classics, TOCC 0159