Paul Angerer is an Austrian violist

Viola

The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...

, conductor

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

 and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

.

Life

Angerer studied music theory

Music theory

Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...

 and composition

Musical composition

Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...

 with Friedrich Reidinger and Alfred Uhl

Alfred Uhl

Alfred Uhl was an Austrian composer, violist, music teacher and conductor.-Biography:Uhl studied with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Music Academy, receiving a diploma in composition with honours in 1932. He subsequently worked as Kapellmeister of the Swiss Festspielmusik in Zürich...

, and conducting with Hans Swarowsky

Hans Swarowsky

Hans Swarowsky was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth and Jewish descent.Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss...

. He performed in the viola section of Wiener Symphoniker, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich

Tonhalle Orchester Zurich

Tonhalle Orchester Zürich is a symphony orchestra founded in 1868 in Zürich Switzerland, where it established its residence in the neue Tonhalle in 1895....

 and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall...

 early in his career and was viola soloist with the Wiener Symphoniker from 1953 to 1957. Angerer then began to conduct the Vienna Chamber Orchestra

Vienna Chamber Orchestra

The Vienna Chamber Orchestra is an Austrian chamber orchestra based at the Vienna Konzerthaus....

 and the orchestras in Bonn

Bonn

Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....

 and Ulm

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

. From 1967 to 1972 he was principal conductor of the Salzburg Opera Theater (Salzburger Landestheater) and led the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester

Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra

Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, full German name: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, full English name South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, is an internationally known German chamber orchestra based in Pforzheim.- History :...

 from 1971 to 1982. In 1982, Angerer began conducting the Concilium Musicum Wien and held a teaching position at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna from 1982 to 1992.

Angerer was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Music

Grand Austrian State Prize

The Grand Austrian State Prize is a decoration given annually by Austria to an artist for exceptional work. The recipient must be an Austrian citizen with a permanent residence in Austria....

 in 1953 for his Musik für Viola allein.

Paul Angerer's compositional style is influenced by that of Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...

. His works are published by Verlag Doblinger, Universal Edition

Universal Edition

Universal Edition is a classical music publishing firm. Founded in 1901 in Vienna, and originally intended to provide the core classical works and educational works to the Austrian market...

, C. Haslinger and Editions M. Reift.

Selected works

Opera

• Die Paßkontrolle, Television Opera (1958)

Orchestral

• Orchesterwerk I (1946)
• Orchesterwerk II (1947)
• Sinfonia III for chamber orchestra (1947)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente VIII for 15 stringed instruments (1950)
• Musik für Orchester (1950)
• Gradatio (1951)
• Sinfonia in A (1951)
• Concert pour la Jeunesse (1956)
• Musica fera (1956)
• Recordatio for 14 strings (1972)
• Ire in orbem for string orchestra (1975)

Concert band

• Angerer-Marsch (1986)
• Eisenbahn-Marsch (1987)

Concertante

• Sinfonia I for organ and chamber orchestra (1945)
• Concerto for viola, harpsichord and 5 winds (oboe, English horn, 2 bassoons, trumpet) (1946)
• Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1947)
• Concerto for harpsichord and 6 winds (flute, oboe, 2 bassoons, trumpet and trombone) (1950)
• Concerto for viola and brass sextet (3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba) (1950)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente IX for viola and string orchestra (1950)
• Responsorium for English horn and string orchestra (1951)
• Liberatio for violin and chamber orchestra (1952)
• Musik für Klavier und Streicher (Music for Piano and Strings) (1953)
• Musica ad impulsum et pulsum for violin, viola, cello and double bass soli, string orchestra and percussion (1955)
• Conference entre deux violoncelles for 2 cellos and chamber orchestra (1956)
• Konzert (Sonnerie) for harpsichord, string orchestra and percussion (1956)
• Gloriatio for double bass and chamber orchestra (1957)
• Concerto for viola and orchestra (1962, 1975)
• Concerto for 2 alto recorders and chamber orchestra (1962)
• Concerto for viola da gamba, strings and percussion (1962)
• Concerto for piano and string orchestra (1962)
• Quicquam for double bass and string orchestra (1977)
• Musica conquisita – pro fidicina et cordarum sonus for harp and string orchestra (1981)
• Musica exanimata for cello and chamber orchestra (1983)

Chamber and instrumental music

• Partita in E minor for viola and piano (1944)
• Musik for viola and piano (1945)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente I for string quartet (1945)
• Sonata in A for violin and piano (1945)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente II for 2 violas, cello and double bass (1946)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente III for violin solo, 2 violas, cello and double bass (1946)
• Trio for oboe, viola and bassoon (1946)
• Kammermusik for woodwind quintet (1947)
• Musik für Oboe und Streichinstrumente (1947)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente IV for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1947)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente V, Trio for violin, viola and cello (1947)
• Sextett for flute, trumpet, bassoon, violin, viola and double bass (1947)
• Konzert für zwölf Instrumente for piccolo, flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, tuba, 2 violas, cello, double bass, piano and timpani (1948)
• Musik für Fagott, Streichinstrumente und Klavier (1948)
• Musik für Viola allein for viola solo (1948)
• Divertissement for flute, oboe and bassoon (1949)
• Duo for viola and cello (1949)
• Musik für Trompete, Streichinstrumente und Klavier for trumpet, 2 violas, cello, double bass and piano (1949)
• Musik für Violoncello allein for solo cello (1949)
• Musique pour alto et contrebasse for viola and double bass (1949)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente VI for 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1950)
• Musik für Streichinstrumente VII, Trio for 2 violas and double bass (1950)
• Certamen musicum for flute and horn (1951)
• Duo for violin and viola (1951)
• Flötenmusik for alto recorder and harpsichord (1951)
• Konzertantes Quartett for oboe, horn, viola and bassoon (1951)
• Oktett for clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1951)
• Pastorale for viola da gamba (1951)
• Rectus motus for violin, viola and cello (1951)
• Serenata for violin, viola, horn and bassoon (1951)
• Sextett for oboe, English horn, tumpet, horn and 2 bassoons (1951)
• String Quartet (1951)
• Duo for alto recorder and viola (1952)
• Varia Vestis for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello (1952)
• Hornquartett for 4 horns (1953)
• Ruminatio for viola and piano (1953)
• Tänze (Dances) for 3 violins (1953)
• Toccata for 2 alto recorders and harpsichord (1953)
• Trio for oboe, horn and bassoon (1953)
• Trio for alto recorder, viola d'amore
  Viola d'amore
  The viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
  
   and lute (1953–1955)
• Invocatio for violin, cello and piano (1954)
• Musica exanimata for cello and piano (1954, 1983)
• Tänze (Dances) for violin and piano (1955)
• Etüde: Eine Technische und Durchaus Musikalische Etüde for violin and piano (1956)
• Quintett for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon (1956)
• Tre Poemi per Angelo for trumpet, horn and 2 trombones (1957)
• Trio for violin, recorder and guitar (1961)
• Chanson Gaillarde for oboe (or violin), cello (or bassoon) and harpsichord (or piano) (1963)
• Cogitatio for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1964)
• Musica articolata for 13 winds (1970)
• Oblectatio vespertina for flute and harp (1970)
• Quartett I for alto recorder, viola da gamba, guitar and percussion (1971)
• Trio I Bruchstücke for flute, oboe and cello (1971)
• Trio II Floskeln for violin, cello and piano (1973)
• Conjunctio for violin and harp (1975)
• Trio III Syngrapha for violin, viola and cello (1975)
• Il promesso for 8 flutes (1976)
• Minutatim for violin solo (1978)
• Exercitium Canonicum, 4 Canonic Pieces for 2 violas (1980)
• Colloquio concertante for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello (1982)
• Obolus for 6 oboes (1983)
• Trifolium octangulum for viola d'amore, hammered dulcimer
  Hammered dulcimer
  The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. Typically, the hammered dulcimer is set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who holds small mallet hammers in each hand to strike the strings...
  
   and cello (1983)
• Tubilustrium: Eine Übung im Blasen for tuba and piano (1985)
• Oculus for horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba (1986)
• Quartett for 9 recorders (1986)
• HiLaRaTiO for viola d'amore, transverse flute
  Transverse flute
  A transverse flute or side-blown flute is a flute which is held horizontally when played. The player blows "across" the embouchure hole, in a direction perpendicular to the flute's body length....
  
  , violin and double bass (1987)
• Blechsalat for 3 trumpets and 3 trombones (1989)
• Quadriga for 4 trombones (1990)
• Sinfonia, Wiegenlied und Tanz for viola d'amore, violin and double bass (or cello) (1993)
• Fetzig for horn and piano (1996)
• Drei Stücke für 3 Hörner I for 3 horns (1996)
• Drei Stücke für 3 Hörner II for 3 horns (1996)
• Drei Stücke für 3 Hörner III for 3 horns (1996)
• Ein Thema, 3 Pieces for horn and piano (1996)
• Musica pro cornuario profundo for horn and piano (1996)
• quartilatus medium et facile, 4 Pieces for horn and piano (1996)
• quatuor capitibus, 3 Pieces for 4 horns (1996)
• Terz, Quart und Quint, 3 Pieces for 2 horns (1996)
• 4 Stücke for horn and piano (1996)
• 2 Stücke für tiefes Horn und Klavier (1996)
• Wettstreit zwischen Dur und Moll for 2 violas d'amore (1997)
• Oblectatio vespertina for trombone and harp (1998)
• Octangulum for viola d'amore and piano (1999)

Harp

• Stadium Veronicae, 6 Pieces (1971)
• La Nostalgia: Walzer-Paraphrase (1977)

Harpsichord and clavichord

• 4 Orgelpfeifen stellen sich vor, 4 Little Pieces for clavichord (1946)
• 5 Toccaten (1957)
• Una mesata (1985)

Organ

• Der du bist drei in Einigkeit, Chorale Fantasy (1944)
• Gib Fried, o frommer, treuer Gott, Chorale Prelude (1944)
• Flügelaltar: Musica pro Organo III nach Herbert Boeckl (1946)
• Musica pro organo (1946)
• Praeambulum in drei Teilen und Fuge (1946)
• Resurrectio, Musica Sacra (1946)
• 4 Praeambeln (1953)
• Praeludium und Fuge Halapé (1954)
• Praeambulum und Fuge for positive organ
  Positive organ
  A positive organ is a small, usually one-manual, pipe organ that is built to be more or less mobile. It was common in sacred and secular music between the 10th and the 18th centuries, in chapels and small churches, as a chamber organ and for the basso continuo in ensemble works...
  
   (1960)
• Luctus et gaudium (1980)
• Christ ist erstanden, Chorale Variations (1995)

Piano

• 5 Fugen (1944)
• Passacaglia in G minor (1944)
• Präludium und Fuge in F minor (1944)
• Sonata in F major (1944)
• Sonatina in D major (1944)
• Toccata in G major (1944)
• Variationen über ein Thema von Joseph Haydn (1944)
• Variationen über ein Thema von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for piano 4-hands (1945)
• Annexus musicae cum ratione for piano 4-hands (1946)
• Hausmusik for piano 4-hands (1946)
• Schlagstück for piano 4-hands (1946)
• Progressio (1952)
• Sempre legato (1953)
• Stimmungen, 5 Pieces (1955)
• 3 Klavierstücke (1973–1974)

Vocal

• 2 Lieder for mezzo-soprano and piano or string trio (1949); words by Barbara Peter
• Triptychon, 3 Songs for baritone, 2 oboes, 2 bassoon, trupet and trombone (1949); words by Barbara Peter
• Abendlied eines Bauernmanns for baritone and string orchestra (1950); words by Matthias Claudius
  Matthias Claudius
  Matthias Claudius was a German poet, otherwise known by the penname of “Asmus”.-Life:Claudius was born at Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena...
  
  
• 3 Narrenlieder for baritone and piano (1960); words from As You Like It
  As You Like It
  As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
  
  by William Shakespeare
  William Shakespeare
  William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
  
  
• Einsame Träume, Rilke Variations for soprano, baritone and chamber orchestra (1965); words by Rainer Maria Rilke
  Rainer Maria Rilke
  René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke , better known as Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian–Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most significant poets in the German language...
  
  
• Code maçonnique for bass and piano (1979)
• Communio for soprano and organ (1995)
• 5 Lieder for soprano and string orchestra (1998); words by Elisabeth of Bavaria
  Elisabeth of Bavaria
  Elisabeth of Austria was the spouse of Franz Joseph I, and therefore both Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. She also held the titles of Queen of Bohemia and Croatia, among others...
  
  

Choral

• Gesang von mir selbst for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1946); words by Walt Whitman
  Walt Whitman
  Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
  
  
• Missa pro coro a cappella (1946)
• Sinfonia II Domenica in passione for boys' chorus and orchestra (1946)
• Messe for chorus, ensemble and organ (1947)
• Auf meinen lieben Gott, Cantata for soprano, chorus and chamber ensemble (1948); words by Sigmund Weingartner
• Wen der Himmel retten will, dem gibt er die Liebe, Oratorio for soprano, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra (1949); words by Lao Tse
  Laozi
  Laozi was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching . His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism...
  
  
• Der jüngste Tag for chorus, 2 (or more) violas, cello and double bass (1951); words by Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart
  Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart
  Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart , was a German poet, born at Obersontheim in Swabia.He entered the university of Erlangen in 1758 as a student of theology. He led a dissolute life, and after two years' stay was summoned home by his parents...
  
  
• Agamemnon muß sterben (Agamemnon Must Die), Cantata for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, speaker, 2 choruses and orchestra (1954–1955); words by Rudolf Bayr
• Die Vogelscheuche for 3-part boys' chorus a cappella (1956); words by Wladimir von Hartlieb
• Legende von Oedipus, Cantata for baritone, narrator, mixed chorus and orchestra (1956); words by Rudolf Bayr
• Gedicht 13.5.1941 for mixed chorus a cappella (1962); words by Pablo Picasso
  Pablo Picasso
  Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
  
  
• Kantate zur Eröffnung der Fritz-Erler-Schule for chorus, viola, piano and percussion (1976)
• Vier Chöre (4 Choruses) (1982); words from the Latin comedy Henno by Johannes Reuchlin
• Missa Seitenstettensis, German Mass for cantor
  Cantor (church)
  A cantor is the chief singer employed in a church with responsibilities for the ecclesiastical choir; also called the precentor....
  
  , chorus, brass, timpani and organ (1987)
• Fünf lateinische Sinnsprüche for male chorus (1990)
• Geraser Orgelmesse for cantor, chorus and organ (1995)
• Flügelschlag for children's chorus and piano (1999)

External links

• Paul Angerer Concilium Musicum Wien
• Paul Angerer Music Information Center Austria, biographical information and list of works