Aladar Rado
Aladár Radó (26 December 1882, in Budapest – 7 September 1914, in Boljevci near Belgrade) was a Hungarian composer of classical music.[1][2]
Life and work[edit]
Aladar Rado first studied under Hans Koessler (composition) at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music since 1904 with fellow students like Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly.[3] He later continued his compositional studies under Leo Weiner. He was awarded the Hungarian State fellowship, the Franz-Liszt-fellowship of Budapest, a Bayreuth fellowship, and the Franz-Joseph-fellowship which allowed him to move to Berlin. There he continued to compose and also worked for the theatres of Max Reinhardt.[4]
In 1914 Aladar Rado was the designated principal conductor of the Reinhard Theatres with a contract starting on 1 September. But in July 1914 the World War I broke out and Aladar Rado enlisted for military service and was sent as a reserve officer to the front line in Serbia. There he was killed in action only a few weeks later.[5]
Compositions[edit]
- Frühlingslied, for violin and piano (1906)
- Suite for orchestra (1908)
- String quartet
- Symphony Petőfi (1909)[6]
- Symphonic poem for orchestra Falu végén kurta kocsma (1909)
- Opera Der schwarze Kavalier (1910–11) on words by Heinrich Lilienfein[7]
- Opera Golem (1912)[8]
- Music to Wilhelm Schmidtbonn's play Der verlorene Sohn (Berlin, 1914)[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Huybrechts, D. (1999). 1914-1918: les musiciens dans la tourmente : compositeurs et instrumentistes face à la Grande Guerre (in French). Scaldis. p. 246. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
Aladar RADO (1882–1914) Né à Budapest Fait ses études à Berlin et Budapest Tué au cours d'une bataille près de Belgrade, le 7 septembre 1914 Oeuvres : 2 opéras : Le chevalier noir et Golem Symphonie ...
- ^ Cohen, M.A. (2004). Movement, Manifesto, Melee: The Modernist Group, 1910–1914. Lexington Books. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-7391-5792-3. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Musical America. Musical America Corporation. 1915. p. 148. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
PASSING OF ALADAR RADO Extinction of One of the Greatest Lights Among Hungary's Young ... not long before he Won the love and highest esteem of his master, Professor Koessler, at the Royal Academy of Music in Buda-Pesth.
- ^ Reber, T.E. (1969). Wilhelm Schmidtbonn und das deutsche Theater. - Emsdetten: Lechte (1969). 158 S., 31 Bl. Abb. 8°. Schaubühne; Quellen und Forschungen zur Theatergeschichte (in German). Lechte. p. 66. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Lewis, J.W. (2010). What Killed the Great and Not So Great Composers?. AuthorHouse. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-4520-3438-6. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Mathews, W.S.B. (1974). A popular history of music, from the earliest times to the present ... AMS Press. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-404-07212-4. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Collection d'esthétique (in French). Editions Klincksieck. 1971. p. 456. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
Aladar Rado : Le Chevalier noir, opéra (1910–1911)
- ^ Jaffe, K. (2011). Solo Vocal Works on Jewish Themes: A Bibliography of Jewish Composers. Scarecrow Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-8108-6135-0. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Maske und Kothurn (in German). H. Böhlaus Nachf. 1968. p. 203. Retrieved 3 June 2019.