Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt
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Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt (1 November 1901 in Strasbourg
- 15 August 1988 in Berlin
) was a German
composer
, musicologist, and historian and critic of music.
-based periodical Bohemia, and lived as a freelance music writer in Hamburg
, Vienna
, Paris
, Berlin and Prague, becoming personally acquainted with numerous composers of avant-garde music
.
Amongst his most prominent musical productions were the "new music" concert cycle in Hamburg, and the 1927-8 concerts of the Berlin November Group with Max Butting
.
In 1929, Stuckenschmidt became the successor to Adolf Weissmans as the music critic at the Berliner Zeitung am Mittag. Due to political pressure owing to the newly-empowered Nazi regime, he left the paper, later moving to Prague. At the end of the 1930s, he was conscripted into the armed forces as an interpreter.
After the end of the war, Stuckenschmidt became the director of "new music" at the RIAS
American
-run radio station in Berlin, and in 1947, the music critic of the Neuen Zeitung, later also taking up a post at the University of Berlin.
Amongst his most prominent work were things written on Arnold Schoenberg
, Boris Blacher, Ferruccio Busoni
and Maurice Ravel
. Stuckenschmidt received numerous honours for his work, and was, among other things, a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry, Darmstadt
.
In Darmstadt he also taught at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
- 15 August 1988 in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
) was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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...
, musicologist, and historian and critic of music.
Life
At as early an age as 19, Stuckenschmidt was the Berlin-based music critic/correspondent for the PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
-based periodical Bohemia, and lived as a freelance music writer in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Berlin and Prague, becoming personally acquainted with numerous composers of avant-garde music
Avant-garde music
Avant-garde music is a term used to characterize music which is thought to be ahead of its time, i.e. containing innovative elements or fusing different genres....
.
Amongst his most prominent musical productions were the "new music" concert cycle in Hamburg, and the 1927-8 concerts of the Berlin November Group with Max Butting
Max Butting
Max Butting was a German composer.-Life:Max Butting was the son of an ironmonger and of a piano teacher. He received his first musical instruction from his mother and later from the organist Arnold Dreyer...
.
In 1929, Stuckenschmidt became the successor to Adolf Weissmans as the music critic at the Berliner Zeitung am Mittag. Due to political pressure owing to the newly-empowered Nazi regime, he left the paper, later moving to Prague. At the end of the 1930s, he was conscripted into the armed forces as an interpreter.
After the end of the war, Stuckenschmidt became the director of "new music" at the RIAS
Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor
RIAS was a radio and television station in the American Sector of Berlin during the Cold War. It was founded by the US occupational authorities after World War II in 1946 to provide the German population in and around Berlin with news and political reporting and was initially only broadcast on...
American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
-run radio station in Berlin, and in 1947, the music critic of the Neuen Zeitung, later also taking up a post at the University of Berlin.
Amongst his most prominent work were things written on Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School...
, Boris Blacher, Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
and Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
. Stuckenschmidt received numerous honours for his work, and was, among other things, a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry, Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
.
In Darmstadt he also taught at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.