Universal Edition - Alexander Zemlinsky

Alexander Zemlinsky
14.10.1871—15.03.1942

Future Performances

Lyric Symphony
03.06.2013, Wien (A)
Die Seejungfrau
07.06.2013, Wien (A)
Die Seejungfrau
07.06.2013, Wien (A)
Die Seejungfrau
08.06.2013, Wien (A)
Die Seejungfrau
08.06.2013, Wien (A)

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    Catherine Malfitano stages Zemlinsky
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    Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy in Lyon
    Zemlinsky: A Florentine Tragedy in Lyon
    The Opéra de Lyon is now performing the opera in a new production by Georges Lavaudant. Bernhard Ko [...]
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    Alexander Zemlinsky: New arrangements of 6 Gesänge
    Alexander Zemlinsky: New arrangements of 6 Gesänge
    In 1921 Erwin Stein arranged two of Alexander Zemlinsky's Sechs Gesänge. To complete the collection [...]
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    Alexander Zemlinsky: New Violin Concerto
    Franz Hummel’s arrangement of Alexander Zemlinsky’s Serenade will receive its world première on [...]

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Alexander Zemlinsky

The Composer

Alexander Zemlinsky is one of those composers who do not enjoy great renown and yet were very highly regarded in their time. His works did not change the history of music but are an authentic testimony of the turbulent developments in music between 1890 and 1940. Zemlinsky stands between times and styles but in this intermediary position he found a rich, unmistakeable, musical language. His personality and work epitomise one of the most fascinating epochs of art in Europe.

Zemlinsky was born in 1871 in Vienna and grew up in the Leopoldstadt district which was characterised by the many Jewish inhabitants who lived there. His musical talent became evident at an early age and so his [...]

10 of 39 Works

Eine florentinische Tragödie | opera in 1 act | op. 16 1916
Fidelio | op. 72 | for piano for 4 hands 1902
Der Geburtstag der Infantin (Der Zwerg) | Neue Textfassung von Adolf Dresen (19 [...] 1921
6 Gesänge | op. 13 | for medium voice and chamber orchestra 1924
6 Gesänge | op. 13 | for medium voice and piano 1913
6 Gesänge | op. 13 | for medium voice and orchestra 1921
6 Gesänge | op. 13 | for medium voice and chamber ensemble 1921
2 Gesänge | for 5 voices or 5-part choir –
Humoreske | for brass quintet 1939
Jagdstück | for 2 horns in F and piano 1939

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