Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Pfitzner - String Quartet in D Minor 53

Pfitzner - String Quartet in D Minor
Hans Pfitzner (1869 - 1949) A German composer known for his operas. His music was highly regarded by Mahler and Richard Strauss, Pfitzner, although neither their personal preferences.He is a theater director and head of Strasbourg in the reservoir of moderately prestigious post in 1908 when he was 40 years old. After the first World War, annexed Strasbourg, France, and Pfitzner 50-year-old lost his job and livelihood. This event is already thick hardened personality and his elitism. The modern notion of an outspoken opponent of music.World War II, his life was the happiness of one's hand in a cooperative spirit with the Nazis when he wanted something. The first part of the Jewish musicians to work with the Nazi era, but the efficiency of anti-Jewish invective when used. It was a blessing to all, as he eventually fell out of favor toward the end of the war, Nazis, and the homeless and suffer from mental illness. After the war he and denazified rthe was given a pension, his music and work bans lifted in an old folks home, living space was given in Vienna, Austria.The D-minor string quartet # 1 is written with a 4 string quartets he wrote when 17 years old.

Pfiztner's String Quartet In D Minor: