Erik Werba | |
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Erik Werba (left) with Raili Kostia [fi] in Helsinki, 1960 | |
Born | (1918-05-23)23 May 1918 Baden bei Wien, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
Died | 9 April 1992(1992-04-09) (aged 73) Hinterbrühl, Austria |
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Erik Werba (23 May 1918 – 9 April 1992) was an Austrian classical pianist who is especially known as an accompanist of singers. He was also a music critic, conductor, composer, author and academic teacher.
Career
Werba was born in Baden bei Wien, the son of Ludwig Werba (1884–1945), who was born in Graz and became a composer, music director and vice-president of the Österreichisch-ungarischer Musikerverband, founded in 1896. Ludwig Werba died in a bombing raid on 2 April 1945.
Werba completed the Matura at the Baden Gymnasium in 1936. He then studied at both the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna and the University of Vienna, where he earned a PhD in 1940. He worked as a music critic and teacher, and directed the Mozartgemeinde after World War II. Werba was Kapellmeister at the Stadttheater Baden [de] from 1945 to 1946. As a pianist, he focused on accompanying lieder singers. He collaborated with Irmgard Seefried, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry, Kim Borg, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier and Nicolai Gedda, appearing internationally.
Werba was a professor of lied and oratorio at the Wiener Musikakademie from 1949 to 1990, and from 1964 to 1971 also at the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz. As a journalist, he worked for the newsletters of the Mozartgemeinde, the Wiener Figaro, the Österreichische Musikzeitschrift and the periodical Musikerziehung. As a composer, he wrote incidental music, chamber music and lieder.
Werba died on 9 April 1992 in Hinterbrühl. He is buried at the Maria Enzersdorf cemetery.
Compositions
Werba composed lieder, including:
- "Ich bin...", for high voice and piano (1936)
- "Neige dein Köpfchen", for high voice and piano (1936)
- "Ich saß vor dunklem Walde", for high voice and piano (1936)
Publications
- Richard Strauss zum 85. Geburtstag, 1949
- Tenoralbum, 1951
- Bariton-Baß-Album, 1953
- Josef Marx, eine Studie, 1962
- Hugo Wolf oder – Der zornige Romantiker, 1971
- Erich Marckhl, 1972
- Hugo Wolf und seine Lieder, 1984
Awards
- 1960: Mozartmedaille awarded by the Mozart Society of Vienna
References
- ^ "Erik Werba" (in German). Österreichischer Cartellverband [de]. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- Erik Werba oxfordreference.com
- K.: Badener Stadtnachrichten. In memoriam Ludwig Werba. In: Badener Zeitung, 14 July 1945, p. 3 (Online at ANNO)Template:ANNO/Maintenance/bzt
- "21 May 1968: 50. Geburtstag von Erik Werba". Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- Erik Werba: Die Rolle und Bedeutung des Sängers bei Homer, Hesiod und Pindar. Dissertation. Universität Wien, Wien 1940, OBV.
- Franziska Dzugan: Chamäleons im Blätterwald. Die Wurzeln der ÖVP-ParteijournalistInnen in Austrofaschismus, Nationalsozialismus, Demokratie und Widerstand. Eine kollektivbiografische Analyse an den Beispielen Wiener Tageszeitung und Linzer Volksblatt 1945 bzw. 1947 bis 1955. Dissertation. Universität Wien, Wien 2011, p. 171. – Volltext online (PDF; 1,4 MB).
- ^ "Stets "am Klavier: Erik Werba"" (in German). ORF. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Seefried, Ludwig, Berry und Borg waren die Sänger mit denen ich die Welt bereist habe." – Erik Werba in an earlier studio discussion. Broadcast on 24 May 2018 in Stimmen hören on Ö1
- "Peter Schreier – Mozart-Lieder". belvedere-edition.de (in German). Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- "Nicolai Gedda • Erik Werba" (in German). Musikverein. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Musikerziehung in Österreich (AGMÖ): Musikerziehung mit AGMÖ-Nachrichten. AGMÖ, Wien 1947/48–, OBV.
- Broeker, Erik. "Erik Werba". tobias-broeker.de (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- Richard Strauss zum 85. Geburtstag Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund
- Josef Marx, eine Studie Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund.
- Hugo Wolf oder – Der zornige Romantiker Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund
- Erich Marckhl Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund
- Hugo Wolf und seine Lieder Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund
- "Gedenktafeln in Wien / Mozartgemeinde Wien / Träger der Mozart-Medaille / Deutschordenshof, Singerstraße: Erik Werba 1960". viennatouristguide.at (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2019.
External links
- Literature by and about Erik Werba in the German National Library catalogue
- Erik Werba im Austria-Forum
- Erik Werba discography at Discogs
- 1918 births
- 1992 deaths
- Musicians from Baden bei Wien
- Austrian composers
- Austrian classical pianists
- Austrian male classical pianists
- Austrian music critics
- Classical accompanists
- 20th-century Austrian classical composers
- University of Vienna alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Vienna
- 20th-century Austrian male musicians