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Hans Rott

April 11, 2024

Johann Nepomuk Karl Maria Rott (1 August 1858 – 25 June 1884) was an Austrian composer and organist. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner. He left a symphony and Lieder, among other works.

Hans Rott
Hans Rott before 1884
Born
Johann Nepomuk Karl Maria Rott

(1858-08-01)1 August 1858
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died25 June 1884(1884-06-25) (aged 25)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Organist
WorksList of compositions

Life edit

 
Memorial plaque on the Zentralfriedhof

Rott was born in Braunhirschengrund, a suburb of Vienna. His mother Maria Rosalia (1840–1872; née Lutz) was an actress and singer. His father Carl Mathias Rott, who married her in 1862 (born 1807; né Roth), was a famous comic actor in Vienna who was crippled in 1874 by a stage accident which led to his death two years later.

Studies edit

Hans was left alone to continue his studies at the Conservatory. Fortunately, both his skill and financial need were recognized and he was excused from paying tuition. While studying, he briefly roomed with Gustav Mahler and Rudolf Krzyzanowski [de]. He studied piano with Leopold Landskron and Josef Dachs, harmony with Hermann Graedener, counterpoint and composition—like Mahler—with Franz Krenn.

He studied organ with Bruckner, starting in 1874, and graduating from Bruckner's organ class in 1877, with honors. Bruckner said that Rott played Bach very well, and even improvised wonderfully (a high compliment since Bruckner himself was a great improviser). Rott was also influenced by the works of Wagner; he attended the very first Bayreuth Festival in 1876.

Compositions edit

During that time Rott was also organist at the Piarist church "Maria Treu" in Vienna. For the final year of his studies in 1878, Rott submitted the first movement of his Symphony in E major to a composition contest. The jury, except for Bruckner, was very derisive about the work. After completing the Symphony in 1880, Rott showed the work to both Brahms and Hans Richter, in order to get it played. His efforts failed. Brahms did not like the fact that Bruckner exerted great influence on the Conservatory students, and even told Rott that he had no talent whatsoever and that he should give up music. Unfortunately, Rott lacked Mahler's inner resolve, and whereas Mahler was able to overcome many of the obstacles in his life, Rott was brought down by mental illness. The symphony has been recorded by the Deutsche Grammophon, BIS, CPO, Acousence, Hyperion, Ondine, RCA, Arte Nova, & Oehms record labels. Hans Rott also wrote a Symphony for String Orchestra in A flat major, in three movements, (1874–75), and a String Quartet in C minor, a student work in five movements. They have both been recorded on the Acousence Records label #ACO-CD 20205 (2005).

Final years edit

Rott began to evidence persecutory delusions. In October 1880, while on a train journey, he reportedly threatened another passenger with a revolver, claiming that Brahms had filled the train with dynamite. Rott was committed to a mental hospital in 1881, where despite a brief recovery he sank into depression. By the end of 1883 a diagnosis recorded "hallucinatory insanity, persecution mania—recovery no longer to be expected." He died of tuberculosis in 1884, aged 25. Many well-wishers, including Bruckner and Mahler, attended Rott's funeral at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.

Legacy edit

Mahler wrote of Rott

a musician of genius ... who died unrecognized and in want on the very threshold of his career. ... What music has lost in him cannot be estimated. Such is the height to which his genius soars in ... [his] Symphony [in E major], which he wrote as 20-year-old youth and makes him ... the Founder of the New Symphony as I see it. To be sure, what he wanted is not quite what he achieved. … But I know where he aims. Indeed, he is so near to my inmost self that he and I seem to me like two fruits from the same tree which the same soil has produced and the same air nourished. He could have meant infinitely much to me and perhaps the two of us would have well-nigh exhausted the content of new time which was breaking out for music.[1]

Thanks to Rott's friends, some of his music manuscripts have survived in the music collection of Vienna's national library. This includes Rott's Symphony in E major, and sketches for a second Symphony that was never finished. The completed symphony is remarkable in the way it anticipates some of Mahler's musical characteristics. In particular, the third movement prefigures the second movement of Mahler's First Symphony. The Finale includes references to Brahms's First Symphony.[citation needed] Mahler also spoke well of Rott's Lieder, of which all eight surviving complete songs have been performed in concert since 2002 and four sung by Dominik Wörner were recorded in 2009 on the Ars label.[2][3][4] We also know of a Sextet, which Mahler never heard and has also been lost. In his last years, Rott wrote a lot of music, only to destroy what he wrote soon after writing it, saying it was worthless.

Bruckner and Mahler were the first to recognise Rott's talent. Mahler himself included references to Rott's work in his own music. Rott's music was largely forgotten after his death. His Symphony No. 1 in E major was not premiered until 1989; it was played by the Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Gerhard Samuel, in a performing edition prepared by Paul Banks. A CD recording followed.[citation needed]

Other recordings of the symphony have since been issued, and other Rott works have been occasionally revived, including his Julius Caesar Overture, Pastoral Overture and Prelude for Orchestra.

He figures in the murder mystery Requiem in Vienna by J. Sydney Jones.

List of compositions edit

  • Symphony in A flat major for string orchestra (1874–75)
  • Menuet in D flat major for piano (1875)
  • Fugue in C minor for piano duet (1876)
  • Idyll in D major for piano (1876; incomplete)
  • Scherzo in A minor for piano (1876; incomplete)
  • Das Abendglöcklein, song for voice and piano (1876)
  • Wanderers Nachtlied, song for voice and piano (1876)
  • Geistergruß, song in F minor for voice and piano (1876)
  • Marsch der Scharwache in C sharp minor for orchestra (1876; incomplete)
  • Orchestervorspiel in E major (1876)
  • Hamlet-Ouvertüre in A minor for orchestra (1876; incomplete)
  • String Quartet in C minor (1876-1877)
  • Suite in B flat major for orchestra (1877; incomplete)
  • Ein Vorspiel zu 'Julius Cäsar' in B flat major for orchestra (1877)
  • Suite in E major for orchestra (1878)
  • Symphony [No.1] in E major for orchestra (1878–80)
  • Der Sänger, song in D major for voice and piano (1880)
  • Pastorales Vorspiel in F major for orchestra (1880)
  • String Sextet (1880; sketches)
  • Symphony [No.2] for orchestra (1880; sketches)

Recordings edit

References edit

  1. ^ Quoted in the liner notes for the Gerhard Samuel recording of Rott's Symphony, Hyperion Records (1989)
  2. ^ Hans Rott - Index of Playable Works
  3. ^ Gustav Mahler, Freunde und Zeitgenossen
  4. ^ Hans Rott’s Lieder Collection
  5. ^ "Rott: Symphony in e major".

Further reading edit

  • Banks, Paul (September 1984). "Hans Rott, 1858 - 1884". The Musical Times. 125 (1699): 493–495. doi:10.2307/962808. JSTOR 962808.
  • Banks, Paul (March 1989). "Hans Rott and the New Symphony". The Musical Times. 130 (1753): 142–147. doi:10.2307/1193822. JSTOR 1193822.
  • Banks, Paul (2001). "Rott, Hans". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23940. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  • Clements, Andrew (27 October 2022). "Review Hans Rott, Symphony No 1/Mahler review – friends but not equals". The Guardian.
  • Korstvedt, Benjamin M. (Summer 2017). "Mahler's Bruckner, between Devotion and Misprision". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 70 (2): 357–432. doi:10.1525/jams.2017.70.2.357. JSTOR 26417300.
  • Litterscheid, Franz; Kreysing, Helmuth, eds. (199). Hans Rott: der Begründer der neuen Symphonie [Hans Rott: The Founder of the New Symphony] (in German). Munich: Text+Kritik [de]. ISBN 978-3-88377-608-8. OCLC 52404660.
  • McClatchie, Stephen (August 2000). "Hans Rott, Gustav Mahler and the 'New Symphony': New Evidence for a Pressing Question". Music & Letters. 81 (3): 392–401. doi:10.1093/ml/81.3.392. JSTOR 854859.
  • Schmidt, Johannes Volker (2011). Hans Rott: Leben und Werk [Hans Rott: Life and Work] (in German). Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag. ISBN 978-3-487-14222-7.
  • Tess, James (January 1999). "Hans Rott (1858–1884) — The Missing Link Between Bruckner and Mahler". Music Theory Online. 5 (1).
  • Walton, Chris (Summer 2011). "Review: Recovering Rott". The Musical Times. 152 (1915). JSTOR 23039721.
  • "Hans Rott (1858-1884)". mahlerfoundation.org. Mahler Foundation. 6 January 2015.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Hans Rott news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Johann Nepomuk Karl Maria Rott 1 August 1858 25 June 1884 was an Austrian composer and organist His music is little known today though he received high praise in his time from Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner He left a symphony and Lieder among other works Hans RottHans Rott before 1884BornJohann Nepomuk Karl Maria Rott 1858 08 01 1 August 1858Vienna Austrian EmpireDied25 June 1884 1884 06 25 aged 25 Vienna Austria HungaryOccupationsComposerOrganistWorksList of compositions Contents 1 Life 1 1 Studies 1 2 Compositions 1 3 Final years 2 Legacy 2 1 List of compositions 3 Recordings 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksLife edit nbsp Memorial plaque on the ZentralfriedhofRott was born in Braunhirschengrund a suburb of Vienna His mother Maria Rosalia 1840 1872 nee Lutz was an actress and singer His father Carl Mathias Rott who married her in 1862 born 1807 ne Roth was a famous comic actor in Vienna who was crippled in 1874 by a stage accident which led to his death two years later Studies edit Hans was left alone to continue his studies at the Conservatory Fortunately both his skill and financial need were recognized and he was excused from paying tuition While studying he briefly roomed with Gustav Mahler and Rudolf Krzyzanowski de He studied piano with Leopold Landskron and Josef Dachs harmony with Hermann Graedener counterpoint and composition like Mahler with Franz Krenn He studied organ with Bruckner starting in 1874 and graduating from Bruckner s organ class in 1877 with honors Bruckner said that Rott played Bach very well and even improvised wonderfully a high compliment since Bruckner himself was a great improviser Rott was also influenced by the works of Wagner he attended the very first Bayreuth Festival in 1876 Compositions edit During that time Rott was also organist at the Piarist church Maria Treu in Vienna For the final year of his studies in 1878 Rott submitted the first movement of his Symphony in E major to a composition contest The jury except for Bruckner was very derisive about the work After completing the Symphony in 1880 Rott showed the work to both Brahms and Hans Richter in order to get it played His efforts failed Brahms did not like the fact that Bruckner exerted great influence on the Conservatory students and even told Rott that he had no talent whatsoever and that he should give up music Unfortunately Rott lacked Mahler s inner resolve and whereas Mahler was able to overcome many of the obstacles in his life Rott was brought down by mental illness The symphony has been recorded by the Deutsche Grammophon BIS CPO Acousence Hyperion Ondine RCA Arte Nova amp Oehms record labels Hans Rott also wrote a Symphony for String Orchestra in A flat major in three movements 1874 75 and a String Quartet in C minor a student work in five movements They have both been recorded on the Acousence Records label ACO CD 20205 2005 Final years edit Rott began to evidence persecutory delusions In October 1880 while on a train journey he reportedly threatened another passenger with a revolver claiming that Brahms had filled the train with dynamite Rott was committed to a mental hospital in 1881 where despite a brief recovery he sank into depression By the end of 1883 a diagnosis recorded hallucinatory insanity persecution mania recovery no longer to be expected He died of tuberculosis in 1884 aged 25 Many well wishers including Bruckner and Mahler attended Rott s funeral at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna Legacy editMahler wrote of Rotta musician of genius who died unrecognized and in want on the very threshold of his career What music has lost in him cannot be estimated Such is the height to which his genius soars in his Symphony in E major which he wrote as 20 year old youth and makes him the Founder of the New Symphony as I see it To be sure what he wanted is not quite what he achieved But I know where he aims Indeed he is so near to my inmost self that he and I seem to me like two fruits from the same tree which the same soil has produced and the same air nourished He could have meant infinitely much to me and perhaps the two of us would have well nigh exhausted the content of new time which was breaking out for music 1 Thanks to Rott s friends some of his music manuscripts have survived in the music collection of Vienna s national library This includes Rott s Symphony in E major and sketches for a second Symphony that was never finished The completed symphony is remarkable in the way it anticipates some of Mahler s musical characteristics In particular the third movement prefigures the second movement of Mahler s First Symphony The Finale includes references to Brahms s First Symphony citation needed Mahler also spoke well of Rott s Lieder of which all eight surviving complete songs have been performed in concert since 2002 and four sung by Dominik Worner were recorded in 2009 on the Ars label 2 3 4 We also know of a Sextet which Mahler never heard and has also been lost In his last years Rott wrote a lot of music only to destroy what he wrote soon after writing it saying it was worthless Bruckner and Mahler were the first to recognise Rott s talent Mahler himself included references to Rott s work in his own music Rott s music was largely forgotten after his death His Symphony No 1 in E major was not premiered until 1989 it was played by the Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Gerhard Samuel in a performing edition prepared by Paul Banks A CD recording followed citation needed Other recordings of the symphony have since been issued and other Rott works have been occasionally revived including his Julius Caesar Overture Pastoral Overture and Prelude for Orchestra He figures in the murder mystery Requiem in Vienna by J Sydney Jones List of compositions edit Symphony in A flat major for string orchestra 1874 75 Menuet in D flat major for piano 1875 Fugue in C minor for piano duet 1876 Idyll in D major for piano 1876 incomplete Scherzo in A minor for piano 1876 incomplete Das Abendglocklein song for voice and piano 1876 Wanderers Nachtlied song for voice and piano 1876 Geistergruss song in F minor for voice and piano 1876 Marsch der Scharwache in C sharp minor for orchestra 1876 incomplete Orchestervorspiel in E major 1876 Hamlet Ouverture in A minor for orchestra 1876 incomplete String Quartet in C minor 1876 1877 Suite in B flat major for orchestra 1877 incomplete Ein Vorspiel zu Julius Casar in B flat major for orchestra 1877 Suite in E major for orchestra 1878 Symphony No 1 in E major for orchestra 1878 80 Der Sanger song in D major for voice and piano 1880 Pastorales Vorspiel in F major for orchestra 1880 String Sextet 1880 sketches Symphony No 2 for orchestra 1880 sketches Recordings edit1989 Hans Rott Symphonie E Dur Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra Gerhard Samuel Hyperion CDA 66366 reissued in that company s Helios series as CDH55140 5 1992 Hans Rott Symphonie E Dur Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra Leif Segerstam BIS CD 563 1997 Hans Rott Symfonie in E Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Jac van Steen ZOC9702 2002 Hans Rott Symphonie E Dur Pastorales Vorspiel Radio Symphonieorchester Wien Dennis Russell Davies cpo 999 854 2 2002 Hans Rott Symphonie in E Dur Philharmonia Hungarica Christoph Campestrini 2003 Hans Rott Symphonie E Dur Orchestre National de Montpellier Friedemann Layer AT 2001 2004 Hans Rott Symphonie Nr 1 E Dur Orchestervorspiel E Dur Ein Vorspiel zu Julius Casar Munchner Rundfunkorchester Sebastian Weigle ARTE NOVA Classics 82876 57748 2 2004 Hans Rott Symphonie Nr 1 E Dur Philharmonisches Orchester des Staatstheaters Mainz Catherine Ruckwardt acousence ACO CD20104 2005 Hans Rott Suite in E Dur Gustav Mahler Titan Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen Antony Hermus acousence ACO CD 20305 2005 Hans Rott Symphonie fur Streichorchester Streichquartett c Moll Philharmonisches Orchester des Staatstheaters Mainz Enrico Delamboye Mainzer Streichquartett acousence ACO CD 20205 2012 Hans Rott Sinfonie Nr 1 in E Dur Suite fur Orchester in B Dur hr Sinfonieorchester Paavo Jarvi RCA Red Seal Sony Music 2014 Hans Rott Balde ruhest du auch orchestral version by Enjott Schneider Sinfonie in E Dur Munchner Symphoniker Hansjorg Albrecht de Oehms Classics OC 1803 2016 Hans Rott Sinfonie Nr 1 E Dur Mozarteumorchester Salzburg Constantin Trinks Profil Edition Hanssler PH15051 2020 Hans Rott Orchestral Works Vol 1 Hamlet Overture Prelude to Julius Caesar Suite in E major Suite in B flat major Pastoral Prelude in F major Orchestral Prelude in E major Gurzenich Orchester Koln Christopher Ward conductor Capriccio 2021 Hans Rott Symphony No 1 Bamberger Symphoniker Jakub Hrusa conductor Deutsche GrammophonReferences edit Quoted in the liner notes for the Gerhard Samuel recording of Rott s Symphony Hyperion Records 1989 Hans Rott Index of Playable Works Gustav Mahler Freunde und Zeitgenossen Hans Rott s Lieder Collection Rott Symphony in e major Further reading editBanks Paul September 1984 Hans Rott 1858 1884 The Musical Times 125 1699 493 495 doi 10 2307 962808 JSTOR 962808 Banks Paul March 1989 Hans Rott and the New Symphony The Musical Times 130 1753 142 147 doi 10 2307 1193822 JSTOR 1193822 Banks Paul 2001 Rott Hans Grove Music Online Oxford Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 23940 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 subscription or UK public library membership required Clements Andrew 27 October 2022 Review Hans Rott Symphony No 1 Mahler review friends but not equals The Guardian Korstvedt Benjamin M Summer 2017 Mahler s Bruckner between Devotion and Misprision Journal of the American Musicological Society 70 2 357 432 doi 10 1525 jams 2017 70 2 357 JSTOR 26417300 Litterscheid Franz Kreysing Helmuth eds 199 Hans Rott der Begrunder der neuen Symphonie Hans Rott The Founder of the New Symphony in German Munich Text Kritik de ISBN 978 3 88377 608 8 OCLC 52404660 McClatchie Stephen August 2000 Hans Rott Gustav Mahler and the New Symphony New Evidence for a Pressing Question Music amp Letters 81 3 392 401 doi 10 1093 ml 81 3 392 JSTOR 854859 Schmidt Johannes Volker 2011 Hans Rott Leben und Werk Hans Rott Life and Work in German Hildesheim Georg Olms Verlag ISBN 978 3 487 14222 7 Tess James January 1999 Hans Rott 1858 1884 The Missing Link Between Bruckner and Mahler Music Theory Online 5 1 Walton Chris Summer 2011 Review Recovering Rott The Musical Times 152 1915 JSTOR 23039721 Hans Rott 1858 1884 mahlerfoundation org Mahler Foundation 6 January 2015 External links editInternationale Hans Rott Gesellschaft Hans Rott at AllMusic https imslp org wiki Category Rott HansPortals nbsp Austria nbsp Biography nbsp Classical music nbsp MusicHans Rott at Wikipedia s sister 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