Schiske was born in Győr in what is now western Hungary which was then still part of the Danube Monarchy in 1916. In 1919 the family first moved to Orth an der Donau in Lower Austria and in 1923 to Vienna. He attended the grammar school in the Albertgasse, where he met his lifelong friend and later painter Carl Unger. From 1932 he received composition lessons from Ernst Kanitz, a pupil of Franz Schreker, and in 1939 he passed the final examination in composition at the Vienna University of Music as an external student. In addition, he studied musicology, art history, philosophy and physics at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1942 on the use of dissonance in Bruckner's symphonies.
He received his training as a pianist with Roderich Bass and Julius Varga at the Neues Wiener Konservatorium and with Hans Weber at the Vienna Academy of Music.
In 1940 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht, during which time he was also able to compose.
Under the impression of the Second World War, his main work, the oratorio Vom Tode, was written, dedicated to his brother Hubert, who died near Riga in 1944. It was first performed in 1948 under Karl Böhm in the Vienna Konzerthaus.
After the end of the war he lived as a freelance composer in Vienna with longer stays in Upper Austria, Styria, Salzburg and Orth on the Danube. Schiske's patron and sponsor at that time was Rita Schuller of Götzburg from Großsölk/Styria, to whom Schiske dedicated a large number of compositions.
After the war, his most fruitful creative phase began, during which time he wrote his Symphonies No. 2 to 4, the Chamber Concerto for Orchestra and a large number of chamber music works, until 1952, when he received a call from the Vienna Academy of Music to teach composition. In the same year he was awarded the professional title Professor and the Austrian State Prize (for the oratorio Vom Tode) by the Federal President of Austria. Internationally, he appeared in 1957 as co-founder of a studio for electronic music and held guest professorships at the University of California, Riverside in 1966 and 1967. In 1962 he was finally appointed extraordinary university professor in Vienna. He was a member of the board of directors of the International Society for Contemporary Music Austria.
Schiske was married to Berta Baumhackl since 1954 and had four children. He died on 16 June 1969 at the age of 53 from a brain haemorrhage and was buried at the local cemetery in Orth an der Donau.
^ abcBoisits, Barbara. "Schiske, Karl". Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online. Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
^Archivaufnahmen mit Karl Schiske – Verleihung des österreichischen Staatspreises im Onlinearchiv der Österreichische Mediathek
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karl, schiske, karl, hubert, rudolf, schiske, february, 1916, june, 1969, austrian, composer, musical, composition, professor, contents, life, work, awards, further, reading, external, links, referenceslife, editschiske, born, győr, what, western, hungary, whi. Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske 12 February 1916 16 June 1969 was an Austrian composer and musical composition professor Contents 1 Life 2 Work 3 Awards 4 Further reading 5 External links 6 ReferencesLife EditSchiske was born in Gyor in what is now western Hungary which was then still part of the Danube Monarchy in 1916 In 1919 the family first moved to Orth an der Donau in Lower Austria and in 1923 to Vienna He attended the grammar school in the Albertgasse where he met his lifelong friend and later painter Carl Unger From 1932 he received composition lessons from Ernst Kanitz a pupil of Franz Schreker and in 1939 he passed the final examination in composition at the Vienna University of Music as an external student In addition he studied musicology art history philosophy and physics at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1942 on the use of dissonance in Bruckner s symphonies He received his training as a pianist with Roderich Bass and Julius Varga at the Neues Wiener Konservatorium and with Hans Weber at the Vienna Academy of Music While still a student the city orchestra of the Wiener Symphoniker and the Steinbauer Quartet performed his early works in the Wiener Musikverein and the Wiener Konzerthaus from 1939 onwards In 1940 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht during which time he was also able to compose Under the impression of the Second World War his main work the oratorio Vom Tode was written dedicated to his brother Hubert who died near Riga in 1944 It was first performed in 1948 under Karl Bohm in the Vienna Konzerthaus After the end of the war he lived as a freelance composer in Vienna with longer stays in Upper Austria Styria Salzburg and Orth on the Danube Schiske s patron and sponsor at that time was Rita Schuller of Gotzburg from Grosssolk Styria to whom Schiske dedicated a large number of compositions After the war his most fruitful creative phase began during which time he wrote his Symphonies No 2 to 4 the Chamber Concerto for Orchestra and a large number of chamber music works until 1952 when he received a call from the Vienna Academy of Music to teach composition In the same year he was awarded the professional title Professor and the Austrian State Prize for the oratorio Vom Tode by the Federal President of Austria Internationally he appeared in 1957 as co founder of a studio for electronic music and held guest professorships at the University of California Riverside in 1966 and 1967 In 1962 he was finally appointed extraordinary university professor in Vienna He was a member of the board of directors of the International Society for Contemporary Music Austria Among his students were Erich Urbanner Ivan Erod Gosta Neuwirth Kurt Schwertsik Otto M Zykan Charles Boone Norma Wendelburg and Luca Lombardi Schiske was married to Berta Baumhackl since 1954 and had four children He died on 16 June 1969 at the age of 53 from a brain haemorrhage and was buried at the local cemetery in Orth an der Donau Work Edit Grave of Karl Schiske Konzert fur Klavier und Orchester Op 11 Sonate fur Violine und Klavier Op 18 1943 48 Vom Tode Oratorium Op 25 Psalm 99 Op 30Awards Edit1950 Preis der Stadt Wien fur Musik de 1 1952 Forderungspreis des Osterreichischen Staatspreises fur Musik 1 1960 Theodor Korner Prize 1 1960 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 1967 Grand Austrian State Prize 2 3 1968 Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria 1952 1970 Landeskulturpreis des Landes Niederosterreich postumFurther reading EditKarlheinz Roschitz Karl Schiske Lafite Vienna 1970 Reinhard Kapp ed Osterreichs Neue Musik nach 1945 Karl Schiske Bohlau Vienna 2008 ISBN 3 205 99491 4 External links EditWerke von und uber Karl Schiske in the German National Library catalogue Karl Schiske in Austria Forum in German at AEIOU Lebenslauf Karl Schiske auf mica at inklusive umfangreichem Werkverzeichnis Konzertaufzeichnung von Schiskes Rhapsodie fur Klavier Op 20 Karl Schiske discography at DiscogsReferences Edit a b c Boisits Barbara Schiske Karl Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online Vienna Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften Archivaufnahmen mit Karl Schiske Verleihung des osterreichischen Staatspreises im Onlinearchiv der Osterreichische Mediathek OMZ Artikel PDF 877 kB Wurdigung anlasslich der Verleihung des Osterreichischen Staatspreises Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karl Schiske amp oldid 1133038767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
