Franz Schreker

Franz Schreker
Schreker, c. 1911
Born(1878-03-23)23 March 1878
Monaco
Died21 March 1934(1934-03-21) (aged 55)
Berlin
EducationVienna Conservatory
Occupations
  • Conductor
  • Composer
  • Librettist
  • Academic teacher
Organizations

Franz Schreker (originally Schrecker;[1][2] 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator.[3][4] Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic plurality (a mixture of Romanticism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Impressionism, Expressionism and Neue Sachlichkeit), timbral experimentation, strategies of extended tonality and conception of total music theatre into the narrative of 20th-century music.

  1. ^ "Schreker, Franz" (in German). Deutsche Biographie. 21 March 1934. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Schreker (Schrecker), Ehepaar". musiklexikon.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. ^ Johnson, Aaron J. (2008). "Franz Schreker". OREL Foundation.
  4. ^ Haas, Michael (18 June 2013). Forbidden Music: The Jewish Composers Banned by the Nazis. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-15430-6.