Richard Stöhr: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3

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Ian Hobson
Sinfonia Varsovia
Richard Stöhr

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Composer Biography

Richard Stöhr taught at the Conservatoire of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna for over three decades, mentoring students who included Korngold, Mahler, Sibelius, and Hugo Wolf.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Richard Stöhr considered himself a late-Romantic composer, admitting in 1905, 'I am not a modern composer; I do not understand the modern direction, and after it has triumphed, the world will not understand me'.

Cultural Impact

Richard Stöhr's textbooks on music theory, such as 'Praktische Leitfaden der Harmonielehre', were highly successful and widely distributed, with the harmony guide reaching 27 editions.

Composer Biography

Richard Stöhr initially studied medicine to appease his father, graduating in 1898, before changing direction to pursue music, converting to Protestantism and changing his surname from Stern to Stöhr.

Historical Context

Following the 1938 Anschluss, Richard Stöhr, being Jewish, was pensioned off and listed among those expelled from the Reich Chamber of Music, forcing him to emigrate to the USA.

Composer Biography

Richard Stöhr taught Leonard Bernstein counterpoint at the Curtis Institute, with Bernstein describing him as 'a remarkable teacher, a patient, gentle and deeply learned man'.

Composer Biography

Richard Stöhr, born Richard Franz Stern, came from a well-to-do Jewish family in Vienna; his uncle, Heinrich Porges, was the chief choral conductor for the original Bayreuth production of Parsifal.