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Viktor Ullmann
Person · male · Austria · Český Těšín · born 1898 · died 1944 · recording since 1991
Austrian composer (1898–1944)
Also known as 维克托·乌尔曼
Timeline
15 events▣ Album 12◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1890s
1940s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Chamber Music From Theresienstadt 1941-1945
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Schulhoff: Symphonie no. 2 / Haas: Studie für Streichorchester / Klein: Partita für Streicher / Ullmann: Symphonie no. 2
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Biography
English biography1,911 words · 7 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1368420192
Biography
Viktor Ullmann (1 January 1898 – 18 October 1944) was a Silesia-born Austrian composer, conductor and pianist.
Biography
Viktor Ullmann was born on 1 January 1898 in Cieszyn (Teschen), which belonged then to Austrian Silesia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Both his parents were from families of Jewish descent, but had converted to Catholicism before Viktor's birth. As an assimilated Jew, his father, Maximilian, was able to pursue a career as a professional officer in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In World War I he was promoted to colonel and ennobled.
One writer has described Ullmann's milieu in these terms: "Like such other assimilated German-speaking Czech Jews as Kafka and Mahler, Ullmann lived a life of multiple estrangements, cut off from Czech nationalism, German anti-Semitism and Jewish orthodoxy".
Beginning in 1909 Viktor attended a grammar school (Gymnasium) in Vienna. His musical talents and inclinations soon gave him access to Arnold Schoenberg and his circle of pupils. Upon finishing school, he volunteered for military service.
After deployment on the Italian Front at Isonzo, he was granted study leave, which he used to start studying law at Vienna University. There he also attended the lectures of Wilhelm Jerusalem. At the beginning of 1918 he was accepted in Schoenberg's composition seminar. With Schoenberg he studied the theory of form, counterpoint and orchestration. Ullmann was an excellent pianist, although he had no ambitions for a career as a soloist.
In May 1919, he broke off both courses of study and left Vienna in order to devote himself fully to music in Prague. His mentor was now Alexander von Zemlinsky, under whose direction he served as a conductor at the New German Theatre of Prague (now the Prague State Opera) until 1927. In the following season, 1927–28, he was appointed head of the opera company in Aussig an der Elbe (Ústí nad Labem), but his repertoire, including operas by Richard Strauss, Krenek and others, was too advanced for local tastes, and his appointment was terminated.
In 1923 with the Sieben Lieder mit Klavier (7 Songs with Piano) he witnessed a series of successful performances of his works, which lasted until the beginning of the 1930s (Sieben Serenaden). At the Geneva music festival of the International Society for New Music in 1929, his Schönberg Variations, a piano cycle on a theme by his teacher in Vienna, caused something of a stir. Five years later, for the orchestral arrangement of this work, he was awarded the Hertzka Prize, named in honor of the former director of Universal Edition. In the meantime he had been appointed conductor in Zürich for two years. As a result of his interest in anthroposophy, a movement founded by Rudolf Steiner, he spent another two years as a bookseller in Stuttgart, but was forced to flee Germany in mid-1933 and returned to Prague as a music teacher and journalist.
During this period he worked with the department of music at Czechoslovak Radio, wrote book and music reviews for various magazines, wrote as a critic for the Bohemia newspaper, lectured to educational groups, gave private lessons, and was actively involved in the program of the Czechoslovak Society for Music Education. At about this time Ullmann made friends with the composer Alois Hába, whom he had known for some time. Ullmann enrolled in Hába's department of quarter tone music at the Prague Conservatory, where he studied from 1935 to 1937.
While his works of the 1920s still clearly show the influence of Schönberg's atonal period, especially the Chamber Symphony Op. 9, the George Songs Op. 15 and Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21, Ullmann's compositions from 1935 onwards, like the String Quartet No. 2 and Piano Sonata No. 1, are distinguished by a musical development that is more independent of Schönberg's inspiration. Similarly the opera Fall of the Antichrist develops the issues raised by Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck. Dissonant harmonics, highly charged musical expression, and masterly control of formal structure are characteristic of Ullmann's new and henceforth unmistakable personal style.
Theresienstadt concentration camp
On 8 September 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Up to his deportation his list of works had reached 41 opus numbers and contained an additional three piano sonatas, song cycles on texts by various poets, operas, and the piano concerto Op. 25, which he finished in December 1939, nine months after the entry of German troops into Prague. Most of these works are missing. The manuscripts presumably disappeared during the occupation. Thirteen printed items, which Ullmann published privately and entrusted to a friend for safekeeping, have survived.
The particular nature of the camp at Theresienstadt enabled Ullmann to remain active musically: he was a piano accompanist, organized concerts ("Collegium musicum", "Studio for New Music"), wrote critiques of musical events, and composed, as part of a cultural circle including Karel Ančerl, Rafael Schachter, Gideon Klein, Hans Krása, and other prominent musicians imprisoned there. He wrote: "By no means did we sit weeping on the banks of the waters of Babylon. Our endeavor with respect to arts was commensurate with our will to live."
Overall, Ullmann "probably made the most significant contribution of any single individual to the musical life of Terezin", composing 20 works in the camp.
On 16 October 1944 he was deported to the camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he was killed in the gas chambers two days later.
Later works
The work he completed in Theresienstadt was mostly preserved and comprises, in addition to choral works, song cycles and a quantity of stage music, such significant works as the last three piano sonatas, the Third String Quartet, the melodrama based on Rilke's Cornet poem, and the chamber opera The Emperor of Atlantis, or The Disobedience of Death, with a libretto by Peter Kien. Its premiere was planned for Theresienstadt in the autumn of 1944, conducted by Rafael Schachter, but it is believed that the SS commander noticed similarities between the Emperor of Atlantis and Adolf Hitler and suppressed it.
However, eye-witness Herbert Thomas Mandl argues, "that the Emperor is not Hitler".
The opera was first performed in Amsterdam in 1975 in a version of the conductor Kerry Woodward. It has been broadcast by BBC television in Britain, and there have been productions in several countries. Important productions took place in Bremen and Stuttgart in 1990; American premieres took place in San Francisco in 1975 and in Brooklyn in 1977. Other works include the song-cycle "Man and his Day" to poems by Ullmann's friend, the poet and later historian of Theresienstadt, H. G. Adler.
Since 1993 it is possible to perform the original version of the opera with the help of Karel Berman, based on his Terezin rolebook and the musicologist Ingo Schultz. This reconstructed original version of the original score has been used for the production of the opera done by the director Herbert Gantschacher for ARBOS - Company for Music and Theatre. This production used also Ullmann's original title "The Emperor of Atlantis or The Disobedience of Death" and has been recorded by the Prague label STUDIO MATOUS in 1994/1995. This production of the opera by Herbert Gantschacher has been performed for the first time at Terezin on 23 May 1995. From these first performances at Terezin ever a live recording exists done by ARBOS – Company for Music and Theatre. In all, Ullmann worked on the opera for 27 years, from the first impressions in the First World War in 1917 to the finalization at Terezin in 1944.
The most concrete formulation of this discourse occurs in the Emperor of Atlantis, with the parable of the Emperor's game with Death for Life. The "game", which concerns the Emperor's plan for the total destruction of all human life, ends with the ruin of the Emperor and with the vision of a new understanding between life and death.
When Ullmann was deported to Auschwitz, he left his works in the safekeeping of the philosopher Emil Utitz. After the war, Utitz gave them to H. G. Adler in Theresienstadt in 1945, and Adler brought the scores to England in 1947. Adler subsequently placed them on long-term loan with the Anthroposophical Society (AAG) in Dornach, Switzerland. In an apparent breach of contract the AAG subsequently deposited them with the Paul-Sacher-Stiftung, Basel, where they are currently being held illegally, prior to the preparation of a legally valid loan agreement.
Chronology
1898 Born in Teschen (in Austrian Silesia) on 1 January
1909–16 Attended school in Vienna
1916–18 Military service as a volunteer; service at the Front; promotion to Lieutenant
1918 Attended the University of Vienna, studying law and attending lectures in sociology and philosophy of Wilhelm Jerusalem and attending Arnold Schoenberg's "composition seminar"
1920 autumn: Choirmaster and co-repetiteur under Alexander von Zemlinsky in the New German Theatre in Prague; later (1922–27) conductor
1925 Composition of the "Schönberg Variations" for piano (first performance 1926 in Prague)
1927–1928 Director of Opera in Aussig an der Elbe (Ústí nad Labem); afterwards back in Prague without a position
1929 Success of the "Schönberg Variations" at the music festival of the International Society for New Music (Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik; IGNM) in Geneva
1929–1931 Composer and conductor for stage music in the theatre at Zürich
1931–1933 Bookdealer in Stuttgart, as proprietor of the anthroposophical Novalis-Bücherstube
1933 Flight from Stuttgart; return to Prague
1934 Hertzka Prize for the orchestral arrangement of the "Schönberg Variations" (Op. 3b)
1935–1937 Instruction in composition from Alois Hába
1936 Hertzka Prize for the opera The Fall of the Antichrist (Op. 9)
1938 After the performance of the Second String Quartet at the IGMN Festival in London, stays for about two months in Dornach near Basel
1939 Beginning of the persecution of the Jews in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
1942 (8 September) Deportation to Theresienstadt Concentration Camp; active as composer, conductor, pianist, organiser, teacher and music critic. Most important compositions preserved in manuscript: 3 piano sonatas; piano sonatas; songs; opera The Emperor of Atlantis; melodrama The Manner of Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke
1944 (16 October) Transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where he was murdered in the gas chambers on 18 October 1944
List of the Prague and Theresienstadt works
In the middle of 1942, shortly before his deportation to Theresienstadt concentration camp, Ullmann drew up a comprehensive list of his compositions to that point. This list was preserved in a London library as part of a letter to a correspondent whom it has not hitherto been possible to identify. In contrast to earlier lists of works, the London list is distinguished by an unbroken sequence of opus numbers (1–41) and the unmistakable incorporation of works or titles already known. Ullmann's list of works is of incalculable value in light of the lost or missing compositions, although it makes clear the full extent of the loss caused by persecution and war.
In the following summary Ullmann's opus numbering has been used, and extended for the opus numbers given to works composed in Theresienstadt. The order of titles is essentially chronological and takes account both of compositions known from earlier lists of works as well as of those bibliographically recorded. Uncertain dating is indicated by (?). Traces of an earlier numeration derive from the list of works from the 1920s (Riemann Musiklexikon 11/1929). These references occur only in connection with the "Schönberg Variations", which in relation to the opus numeration and to the chronology cut across the principle of arrangement used.
Recordings
"Schwer ist´s, das Schöne zu lassen" – complete songs for soprano and piano by Viktor Ullmann (Irena Troupová – soprano, Jan Dušek – piano). Prague: ArcoDiva, 2015.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 13 | 84th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | -47 | 6.7th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (13 release groups · 12 studio albums)
Albums · 12
Chamber Music From Theresienstadt 1941-1945
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:11
1Trio: I. Allegro2:252Trio: II. Variace na téma moravské lidové písné7:573Trio: III. Molto vivace3:234Fantasie a Fuga8:505Sonáta pro Klavír: I. Allegro con fuoco5:056Sonáta pro Klavír: II. Adagio3:287Sonáta pro Klavír: III. Allegro vivace3:048Kvartet, op. 2: Pomalu10:039Kvartet, op. 2: I. Vivace, ma non troppo3:1210Kvartet, op. 2: II. Andante cantabile6:4111Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: I. Allegro moderato2:5812Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: II. Presto4:0513Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: III. Largo4:1414Quartett, op. 46 no. 3: IV. Allegro vivace2:461994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:01:06
1Symphonie no. 2: Allegro ma non troppo3:562Symphonie no. 2: Andante con moto5:083Symphonie no. 2: Scherzo alla Jazz3:124Symphonie no. 2: Allegro con spirito5:595Studie für Streichorchester7:536Partita für Streicher: Allegro3:047Partita für Streicher: Variationen über ein mährisches Volkslied7:168Partita für Streicher: Molto vivace3:129Symphonie no. 2 D-Dur: Allegro4:1110Symphonie no. 2 D-Dur: Alla marcia2:4911Symphonie no. 2 D-Dur: Adagio ma non tanto4:3812Symphonie no. 2 D-Dur: Scherzo3:3713Symphonie no. 2 D-Dur: Variationen und Fuge6:11Der Kaiser von Atlantis / Hölderlin-Lieder
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:07:54
1Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Prologue "Hallo, hallo!"2:212Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 1. Präludium1:183Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 1. "Der Mond geht auf den Firsten"2:004Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 1. "Laß sein. Was singst du da?" / "Tage, Tage"1:435Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 1. "Ich fühle mich wenig wohl"2:156Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 1. "Das waren Kriege"1:557Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 1. "Hallo, hallo! Achtung! Achtung!"5:078Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 2. Intermezzo "Totentanz"1:119Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 2. "Wie spät ist es?" / "Bin ich wahnsinnig"5:3910Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 2. Intermezzo0:4811Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 3. "Wer da?" / "halt! Steh!"2:1512Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 3. "Ist's wahr, daß es Landschaften gibt"1:1313Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 3. "Komm fort von hier"1:5314Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 3. "Schau, die Wolken"1:2115Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 3. "Tanz-Intermezzo: Die lebenden Toten"2:2616Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 4. "Wir sind um einen Kreuzer Süßes"4:0217Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 4. "Fünf, sechs, Sieben" / "Nicht dran denken"1:0318Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 4. "Ich bin der Tod"3:1019Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 4. "Von allem, was geschieht"5:3120Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 4. "Komm Tod, du unser werter Gast"2:5621Der Kaiser von Atlantis: Scene 4. "Der Krieg ist aus!" / "Komm Tod"7:1922Hölderlin-Lieder No. 1: Abendphantasie6:1923Hölderlin-Lieder No. 2: Der Frühling2:1924Hölderlin-Lieder No. 3: Wo bist du?1:501997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:02:39
1Sonata for Piano: I. Allegro con fuoco3:552Sonata for Piano: II. Adagio3:033Sonata for Piano: III. Allegro vivace2:174Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello: I. Allegro2:165Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello: II. Lento - Variations on a Moravian Folk Songs Theme7:246Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello: III. Molto vivace3:197Sonata for Piano no. 612:548Dance for Violin, Viola and Cello6:349Four Songs on Chinese Poetry: II. In the Bamboo Grove2:1210Four Songs on Chinese Poetry: IV. Sleepless Night3:2111Suite for Oboe and Piano: I. Furioso3:4512Suite for Oboe and Piano: II. Con fuoco5:5713Suite for Oboe and Piano: III. Moderato5:42String Quartet No. 3, Piano Sonatas Nos. 5, 6 & 7
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:14
1String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46: I. Allegro moderato - II. Presto. Scherzo and Trio - III. [Recapitulation of opening]7:292String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46: IV. Largo4:223String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46: V. Rondo - Finale with coda (Allegro vivace e ritmico)2:244Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 45: I. Allegro con brio - Meno mosso (Vom meiner Jugend)5:115Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 45: II. Andante4:426Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 45: III. Toccatina. Vivace0:517Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 45: IV. Serenade. Comodo - Meno mosso. Più allegro3:158Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 45: V. Finale. Fugato. Allegro molto2:579Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 49: I. Allegro molto - Andante poco adagio3:5710Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 49: II. Allegro grazioso3:1011Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 49: III. Presto ma non troppo2:3312Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 49: IV. Tempo I. Allegro molto2:5213Piano Sonata No. 7: I. Allegro. gemächliche Halbe4:0014Piano Sonata No. 7: II. Alla marcia, ben misurato2:1915Piano Sonata No. 7: III. Adagio ma non moto4:5516Piano Sonata No. 7: IV. Scherzo. Allegro grazioso - Trio - Scherzo4:1917Piano Sonata No. 7: V. Thema. Variationen und Fugue über ein hebräisches Volkslied6:58Czech “Degenerate Music”, Vol. III
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:07
1String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: I. Allegro moderato / II. Presto. Scherzo and Trio / III.7:282String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: IV. Largo4:223String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: V. Rondo-Finale2:234Piano Sonata no. 5, op. 45: I. Allegro con brio - Meno mosso5:115Piano Sonata no. 5, op. 45: II. Andante4:416Piano Sonata no. 5, op. 45: III. Toccatina. Vivace0:517Piano Sonata no. 5, op. 45: IV. Serenade: Comodo - Meno mosso . Più allegro3:148Piano Sonata no. 5, op. 45: V. Finale: Fugato. Allegro molto2:579Piano Sonata no. 6, op. 49: I. Allegro molto - Andante poco adagio3:5710Piano Sonata no. 6, op. 49: II. Allegretto grazioso3:1011Piano Sonata no. 6, op. 49: III. Presto, ma non troppo2:3212Piano Sonata no. 6, op. 49: IV. Tempo I. Allegro molto2:5113Piano Sonata no. 7: I. Allegro, gemächliche Halbe4:0014Piano Sonata no. 7: II. Alla marcia, ben misurato2:1915Piano Sonata no. 7: III. Adagio, ma non tanto4:5516Piano Sonata no. 7: IV. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso - Trio - Scherzo4:1817Piano Sonata no. 7: V. Thema, Variationen und Fuga über ein hebräisches Volkslied6:582005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:03:00
11. Streichquartett: I. Presto con fuoco2:0621. Streichquartett: II. Allegretto con moto e con malinconia grotesca3:5031. Streichquartett: III. Allegro giocoso alla slovacca3:1341. Streichquartett: IV. Andante molto sostenuto6:3453. Streichquartett: I. Allegro moderato4:4863. Streichquartett: II. Presto3:4473. Streichquartett: III. Largo3:2383. Streichquartett: IV. Rondo-Finale2:319Quartettsatz h-moll: Lento - Vivace - Prestissimo10:4710Streichquartett F-dur: I. Lento espressivo5:0311Streichquartett F-dur: II. Energisch8:0812Streichquartett F-dur: III. Adagio espressivo2:3013Streichquartett F-dur: IV. Allegro6:232012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 2:05:20
Disc 11Sonata no. 1, op. 10: I. Molto agitato5:202Sonata no. 1, op. 10: II. Andante [quasi marcia funebre]5:363Sonata no. 1, op. 10: III. Adagio - Presto3:384Sonata no. 2, op. 19: I. Allegro energico e agitato4:215Sonata no. 2, op. 19: II. Moderato: Thema & Variationen4:326Sonata no. 2, op. 19: III. Prestissimo5:027Sonata no. 3, op. 26: I. Allegro grazioso, ma agitato5:208Sonata no. 3, op. 26: II. Scherzo: Allegro violente3:399Sonata no. 3, op. 26: III. Allegro grazioso8:4410Sonata no. 4, op. 38: I. Allegro vivace7:4511Sonata no. 4, op. 38: II. Adagio7:0012Sonata no. 4, op. 38: III. Finale: Vivace molto - Presto5:15Disc 21Sonata no. 5, op. 45: I. Allegro con brio5:272Sonata no. 5, op. 45: II. Andante5:073Sonata no. 5, op. 45: III. Toccatina: Vivace0:504Sonata no. 5, op. 45: IV. Serenade: Comodo - Piu allegro3:295Sonata no. 5, op. 45: V. Finale fugato: Allegro molto3:226Sonata no. 6, op. 49: I. Allegro molto - Andante poco adagio4:237Sonata no. 6, op. 49: II. Allegretto grazioso3:018Sonata no. 6, op. 49: III. Presto, ma non troppo3:269Sonata no. 6, op. 49: IV. Tempo I [Allegro molto]2:4610Sonata no. 7: I. Allegro, Gemächliche4:3111Sonata no. 7: II. Alla marcia, ben misurato2:4412Sonata no. 7: III. Adagio, ma con moto5:0113Sonata no. 7: IV. Scherzo: Allegretto grazioso4:2514Sonata no. 7: V. Variationen und Fuge über ein hebräisches Volkslied7:4715Menuett [Totentanz]2:492012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:04:49
1Double Concerto for Flute, Piano and String Orchestra with Two Horns, WV 89, op. 63: I. Allegro moderato8:162Double Concerto for Flute, Piano and String Orchestra with Two Horns, WV 89, op. 63: II. Andante5:073Double Concerto for Flute, Piano and String Orchestra with Two Horns, WV 89, op. 63: III. Allegro con spirito (Rondo)6:344Chamber Symphony, op. 46a: I. Allegro moderato4:065Chamber Symphony, op. 46a: II. Presto. Scherzo and Trio3:336Chamber Symphony, op. 46a: III. Largo3:117Chamber Symphony, op. 46a: IV. Rondo - Finale. Allegro vivace e ritmico2:308Sonata for Flute and Piano, WV 86, op. 61: I. Allegro moderato5:449Sonata for Flute and Piano, WV 86, op. 61: II. Scherzo. Allegro giocoso1:4110Sonata for Flute and Piano, WV 86, op. 61: III. Aria. Andante3:2211Sonata for Flute and Piano, WV 86, op. 61: IV. Rondo-Finale. Allegro molto gajo2:5212Coventry - Meditation for String Orchestra8:1413Three Pieces for String Orchestra, WV 5, op. 6: I. Elegie im Stile Edward Griegs. Allegretto4:4214Three Pieces for String Orchestra, WV 5, op. 6: II. Menuetto im alten Stil. Tempo di Menuetto2:1715Three Pieces for String Orchestra, WV 5, op. 6: III. Pipa tanzt. Allegro moderato2:402017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:12:53
1String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: I. Allegro moderato, Presto, Largo12:022String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: II. Allegro vivace, Poco largamente2:443String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: I. Overture8:314String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: II. Recitative and Romance11:395String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: III. Waltz5:186String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: IV. Theme With Variations10:207String Quartet no. 3: I. Allegro quasi presto6:098String Quartet no. 3: II. Poco lento, sostenuto7:189String Quartet no. 3: III. Vivace non troppo3:2510String Quartet no. 3: IV. Allegro moderato, giusto5:27Ullmann / Krása / Schulhoff / Haas
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:05:37
1String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: I. Allegro moderato4:062String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: II. Presto3:353String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: III. Largo2:234String Quartet no. 3, op. 46: IV. Allegro vivace e ritmico2:295Theme and Variations for String Quartet9:396Five Pieces for String Quartet: I. Alla valse viennese2:067Five Pieces for String Quartet: II. Alla serenata3:278Five Pieces for String Quartet: III. Alla czeca1:359Five Pieces for String Quartet: IV. Alla tango milonga4:2810Five Pieces for String Quartet: V. Alla tarantella2:3411String Quartet no. 2, op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": I. Landscape. Andante9:1812String Quartet no. 2, op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": II. Coach, Coachman and Horse. Andante4:3513String Quartet no. 2, op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": III. The Moon and I. Largo e misterioso7:3514String Quartet no. 2, op. 7 "From the Monkey Mountains": IV. Wild Night. Vivace e con fuoco7:47Piano Concerto, op. 25 / Piano Sonatas no. 3 & 7
2020 · studio album
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Disc 11Piano Concerto, op. 25: I. Allegro con fuoco2Piano Concerto, op. 25: II. Andante tranquillo - largo3Piano Concerto, op. 25: III. Allegro - vivo4Piano Concerto, op. 25: IV. Allegro molto5Piano Sonata no. 3, op. 26b: I. Allegro grazioso, ma agitato6Piano Sonata no. 3, op. 26b: II. Scherzo. Allegro violente (prestissimo)7Piano Sonata no. 3, op. 26b: III. Allegro grazioso. Seven variations on a theme by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart8Piano Sonata no. 7: I. Allegro. Gemächliche halbe9Piano Sonata no. 7: II. Alla marcia, ben misurato10Piano Sonata no. 7: III. Adagio, ma con moto. Piu andante (a passionata)11Piano Sonata no. 7: IV. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso12Piano Sonata no. 7: V. Variations and fugue on a hebrew folk tuneDisc 21Piano Concerto, op. 25: I. Allegro con fuoco2Piano Concerto, op. 25: II. Andante tranquillo - largo3Piano Concerto, op. 25: III. Allegro - vivo4Piano Concerto, op. 25: IV. Allegro molto5Piano Sonata no. 3, op. 26b: I. Allegro grazioso, ma agitato6Piano Sonata no. 3, op. 26b: II. Scherzo. Allegro violente (prestissimo)7Piano Sonata no. 3, op. 26b: III. Allegro grazioso. Seven variations on a theme by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart8Piano Sonata no. 7: I. Allegro. Gemächliche halbe9Piano Sonata no. 7: II. Alla marcia, ben misurato10Piano Sonata no. 7: III. Adagio, ma con moto. Piu andante (a passionata)11Piano Sonata no. 7: IV. Scherzo. Allegretto grazioso12Piano Sonata no. 7: V. Variations and fugue on a hebrew folk tune
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| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 2003 | Forbidden, not Forgotten (Suppressed Music from 1938-1945)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 47 tracks · 2:52:13Disc 1 1Partita für Streicher: Allegro spicato4:49 2Partita für Streicher: Lento (Variation über ein mährisches Volkslied)7:59 3Partita für Streicher: Molto vivace3:22 4Sonate Nr. 7 für Klavier: Allegro3:30 5Sonate Nr. 7 für Klavier: Alla marcia ben misurato2:36 6Sonate Nr. 7 für Klavier: Adagio ma con moto4:26 7Sonate Nr. 7 für Klavier: Scherzo e trio3:46 8Sonate Nr. 7 für Klavier: Variation und Fuge über ein hebräisches Volkslied6:05 9Drei hebräische Knabenchöre: A'mcha Jissrael Jibane0:44 10Drei hebräische Knabenchöre: Haleluja! Bezilzele Schama0:52 11Drei hebräische Knabenchöre: Hedad, Hedad, Gina Ktana!0:52 12Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin für Sopran und Klavier: Wo bist du?1:56 13Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin für Sopran und Klavier: Der Frühling1:49 14Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Hölderlin für Sopran und Klavier: Abendphantasie5:28 Disc 21Studie für Streichorchester: Allegro con brio1:06 2Studie für Streichorchester: Meno mosso, ma molto energico3:11 3Studie für Streichorchester: Adagio molto meno mosso1:47 4Studie für Streichorchester: Allegro molto2:30 5Passacaglia und Fuge für Streichtrio: Passacaglia (Sehr Ruhig)5:41 6Passacaglia und Fuge für Streichtrio: Fuge (Allegro Molto)3:08 7Overture für kleines Kammerorchester6:09 8Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 12:40 9Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 21:28 10Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 30:27 11Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 41:38 12Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 50:47 13Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 61:27 14Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 72:23 15Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt I: Szene 87:08 16Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Serenade1:31 17Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt II: Szene 11:33 18Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt II: Szene 20:44 19Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt II: Szene 31:21 20Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt II: Szene 41:14 21Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt II: Szene 54:00 22Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Akt II: Szene 61:47 23Brundibár (Oper für Kinder): Serenade1:36 Disc 31Sonate "27. April 1945" für Klavier: Bewegt3:32 2Sonate "27. April 1945" für Klavier: Trauermarsch11:02 3Sonate "27. April 1945" für Klavier: Allegro furioso4:44 4Trauerkonzert: Einführung (Largo)1:29 5Trauerkonzert: Adagio7:03 6Trauerkonzert: Allegro di molto9:23 7Trauerkonzert: Choral (Langsamer Marsch)4:12 8Zweites Quartett für Streicher: Langsam, Äußerst lebhaft und sehr energisch10:07 9Zweites Quartett für Streicher: Andantino10:19 10Zweites Quartett für Streicher: Presto6:52 | Compilation | 2003 |
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Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Viktor Ullmann head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 28 | 89th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 13 | 84th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | -47 | 6.7th |
| Genres | 6 | 91th |
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Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 28 language versions)
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Wikidata: Q78530 · MusicBrainz: 53982694-9850-463d-b2fe-ef6e2c70d51b
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