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Marcel Rubin (7 July 1905 – 12 May 1995) was an Austrian composer.^[1]

Born in Vienna, where he studied with Richard Robert^[2] and Franz Schmidt, he later emigrated to Paris, where he pursued further studies with Darius Milhaud. After living in Mexico City for a while, he returned to Vienna after the end of World War II.

Among the works he composed there are ten symphonies and the opera Kleider machen Leute (1969).^[3]

Honours and awards

1959: State Prize for Music^[4]
1961 and 1965: Award from the Theodor-Körner Foundation
1964: Title of Professor
1969: City of Vienna Prize for Music
1970: Grand Austrian State Prize for Music^[5]
1974: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
1979: Honorary Member of the Austrian Society for Contemporary Music
1980: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
1985: Honorary Member of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna
1986: Gold Medal of Vienna

Selected compositions

Stage works

Die Stadt, ballet (1933, rev. 1980)
Kleider machen Leute, opera (1969)
Der Schneider im Himmel, fairy tale in music (1981)

Cantatas & oratorios

Die Albigenser (1961)
O ihr Menschen. Ein Heiligenstädter Psalm (1977)
Auferstehung (1986)
Licht über Damaskus (1988)

Orchestral works

Ten symphonies (between 1928 and 1986)
Concertos for double bass (1970), trumpet (1972), bassoon (1976), piano (1992), flute & strings (1994)
Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1966)

Chamber music

6 string quartets (between 1926 and 1991)
String Trio (1927, rev. 1962)
Sonata, for cello and piano (1928)
Sonata, for violin and piano (1974)
Concertino, for 12 cellos (1975)

Solo instrumental

4 piano sonatas (between 1925 and 1994)
Tageszeiten. 4 piano pieces (1955)
Petite Sérénade pour Guitare (1977)
Klaviermusik 94, for piano (1994)

References

^ Hartmut Krones (20 January 2001). "Rubin, Marcel". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42991. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.

^ musiclexikon; Retrieved 28 August 2013

^ Krones (1975), pp. 52-64.

^ "outstanding artist award - Musik" (pdf) (in German). Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

^ "STAATSPREISTRÄGER - Musik" (in German). Österreichischer Kunstsenat. Archived from the original (pdf) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

External links

Krones, Hartmut (2001). "Biography - Programme notes for concert with 4th symphony". Retrieved June 24, 2012.

Further reading

Krones, Hartmut: Marcel Rubin: Eine Studie, in: Elisabeth Lafite (ed.): Österreichische Komponisten des XX. Jahrhunderts, vol. 22 (Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1975); OCLC 462037543; ISBN 3-215-02116-1.

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