Paul Angerer (16 May 1927 – 26 July 2017) was an Austrian violist, conductor, composer and radio presenter.
Life
Angerer studied music theory and composition with Friedrich Reidinger and Alfred Uhl, and conducting with Hans Swarowsky. He performed in the viola section of Wiener Symphoniker, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande early in his career, and was viola soloist with the Wiener Symphoniker from 1953 to 1957. Angerer then began to conduct the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the orchestras in Bonn and Ulm. From 1967 to 1972, he was principal conductor of the Salzburg Opera Theater (Salzburger Landestheater) and led the Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester from 1971 to 1982. In 1982, Angerer began conducting the Concilium Musicum Wien and held a teaching position at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna from 1982 to 1992.
Angerer was awarded the Austrian State Prize for Music in 1953 for his Musik für Viola allein and in 2001, he received the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class.
Paul Angerer's compositional style is influenced by that of Paul Hindemith. His works are published by Verlag Doblinger, Universal Edition, C. Haslinger and Editions M. Reift.
Selected works
Opera
Die Paßkontrolle, Television Opera (1958)
Orchestral
Orchesterwerk I (1946) Orchesterwerk II (1947) Sinfonia III for chamber orchestra (1947) Musik für Streichinstrumente VIII for 15 stringed instruments (1950) Musik für Orchester (1950) Gradatio (1951) Sinfonia in A (1951) Concert pour la Jeunesse (1956) Musica fera (1956) Recordatio for 14 strings (1972) Ire in orbem for string orchestra (1975)
Concert band
Angerer-Marsch (1986) Eisenbahn-Marsch (1987)
Concertante
Sinfonia I for organ and chamber orchestra (1945) Concerto for viola, harpsichord and 5 winds (oboe, English horn, 2 bassoons, trumpet) (1946) Concerto for viola and chamber orchestra (1947) Concerto for harpsichord and 6 winds (flute, oboe, 2 bassoons, trumpet and trombone) (1950) Concerto for viola and brass sextet (3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba) (1950) Musik für Streichinstrumente IX for viola and string orchestra (1950) Responsorium for English horn and string orchestra (1951) Liberatio for violin and chamber orchestra (1952) Musik für Klavier und Streicher (Music for Piano and Strings) (1953) Musica ad impulsum et pulsum for violin, viola, cello and double bass soli, string orchestra and percussion (1955) Conference entre deux violoncelles for 2 cellos and chamber orchestra (1956) Konzert (Sonnerie) for harpsichord, string orchestra and percussion (1956) Gloriatio for double bass and chamber orchestra (1957) Concerto for viola and orchestra (1962, 1975) Concerto for 2 alto recorders and chamber orchestra (1962) Concerto for viola da gamba, strings and percussion (1962) Concerto for piano and string orchestra (1962) Quicquam for double bass and string orchestra (1977) Musica conquisita – pro fidicina et cordarum sonus for harp and string orchestra (1981) Musica exanimata for cello and chamber orchestra (1983)