Franz Reizenstein (June 7, 1911-October 15, 1968) was a German-born British composer and concert-pianist. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers His father was Dr. Albert Reizenstein (January 17, 1871 - November 19, 1925) and his mother was Lina Kohn (June 17, 1880 - ), both of Nuremberg, Germany. The family was Jewish and counted many professionals and musically-inclined people among its members. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************
Reizenstein grew up in Nuremberg and was considered a child prodigy. He composed his first pieces when he was 5, and by the age of 17 he had written a string quartet. His well-to-do and artistic family encouraged him to play chamber music at home. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber Eventually he was sent to study under Paul Hindemith at the Berliner Hochschule für Musik. Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 &ndash 28 December 1963 was a German Composer, Violist, violinist teacher music theorist and conductor. He emigrated to England in 1934 to escape the Nazis. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Once in England, he furthered his studies under Ralph Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music, eventually becoming a professor at the Royal Northern College of Music (then the Royal Academy of Music) in Manchester. Ralph (reɪf Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 &ndash 26 August 1958 was an English Composer of symphonies, Chamber music The Royal College of Music is a well known conservatoire located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and one The Royal Northern College of Music or RNCM is a conservatoire in Manchester, England. He later became Visiting Professor of Composition at Boston University. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA.
He composed several chamber and piano works, as well as a number of concertos - most notoriously the Concerto Popolare composed for Gerard Hoffnung's first music festival in 1956. Chamber music is a form of Classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a three part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an Orchestra Gerard Hoffnung ( March 22, 1925 &mdash September 28, 1959) was an artist and musician best known for his humorous works The premise behind Concerto Popolare is that the orchestra believes it is playing the Tchaikovsky piano concerto, but the pianist (in the premiere, the renowned actress Yvonne Arnaud) believes she is playing the Grieg piano concerto. Yvonne Arnaud (20 December 1892 - 20 September 1958 was a French -born pianist singer and actress A musical pitched battle ensues, dragging in other themes (notably from Rhapsody in Blue and the music-hall song Roll out the barrel). Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924 which combines elements of classical music with Beer Barrel Polka, also known as Roll Out the Barrel, is a song which became popular world-wide during World War II. Also popular was his set of Variations on the Lambeth Walk (a popular song of the 1930s), for solo piano, each variation being a pastiche of the style of a major classical composer. Variation form Variation form include Ground bass, Passacaglia, Chaconne, and theme and variations Lambeth Walk is a street in Lambeth, London, England, off Lambeth Road. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic Genre. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music The composers pastiched are Chopin, Verdi, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Wagner and Liszt. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist.
Reizenstein is also noted for his lavish orchestral score to Hammer Studios' 1959 horror film The Mummy. Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Horror films are Movies that strive to elicit Fear, Horror and terror responses from viewers The Mummy is a 1959 British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
Through his mother's family, the Kohns, Franz Reizenstein is a relative of the writer Catherine Yronwode. Catherine "Cat" Yronwode (or catherine "cat" yronwode, born Catherine Anna Manfredi on May 12 1947 is a writer and editor with an extensive career
External links
- Franz Reizenstein biography
- The Emigré Composers at the Jewish Music Institute
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