René Clemencic
René Clemencic (27 February 1928 – 8 March 2022) was an Austrian composer, conductor, harpsichordist, clavichordist and recorder player.
Also recorded as Rene Clemencic · René Clemenčič
René Clemencic
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- Born
- 1928 · Vienna.
- Died
- 2022 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- conductor · composer · musicologist · tambourinaire · editor · music arranger · musicographer · musician
- Fields
- harpsichord performance · recorder performance · music composing · composed musical work
- Education
- University of Vienna
- Honours
- City of Vienna Prize for Music
- Languages
- German · Italian
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Biography
Biography
René Clemencic studied at University of Vienna. The recorded working language is German and Italian. The field of work recorded is harpsichord performance, recorder performance and music composing. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Distinctions recorded are City of Vienna Prize for Music.
Born in Vienna, Austria, Clemencic was educated at the Vienna University and studied further in France, the Netherlands and West Germany. He was director of the Capella Musica Antiqua and of the Drama Musicum in Vienna. In 1958 he founded Musica Antiqua (known after 1959 as Ensemble Musica Antiqua) to perform early music on period instruments. Later, in 1968, he founded the Clemencic Consort. Clemencic died on 8 March 2022, at the age of 94.
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René Clemencic (27 February 1928 – 8 March 2022) is described as a musician, composer, writer on music, conductor, arranger and editor in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. René Clemencic was born on 27 February 1928; the birthplace is Vienna, Austria, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. René Clemencic died on 8 March 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
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René Clemencic is recorded as conductor, composer, musicologist, tambourinaire and editor.
クレメンチッチ・コンソート 2004年7月10日オーストリア、ヴァイトホーフェン・アン・デァ・イプス市内の教会にて。中央がレネー・クレメンチッチ。 左からZink（ツィンクまたはコルネットCornetto、角張った角のような形の吹奏楽器）奏者のJean-Pierre Canihac ジャン・ピエール・カニヤック（フランス出身）、歌手のTerry Weyテリー・ヴァイ（スイス出身、アルト及びテノール）、中央がRené Clemencicレネー・クレメンチッチ、その右は歌手のBernd Lambauerベルント・ランバウアー（オーストリア出身、テノール）、右端は歌手のJim Curryジム（またはJamesジェイムズ）・カリー（アメリカ出身、テノール）
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1928
René Clemencic born at Vienna.
2022
René Clemencic died at Vienna.
Compositions
• Meraviglia 1969 • Molière Film music for the film by Ariane Mnouchkine (1978) • Missa Mundi mass in Latin, for five voices and orchestra (1981) • Unus Mundus (1986) • Drachenkampf ballet (1987) • Kabbala Oratorio in Hebrew (1992) • Der Berg chamber opera (1993) • Apokalypsis Oratorio on the Greek text of the Revelation of John (1996) • Stabat Mater - (2001) • Monduntergang - Operelle for sirene Operntheater (2007) • Nachts unter der steinernen Brücke - chamber opera for sirene Operntheater (2009) • Harun und Dschafar - chamber opera for sirene Operntheater (2011) • Gilgamesch - Oratorio in German for sirene Operntheater (2015)
Selected recordings
• Carmina Burana, 5 LPs Harmonia Mundi France (HM B385) (LP1: HM335 (rec. 1974 / rel. 1975), LP2: HM336 (rec. 1974 / rel. 1975), LP3: HM337 (rec. 1975 / rel. 1976), LP4: HM338 (rec. 1976 / rel. 1976), LP5: HM339 (rec. 1977 / rel. 1978)) / 3CDs Harmonia Mundi France, 1990 (190336.38)
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q697674: René Clemencic
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- “René Clemencic”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- MusicBrainz artist record for René Clemencic
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- 1.Komponist Rene Clemencic ist tot. wien.ORF.at. 2022-03-10.
- 2.« René Clemencic, grand défenseur de la musique ancienne, est mort », France Musique, 11 mars 2022.
- 3.Encyclopédie Larousse en ligne - René Clemencic. www.larousse.fr.
- 4.ZIC TRAD_Cours_Tambourinaires. zictrad.free.fr.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Marc Vignal, Larousse de la Musique, p. 340 (1982)
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The authorities additionally record the headings Rene Clemencic and René Clemenčič. His recorded languages were German and Italian. Clemencic worked in harpsichord performance, recorder performance, music composing, composed musical work and music composition.
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