Rudolf Procházka
Rudolph Freiherr von Procházka (23 February 1864 – 24 March 1936) was a Czech lawyer, composer and music writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Leon Elms.
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Rudolf Procházka
- Born
- 1864. · Prague.
- Died
- 1936. · Prague.
- Nationality
- Austria–Hungary.
- Occupation
- jurist, composer, musicologist, opinion journalist, writer, music critic and musicographer.
- Fields
- opera and classical music.
- Education
- Faculty of Law and Charles University in Prague.
- Languages
- German and Czech.
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Rudolph Freiherr von Procházka (23 February 1864 – 24 March 1936) was a Czech lawyer, composer and music writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Leon Elms.
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Rudolf Procházka (1864–1936) was a composer, jurist and music critic, among other activities, of Austro-Hungarian nationality. The composer was born and died in Prague. Rudolf Procházka was also known as Leon Elms. Rudolf Procházka was educated at Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague.
The work spans classical music and opera. Languages used include Czech and German.
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Life
Life
Born in Prague (where he also died), he was from an old noble and landed family from the Czech lands. Even as a child he showed talent for music and poetry. He studied composition, violin and law in Prague. After initially working from 1888 in Eger and Asch, he held a variety of official positions in his home town. He was the founder and first president of the German Musical Academy. In 1893 he married singer and singing teacher Tonia Baronin Procházka, with whom he had Roman von Procházka. In 1910 he was appointed state music officer, as well as becoming vice president of the Royal and Imperial Examination Commission for Secondary School Music Teaching., government representative on the working committee for German folk songs in Bohemia, member of the panel of music experts in Prague and an active member of the Association for the Promotion of Music (Verein zur Förderung der Tonkunst). He was also a ministerial counsellor, royal-imperial district captain, officer with stadtholder-decree and a commissioner of the Cheb district savings bank. He was also considered a copyright expert.
Operas
Operas
• Agamemnon • Das Glück (op. 15), 1897
Oratorios
Oratorios
• Christus, 1901
Cantatas
Cantatas
• op. 13 Die Psalmen for soprano, male choir and orchestra • op. 14 Die Palmen for male choir, soloists and orchestra • op. 20 Seerosen for male choir, soloists and orchestra
Other
Other
• op. 18 Harfner Variations for Orchestra on an unpublished theme by Mozart • op. 24 Symphonic Songs without Words • op. 26 German-Bohemian Rondos for Four Hands for Piano
Biographies
Biographies
• Mozart in Prag, Prag 1892 • Robert Franz, Leipzig 1894 • J. Strauß, Berlin 1900
Other
Other
• Asteroiden, Gedichtband, 1887 • Versuch einer Reform der deutschen Lyrik, 1888 • Die böhmischen Musikschulen, 1890 • Arpeggien: Musikalisches aus alten und neuen Tagen, Dresden 1897 • Aus fünf Jahrhunderten, Prag 1911 • Das romantische Musik-Prag, Prag 1914 • Der Kammermusikverein in Prag, Prag 1926 • Abriß der allgemeinen Musikgeschichte, begründet von Bernhard Kothe, weitergeführt von Rudolph Procházka, 12. Aufl., besorgt von Max Chop, Leipzig 1929.
Selected compositions
His musical works have a strongly mystical, almost esoteric, influence, initially influenced by Robert Schumann and Robert Franz but later completely distancing himself from them in terms of both content and form.
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- Procházka, Rudolf Freiherr von (Pseud. Leon Elms)
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- Procházka, Rudolf Frh. von; Ps. Leon Elms
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2174510: Rudolf Procházka
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- 1.Viktor Joß, Der Merker 1 (1909) p. 605/606
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Roman Freiherr von Procházka: Meine 32 Ahnen und ihre Sippenkreise. Verlag Degener. Leipzig 1928
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