Zikmund Schul

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Zikmund Schul (11 January 1916 – 2 June 1944) was a German Jewish composer.

[edit] life

Schul was born in Chemnitz, Germany, into an Eastern European Jewish family, and grew up in Kassel. He moved to Prague 1933, and returned to Berlin, to study composition with Paul Hindemith. 1937 he started to study composition in Prague, where he took classes from Alois Haba. Already during his time in Prague he became a friend of Ullmann. In Prague he started also to archive a collection of synagogal-songs from the synagogue of Prague (under direction of Salomon Lieben). Schul married 1941 Olga Stern (who after the war married Pavel Brandeis), and both were deported to Terezin the 30th Nov 1941. Schul died in Terezin from tubercolosis.

[edit] worklist

  • 1937 Die Nischt – Gewesenensong (Alt) with piano op 9b Nr.1
  • 1941 Mogen Ovos Organ and choir
  • 1941 Fuge in E piano
  • 1941/1942 2 Chassidic Dances for Viola and Cello

see one chassdic dance played here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=c_OT4nTtgvs

  • 1942 Zaddik String quartet
  • 1942 Cantata Judaïca Op. 13 (finale) Tenor and choir
  • 1942 Ki Tavo al Ha'aretz for children'schoir
  • 1942 Uv’tzeil K’nofecho String quartet
  • 1942 V'l'Yerushalayim for voice and string quartet arrangiert nach Vilem Zrzavy
  • 1943 Schicksal song for Alt, Flute, Viola and Violoncello from the cycle Dunkle Klänge"
  • 1943 Duo Violin and Viola
  • 3rd phrase from a piano sonata

[edit] literature


NAME=Schul, Zikmund

|ALTERNATIVENAMES=Sigmund Schul; Siegmund Schul; Zigmund Schul |DESCRIPTION=composer |DATE OF BIRTH=11. January 1916 |PLACE OF BIRTH=Chemnitz, Germany |DATE OF DEATH=2. June 1944 |PLACE OF DEATH=Terezin