Reinhard Oppel
Reinhard Oppel (Grünberg, Hesse 1878-Leipzig, 1941) was a German composer.[1]
He studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt 1903-1909, was briefly an organist in Bonn, then from 1911 professor of compositions at the Kiel Conservatory, and from 1928 professor of music theory at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Oppel was a student, correspondent,[2] and friend of Heinrich Schenker, the famous Viennese Jewish music theorist,[3] and made efforts to disseminate Schenkerian theory while a professor at Leipzig.
Oppel was an outspoken critic of the Nazis. Until 1938, Oppel often played the organ not only in Protestant and Catholic churches, but also in synagogues in Leipzig.
Works
Piano pieces: 5 Stücke op. 21, Suite op. 26 and 4 Preludes op. 27.
Recordings
The Korean pianist Heejung Kang[4] has revived music by Schenker and his students Reinhard Oppel, Paul Kletzki and Arnold Mendelssohn, in concert and on record:
- Rediscovered Lieder and Piano Pieces by Kletzki, Oppel, and Schenker, College of Music at UNT. 2002
- Piano Music Vol.1. Heejung Kang. Toccata Classics 2011
Recordings
- ↑ Peter Hollfelder Geschichte der Klaviermusik: Western continental Europe: 1989 "Reinhard OPPEL (1878-1941), geboren in Grünberg (Hessen), ist nach dem Musikstudium am Hochschen Konservatorium in Frankfurt von 1903 bis 1909 Organist in Bonn, ab 1911 Kompositionslehrer am Konservatorium in Kiel und ab 1928 Lehrer für Musiktheorie am Landeskonservatorium in Leipzig. Er stirbt in Leipzig."
- ↑ Benjamin McKay Ayotte Heinrich Schenker: a guide to research 2004 p61 "Heinrich Schenker as Composition Teacher: The Schenker-Oppel Exchange." Music Analysis 20/1: 1-1 15. Examines in detail Oppel's arrangements of three of Handel's solo cantatas (HWV 108, 102, and 115) in the context of his correspondence with Heinrich Schenker."
- ↑ Paul Kletzki and Reinhard Oppel: two forgotten composers by Timothy D. Jackson in Jewish Music Institute Newsletter No. 6, January 2004
- ↑ Heejung Kang