Richard Mohaupt

Richard Mohaupt, New York, 1954

Richard Mohaupt (14 September 1904 in Breslau – 3 July 1957 in Reichenau an der Rax) was a German-U.S. composer and Kapellmeister.

Biography

Richard Mohaupt studied music in his hometown Breslau. After his studies he worked as a répétiteur and music director in Breslau, Aachen and Weimar and after a concert tour through the Soviet Union he finally moved to Berlin in 1932. Four years later he had his first success with his ballet Die Gaunerstreiche der Courasche. The work was performed during the ballet festival which was part of the supporting programme of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. But already shortly after this success the Nazis blamed him to compose in Bolshevik's style and he was excluded from the Reichsmusikkammer. With this exclusion Richard Mohaupt could not work in Germany anymore and so emigrated to the USA in 1939 and settled in New York.

In the United States Richard Mohaupt did not compose musical theatre anymore because symphonic music sold much better. That led to the composition of his most famous work, the Town Piper Music, which was performed world wide in the 1950s. During his time in the United States he mainly composed for film, television and radio. His works were performed by renowned orchestras like the New York Philharmonic and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. He also composed operas at that time but mainly for German opera houses, among them were Max und Moritz (1949).

In 1955 Richard Mohaupt moved back to Europa and lived in Austria till his death. He died before the world premiere of his last opera Der grüne Kakadu (on words by Arthur Schnitzler).

Compositions

Operas

Ballets

Orchestral works

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Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.biblio.com/books/171640078.html

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