- Aloys Fleischmann
Aloys Fleischmann (
April 13 ,1910 –July 21 ,1992 ) was an Irishcomposer andmusicologist . In addition he wrote several books and articles onIrish music .Life
Fleischmann was born in
Munich to Ireland-based German parents on a concert tour at the time. Both parents were musicians; his father, Aloys Fleischmann, Sr., organist and choir master at St. Mary's Cathedral, Cork and his mother, Tilly Swertz Fleischmann was a pianist and piano teacher in Cork.Fleischmann graduated from
University College Cork with aBMus in 1931 and a MA in 1932. That year he went to study composition, conducting and musicology at theUniversity of Munich .He returned to University College Cork in 1934 where he held the position of Professor of Music until 1980. He founded the [http://www.corksymphonyorchestra.ie Cork Symphony Orchestra] in 1934 and was involved in the establishment of the
Cork International Choral and Folk Dance Festival in 1954. Fleischmann worked alongside Joan Denise Moriarty in setting up the Cork Ballet Company in 1947.His "Sources of Traditional Irish Music" was compiled during 40 years of work in collaboration with
Micheál Ó Súilleabháin of theUniversity of Limerick and published posthumously in 1998.Musical works
Fleischman composed in many formats, and his work includes pieces written for chamber, solo instrumental,
ballet , chorus and full orchestra.Notable compositions include:
* The Golden Bell of Ko, (1948)
* Clare's Dragoons, (1945)
* The Red Petticoat, (1951)
* Four Fanfares forAn Tóstal (1953)
* Sinfonia Votiva, (1977)
* Homage toPadraic Pearse , (1979)Written Works
* "Music in Ireland: A Symposium" ed., Cork and Oxford, 1952.
* "Sources of Irish Traditional Music: An Annotated Catalogue of Prints and Manuscripts 1583-1855, 2 vols., New York, 1998.References
* Ruth Fleischmann ed., "Aloys Fleischmann: A Life for Music in Ireland Remembered by Contemporaries", Cork (Mercier), 2000. ISBN 1-85635-328-1
* Séamas de Barra, "Aloys Fleischmann", Notre Dame/USA and Dublin (Field Day Books), 2006. ISBN 0-946755-32-9External links
* [http://www.cmc.ie/articles/article94.html Obituaries by Ita Beausang and Séamas de Barra at "the contemporary music center ireland"] .
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