Zikmund Schul

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

life

Schul was born in Chemnitz, Germany, into an Eastern European Jewish family, and grew up in Kassel. He moved to Prague in 1933, but returned to Berlin, to study composition with Paul Hindemith. In 1937 he started to study composition in Prague, where he was a pupil of Alois Haba. During his time in Prague he became a friend of Victor 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.

worklist

* 1937 "Die Nischt – Gewesenen"song (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
*YouTube|c_OT4nTtgvs|Zigmund Schul:chassidic dance, Julia Rebekka Adler, viola + Thomas Ruge, violoncello
* 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

literature

* Initiative Hans Krása in Hamburg, Germany: "Komponisten in Theresienstadt" ISBN 3-00-005164-3

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