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Erich Marckhl (3 February 1902 in
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– 8 July 1980 in
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) was an
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and
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Life

Erich Marckhl received his doctorate from the
University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...
in 1925 . From 1926 to 1936 he worked as an educator at the Bundes-Erziehungsanstalt Wien XIII, formerly a cadet school, but was dismissed for political reasons (membership in the illegal
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). He then taught from 1937 to 1939 at the teacher training college in
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. In 1939 he became "Specialist Inspector for Music at Higher Schools" in Vienna. In 1940–45 professor for music education at the ''Vienna State Academy of Music'' (today
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). At the music academies in Vienna he held a seminar for music education and a provisional teacher examination board. Due to his National Socialist past, he initially remained unemployed in 1945 and lived with the support of the
Gottfried von Einem Gottfried von Einem (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ. Bio ...
family in
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(1945/46) and in Plomberg am Mondsee (1946–48). In 1948 he became director, 1949-52 director of the Municipal Music School in
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. In 1948, Marckhl was given the newly established small seminar for music education at the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz . In 1963, Marckhl, became the President of
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in addition to that of being a professor. In 1965, Marckhl founded a cultural and university center in
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in
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Awards

* Great Austrian State Prize for Music (1968) *
Mozart Medal (Mozartgemeinde) The Mozart Medal of the Mozartgemeinde Wien was a music award named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Recipients * Heinrich Damisch, 1952 *Wilhelm Furtwängler, 1952 * Heinrich von Kralik, 1952 *Joseph Marx, 1952 *Edwin Fischer, 1953 * Egon von K ...
by the Mozart Society Vienna (1971) *Joseph Marx Music Prize from the State of
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(1972)


Further reading

* Barbara Boisits
Schulz, Familie
In: ''
Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. (, ) is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was offic ...
''. Online-edition, Vienna 2002, ; printed edition: 4th edition, published by the
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, Vienna 2005, . *


External links


Works by and about Erich Marckhl
in the catalog of the
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marckhl, Erich 1902 births 1980 deaths Austrian composers Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni