Franz Mairecker (11 April 1879 – 11 May 1950) was an Austrian violinist, music teacher and lecturer.

Life

Born in

Gumpoldskirchen Gumpoldskirchen ( Central Bavarian: ''Gumpoidskiachn'') is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Gumpoldskirchen borders on the municipalities Mödling, Guntramsdorf, Gaaden, Pfaffstätten and Traiskirchen. ...

, Mairecker studied with Josef Maxinczak,

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, Ernst Ludwig and

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at the Vienna Conservatory from 1889 to 1895. He then worked as a substitute in the Vienna Court Opera Orchestra.Mairecker, Franz
on musiklexikon.ac The violinist became a member of the

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in 1898.Th. Antonicek: Mairecker, Franz. In ''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon'' 1815–1950 (ÖBL). VOl. 6,

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presses, Vienna 1975, , . There he held various positions. Thus he was a member of the orchestra's committee from 1909 to 1938, vice-president of the board from 1911 to 1933, and

concertmaster The concertmaster (from the German language, German ''Konzertmeister''), first chair (U.S.) or leader (UK) is the principal first violin player in an orchestra (clarinet or oboe in a concert band). After the Conducting, conductor, the concertma ...

from 1921. He founded the Mairecker Quartet in 1922, with which he travelled throughout Europe and America. In his birthplace of Gumpoldskirchen he owned an old winery. Mairecker taught

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and

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from 1919 at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts, which had emerged from the Vienna Conservatory. There he became

lecturer Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. They may also conduct re ...

in 1924 and

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in 1929. He also served as a member of the examination commission for the teaching profession of music at secondary schools and teacher training colleges from 1922. Mairecker retired from the Vienna Philharmonic in 1945 and from the academy in 1946. He died in Vienna four years later at the age of 71.

Honours

* Golden Medaille of the

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(1922) * , Regierungsrat (1927) and

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(1934) * Officier de l’instruction publique (1928) *

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I. Classe of the (1934) * Naming of the ''Maireckergasse'' in Vienna- (1957)

Felix Czeike Felix Czeike (21 August 1926 – 23 April 2006) was an Austrian historian and popular educator. He was an author and partly also editor of numerous publications on the history of Vienna and was the director of the . His main work is the six-volume ...

(ed.): Maireckergasse. In '. Vol. 4, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1995, ,
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