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Biography >> Chronology

++ 1878 - 1934
++ After Schrekers death (1934 - today)

1878 Mar 23 Born to Ignaz Schrecker (1834-1888) and Eleonore von Clossmann (1854-1919), Monaco. Christened Franz August Julius Schrecker. The second of five childen: Alexander Franz Maria (b. Monaco, 22 January 1877 - d. Monaco, 26 July 1878); Henriette Eleonore Getrude Maria (b. Triest, 5 June 1881 - d. Vienna, 17 April 1890); Eleonore Getrude Leonia (b. Linz, 15 July 1883 - d. Vienna, 6 October 1957); Carl August (b. Linz, 10 September 1885 - d. Berlin, 17.1.1935).
1881 Sep Family settles in Linz, Austria.
1888 Jan 22 Ignaz Schrecker dies of tuberculosis in Ungenach, Austria.
  Summer Eleonore Schrecker moves family to Vienna (Döbling).
1889   Begins formal musical studies at Böhm Music School, Döbling; studies piano, organ, theory with Josef Böhm; violin and harmony with Karl Pfleger.
1892 Oct Enters Vienna Conservatory; earns violin degree after studies with Sigismund Bachrich (1892-94) and Arnold Rosé (1894-97); earns composition degree after studies with Robert Fuchs (1897-1900).
1896 Jul 18 Liebeslied for string orchestra and harp, world premiere in London, Budapest Opera Orchestra conducted by Josef Grossmann.
1900 Mar 29 Andante for orchestra (from: Symphony in a-minor), world premiere in Vienna, Vienna Conservatory Orchestera conducted by Franz Schreker.
  Jun 10 116. Psalm (op. 6) for female choir in three voices and orchestra, world premiere in Vienna, Vienna Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Richard von Perger.
  Jun Final degree at the Vienna Conservatory.
1901 Feb 10 116. Psalm is performed in Vienna, " Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde" conducted by Ferdinand Löwe.
1902 Apr 24 Concertante world premiere of the one act opera Flammen. Edited for piano and performed by Franz Schreker (piano), Vienna, Bösendorfersaal.
  Dec 9 Intermezzo for strings (op. 8). World premiere at the Vienna Konzertverein conducted by Ferdinand Löwe.
1903 Mar 1 Ekkehard Symphonic Ouverture (op.12). World premiere in Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Josef Hellmesberger.
  Apr 7 World premiere Schwanengesang for choir and orchestra (op. 11), Vienna Singakademie conducted by the composer.
1906 Mar Engagement as choirmaster at the Vienna Volksoper until March 1907.
1907 Dec Schreker founds the Vienna Philharmonic Choir.
1908 Mar 10 Recital with songs by Schreker. With: Theo Drill-Orridge, Adolf Lussmann, Richard Pahlen.
  Jun 27 Geburtstag der Infantin (ballett-pantomime). World premiere danced by the Wiesenthal sisters at the exhibition of the Klimt group. Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
1909 Mar 5 First public appearance of the Vienna Philharmonic Choir. Works by Brahms, Berlioz ("Les nuit d'été") and Naumann.
  Jul Schreker signs general treaty with Universal Edition.
  Nov 10 Schreker marries Maria Binder (1892-1978).
  Nov 25 World premiere of the Nachtstück for orchestra, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Vienna, conducted by Oscar Nedbal.
1910 Aug 9 Daughter Ottilie Philomena Hedwig Maria is born, later called Haidy.
  Dec 10 Schreker conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Choir at the world premiere of Zemlinskys 13. Psalm.
1911 Feb 17-18 Vienna Philharmonic Choir performes Frederick Delius' A Mass of Life.
1912 Mar 17 World premiere of the Fantastische Ouvertüre. Tonkünstler Orchester, Vienna, conducted by Oscar Nedbal.
  Apr 22 Performance of the Vienna Philharmonic Choir. Works by Scott, Zemlinsky, Mahler (Das klagende Lied).
  Aug 18 World Premiere Der ferne Klang in Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Ludwig Rottenberg.
  Sep 17 Teaching assignment for music theory and composition at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
1913 Jan 13 Professorship at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.
  Feb 9 Der Ferne Klang premieres in Leipzig conducted by Otto Lohse.
  Feb 23 Schreker conducts the world premiere of Arnold Schönberg's Guerreliedern performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Choir.
  Mar 15 Double world premiere of Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin in Vienna (Vienna Court Opera, conducted by Hugo Reichenberger) and Frankfurt on the Main (Opera Frankfurt, conducted by Ludwig Rottenberger).
  Oct 20 World premiere Romantischen Suite (op. 14), Vienna, Tonkünstler Orchestra conducted by Oscar Nedbal.
1914 Feb 8 World premiere Vorspiel zu einem Drama in Vienna. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Felix Weingartner.
  Mar 1 Der ferne Klang premieres in Munich conducted by Bruno Walter.
  Mar 31 Der ferne Klang premieres in Hamburg conducted by Selmar Meyrowitz.
  Dec 23 Son Emanuel Leopold Franz Maria Schreker is born in Vienna.
1915 Dec 19 Schreker conducts Gustav Mahler's Das klagende Lied and the final scene of Das Spielwerk performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Choir.
1917 Mar 12 World premiere Kammersymphonie. Vienna Academy of Fine Arts Orchestra conducted by the composer.
  Mar 19 Schreker conducts Berlioz' Requiem performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Choir.
  Oct 21 Der ferne Klang premieres in Dresden conducted by Fritz Reiner.
1918 Apr 25 World premiere Die Gezeichneten. Opera Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Ludwig Rottenberg.
  Fall Paul Bekker publishes Franz Schreker: Studie zur Kritik der modernen Oper.
1919 Feb 15 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Munich conducted by Bruno Walter.
  Mar 28 Die Gezeichneten premiers in Nuremberg conducted by Robert Heger.
  May 17 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Dresden conducted by Hermann Kutzschbach.
1920 Jan 21 World premiere Der Schatzgräber. Opera Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Ludiwg Rottenberg.
  Feb 27 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Vienna conducted by Franz Schalk.
  Mar Schreker is appointed director of the Berlin Academy of Music.
  Mar 14 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Stuttgart conducted by Fritz Busch.
  May 20 Der ferne Klang premieres in Prague conducted by Alexander Zemlinsky.
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Nuremberg conducted by Robert Heger.
  Jun 16 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Hanover conducted by Richard Lert.
  Sep Schreker moves to Berlin.
  Oct Schreker takes office as director of the Berlin Academy of Music.
  Oct 16 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Cologne conducted by Hermann Hans Wetzler.
  Oct 30 World premiere of Das Spielwerk (Revised version of Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin). National Theatre Munich conducted by Bruno Walter.
  Dec 8 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Zurich conducted by Max Conrad.
1921   Julius Kapp publishes Franz Schreker. Der Mann und sein Werk.
Rudolph Stephan Hoffmann publishes Franz Schreker.
  Jan 5 Die Gezeichneten premieres at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Fritz Stiedry.
  Feb 1 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Wiesbaden conducted by Franz Mannstädt.
  Sep 27 Schreker joins in a concert with Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Hans Pfitzner. Each composer conducts his own works. Karlsruhe, Orchester des Badischen Landestheaters.
    Der Schatzgräber premieres in Cologne conducted by Otto Klemperer.
  Oct 23 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Leipzig conducted by Alfred Szendrei.
  Dec 4 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Karlsruhe conducted by Fritz Cortolezis.
1922 Apr 2 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Kassel conducted by Ernst Zulauf.
  Apr 3 Der Schatzgräber premieres at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Leo Blech.
  May 1-6 Schreker-Festival in Essen.
  Oct 18 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Vienna conducted by Franz Schalk.
  Nov 25 Maria Schreker debuts as Els in Der Schatzgräber, Städtische Bühnen Münster.
1923 Jan 18 Maria Schreker sings Els in Der Schatzgräber at the Berlin State Opera.
  Jan 26 Der ferne Klang premieres in Darmstadt conducted by Michael Balling.
  May 2 Der ferne Klang premieres in Cologne conducted by Otto Klemperer.
  Oct 18 Concertante world premiere of Der Geburtstag der Infantin, version for large symphonic orchestra. Concertgebouw Amsterdam conducted by Willem Mengelberg.
1924 Feb Second Schreker special issue of Anbruch.
  Feb 2 Der Schatzgräber premieres at the Prague State Opera conducted by Alexander Zemlinsky.
  Mar 27 World premiere of Irrelohe in Cologne conducted by Otto Klemperer.
  Mar 29 Irrelohe premieres in Stuttgart conducted by Carl Leonhardt.
  Apr 10 Irrelohe premieres in Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Ludwig Rottenberg.
  May 15 Der ferne Klang premieres in Hanover conducted by Rudolf Krasselt.
  Oct 25 Irrelohe premieres in Leipzig conducted by Gustav Brecher.
  Nov 15 Der Schatzgräber, gala performance in Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Clemens Krauß.
1925 Mar 20 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Bern conducted by Albert Nef.
  May 9 Der ferne Klang premieres in Leningrad conducted by Vladimir Dranischnikow.
  May 11 Der ferne Klang premieres at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber.
  Oct 5-23 Journey to the Soviet Union as a guest of the government. Schreker conducts Der ferne Klang in Leningrad and two concerts with his own works in Moscow.
1926 Apr 30 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Stuttgart conducted by Ferdinand Drost.
  Oct 19 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Hanover conducted by Rudolf Krasselt.
  Nov 27 Die Gezeichneten premieres in Darmstadt conducted by Josef Rosenstock.
1927 Jan 22 World premiere Dasspanische Fest at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Leo Blech, choreography by Max Terpis.
  May 24-28 Journey to London, meeting with the Aeolian Company.
  Sep 28 Der ferne Klang premieres in Stockholm conducted by Armas Järnefelt.
1928 Mar 23 Schrekers 50. birthday. Concert with excerpts from Das Spielwerk at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber.
  Dec 10 World premiere of Der singende Teufel at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber.
1929 Jan 17 Schreker conducts the radio world premiere of his Kleine Suite performed by the Silesian Philharmonics.
  Feb 21 Der singende Teufel premieres in Wiesbaden conducted Josef Rosenstock.
  Apr 14 World premiere of Vom ewigen Leben in Leipzig conducted by Hermann Scherchen, sung by Clara Wirz-Wyss.
  May 15 Das Spielwerk and Das spanische Fest premiere in Mainz conducted Paul Breisach.
  Nov 30 New staging of Die Gezeichneten at the Städtischen Oper Berlin conducted by Georg Sebastian.
1930 Fall Schreker moves into a villa in Berlin-Schlachtensee and becomes conducter of the Berlin Academy of Music Choir.
1931 Mar 19 Schreker conducts Mendelssohn's Elijah performed by the Berlin Academy of Music Coir.
  Jun 5 Schreker conducts Schönberg' Gurrelieder performed by the Berlin Academy of Music Coir.
  Oct 1 Der Schatzgräber premieres in Oldenburg conducted by Johannes Schüler.
  Nov First journey to Estoril, Portugal.
  Dec 5 World premiere of Vier kleine Stücke für großes Orchester in Krefeld conducted by Walter Meyer-Giesow.
1932   Concrete plans for an emigration into the United States.
  Jun Schreker resigns his Academy of music directorship under right wing pressure and takes on a master class at the Prussian Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin.
  Oct 29 World premiere Der Schmied von Gent at the Berlin Städtische Oper conducted by Paul Breisach.
1933 May 17 Dismissal from the Prussian Academy of Fine Arts, Schönberg is dismissed May 23rd.
  Summer Vacation in Estoril.
  Oct Return to Berlin.
  Dec Schreker suffers a heart attack.
1934 Mar 21 Schreker dies in Berlin.
    Haidy and Immanuel Schreker emigrate to Argentina
     
     
1935 Mar 27 World premiere of Das Weib des Intaphernes. Concert in Schrekers honor, Vienna. Neues Wiener Konzertorchester conducted by Ferdinand Grossmann.
1948   Der ferne Klang. Radio production from Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Winfried Zillig.
    Schreker-price of the newly organized Berlin Academy of Music is awarded to Wolfgang Fortner. The prize money is shortly after rendered worthless because of the monetary reform.
1955   Der ferne Klang. Radio production, NDR Hamburg conducted by Winfried Zillig.
1958 Mar 11 World premiere Vorspiel zu einer großen Oper conducted by Hans Rosbaud.
1959   Founding of the Franz Schreker Society.
    Gösta Neuwirth publishes Franz Schreker.
1960   Die Gezeichneten. Radio production, NDR Hamburg conducted by Winfried Zillig.
1964 Sep 13 Der ferne Klang at the Kassel State Opera conducted by Ernst von Dohnanyi.
1968   Haidy Schreker-Bures publishes El caso Schreker.
    Der Schatzgräber. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Robert Heger.
1970   Haidy Schreker-Bures publishes Hören, Denken, Fühlen. Eine kleine Studie über Schrekers Operntexte.
    Haidy Schreker-Bures, Hans Heinz Stuckenschmidt and Werner Oehlmann publish Franz Schreker in the serial Komponisten des 20. Jahrhunderts, No. 17.
1971 Aug 9 Imanuel Schreker dies in Melbourne/Australia.
  Dec Maria Schreker donates most of Schreker's legacy to the Austrian National Library, Vienna. Founding of the Franz Schreker-Fonds.
1972   Gösta Neuwirth publishes Die Harmonik in der Oper 'Der ferne Klang' von Franz Schreker.
1974   Friedrich C. Heller publishes the correspondence between Franz Schreker and Arnold Schönberg.
1976   Schreker-Symposion at the Institut für Wertungsforschung, Graz.
  Oct 14 Der ferne Klang. Radio production, ORF Graz conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer.
1978   Publication that accompanies the Schreker-Symposion Graz published by Otto Kolleritsch.
  Oct 1 World premiere Christophorus, Städtische Bühnen Freiburg conducted by Klaus Weise.
  Oct 6-8 Schreker-Symposion at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin.
1979 Jan 20 Die Gezeichneten. Opera Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Michael Gielen.
1980   Publication that accompanies the Schreker-Symposion in Berlin published by Elmar Budde and Rudolf Stephan.
1981   Eckhardt van den Hoogen publishes Die Orchesterwerke Franz Schrekers in ihrer Zeit.
    Haidy Schreker-Bures publishes Spaziergang durch ein Leben.
  Jul 5 Der Schmied von Gent at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Rolf Reuter.
1984   Reinhard Ermen publishes Franz Schreker (1878-1934) zum 50.Todestag.
  Feb 26 Das Spielwerk. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Peter Gülke.
  Aug 15 Die Gezeichneten. Radio production, ORF Salzburg conducted by Gerd Albrecht.
  Sep 30 Der ferne Klang at La Fenice, Venice, conducted by Gabriele Ferro.
1985 May 23 Der Schatzgräber. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Lothar Zagrosek.
  Jun 2 Scenic world premiere of Flammen, Vienna, PPP-Musiktheater conducted by Frank Strobel.
  Sep 26 Der ferne Klang. Bühnen der Stadt Gera conducted by Wolfgang Wappler.
  Dec 8 Irrelohe. Städtische Bühnen Bielefeld conducted by Rainer Koch.
1986   Founding of the Franz Schreker Foundation.
    Founding of the Yale Schreker Collection.
1987 Oct 4 Das Spielwerk. Bühnen der Stadt Wuppertal conducted by Peter Gülke.
  Dec 20 Die Gezeichneten at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, conducted by Hans Wallet.
1988   Matthias Brzoska publishes Franz Schrekers Oper 'Der Schatzgräber'.
  Mar 13 Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin at the State Opera Wiesbaden conducted by Siegfried Köhler.
  May 14 Der Schatzgräber at the Stadttheater St. Gallen conducted by Samuel Friedmann.
  Jun 21 Der ferne Klang at La Monnaie, Brussels, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.
  Sep 24 Der ferne Klang at the Stadttheater Hagen conducted by Michael Halász.
1989 Jan 9 Der singende Teufel at the Städtischen Bühnen Bielefeld conducted by Rainer Koch.
  Mar 15 Irrelohe. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Peter Gülke.
  May 28 Der Schatzgräber at the Opera Hamburg conducted by Gerd Albrecht.
  Sep 29 Der Schatzgräber at the Bühnen der Stadt Gera conducted by Wolfgang Wappler.
1990 Oct Der ferne Klang. CD-production für Capriccio, Berlin, conducted by Gerd Albrecht.
1991 Apr 20 Der ferne Klang at the Vienna State Opera conducted by Gerd Albrecht.
  Dec 22 Christophorus. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Ingo Metzmacher.
1992   Christopher Hailey publishes the correspondence Paul Bekker / Franz Schreker.
  Jan 14 Der ferne Klang at the Opera North, Leeds, conducted by Paul Daniel.
  Dec 13 Der Schmied von Gent at the Städtischen Bühnen Bielefeld conducted by Rainer Koch.
  Dec 20 Die Gezeichneten at Opera Zurich conducted by Eliahu Inbal.
1993   Christopher Hailey publishes Franz Schreker (1878-1934). A Cultural Biography.
  Dec 15 Haidy Schreker-Bures dies in Buenos Aires.
1994 Feb Die Gezeichneten. CD-production for Decca, Berlin, conducted by Lothar Zagrosek.
1998   Ulrike Kienzle publishes Das Trauma hinter dem Traum - Franz Schrekers Oper 'Der ferne Klang' und die Wiener Moderne.
  May 14-16 Schreker/Zemlinsky-Symposion, Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
1999 Jul 10 Der Schatzgräber at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe conducted by Kazushi Ono.

 

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++ "Die Schönheit sei Beute des Starken". Franz Schrekers Oper "Die Gezeichneten"
von David Klein,
Mainz: Are Musik Verlag 2010