| 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. |
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Summer |
Eleonore Schrecker moves family to Vienna (Döbling). |
| 1889 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Jul |
Schreker signs general treaty with Universal Edition. |
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Nov 10 |
Schreker marries Maria Binder (1892-1978). |
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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. |
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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. |
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Apr 22 |
Performance of the Vienna Philharmonic Choir. Works by
Scott, Zemlinsky, Mahler (Das klagende Lied). |
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Aug 18 |
World Premiere Der ferne Klang in Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Ludwig Rottenberg. |
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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. |
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Feb 9 |
Der Ferne Klang premieres in Leipzig conducted by Otto Lohse. |
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Feb 23 |
Schreker conducts the world premiere of Arnold Schönberg's Guerreliedern performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Choir. |
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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). |
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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. |
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Mar 1 |
Der ferne Klang premieres in Munich conducted by Bruno Walter. |
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Mar 31 |
Der ferne Klang premieres in Hamburg conducted by Selmar Meyrowitz. |
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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. |
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Mar 19 |
Schreker conducts Berlioz' Requiem performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Choir. |
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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. |
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Fall |
Paul Bekker publishes Franz Schreker: Studie zur Kritik der modernen Oper. |
| 1919 |
Feb 15 |
Die Gezeichneten premieres in Munich conducted by Bruno Walter. |
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Mar 28 |
Die Gezeichneten premiers in Nuremberg conducted by Robert Heger. |
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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. |
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Feb 27 |
Die Gezeichneten premieres in Vienna conducted by Franz Schalk. |
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Mar |
Schreker is appointed director of the Berlin Academy of Music. |
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Mar 14 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Stuttgart conducted by Fritz Busch. |
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May 20 |
Der ferne Klang premieres in Prague conducted by Alexander Zemlinsky.
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Nuremberg conducted by Robert Heger. |
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Jun 16 |
Die Gezeichneten premieres in Hanover conducted by Richard Lert. |
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Sep |
Schreker moves to Berlin. |
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Oct |
Schreker takes office as director of the Berlin Academy of Music. |
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Oct 16 |
Die Gezeichneten premieres in Cologne conducted by Hermann Hans Wetzler. |
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Oct 30 |
World premiere of Das Spielwerk (Revised version of Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin). National Theatre Munich conducted by Bruno Walter. |
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Dec 8 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Zurich conducted by Max Conrad. |
| 1921 |
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Julius Kapp publishes Franz Schreker. Der Mann und sein Werk.
Rudolph Stephan Hoffmann publishes Franz Schreker. |
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Jan 5 |
Die Gezeichneten premieres at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Fritz Stiedry. |
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Feb 1 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Wiesbaden conducted by Franz Mannstädt. |
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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. |
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Der Schatzgräber premieres in Cologne conducted by Otto Klemperer. |
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Oct 23 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Leipzig conducted by Alfred Szendrei. |
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Dec 4 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Karlsruhe conducted by Fritz Cortolezis. |
| 1922 |
Apr 2 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Kassel conducted by Ernst Zulauf. |
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Apr 3 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Leo Blech. |
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May 1-6 |
Schreker-Festival in Essen. |
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Oct 18 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Vienna conducted by Franz Schalk. |
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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. |
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Jan 26 |
Der ferne Klang premieres in Darmstadt conducted by Michael Balling. |
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May 2 |
Der ferne Klang premieres in Cologne conducted by Otto Klemperer. |
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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. |
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Feb 2 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres at the Prague State Opera conducted by Alexander Zemlinsky. |
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Mar 27 |
World premiere of Irrelohe in Cologne conducted by Otto Klemperer. |
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Mar 29 |
Irrelohe premieres in Stuttgart conducted by Carl Leonhardt. |
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Apr 10 |
Irrelohe premieres in Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Ludwig Rottenberg. |
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May 15 |
Der ferne Klang premieres in Hanover conducted by Rudolf Krasselt. |
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Oct 25 |
Irrelohe premieres in Leipzig conducted by Gustav Brecher. |
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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. |
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May 9 |
Der ferne Klang premieres in Leningrad conducted by Vladimir Dranischnikow. |
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May 11 |
Der ferne Klang premieres at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber. |
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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. |
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Oct 19 |
Die Gezeichneten premieres in Hanover conducted by Rudolf Krasselt. |
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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. |
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May 24-28 |
Journey to London, meeting with the Aeolian Company. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Feb 21 |
Der singende Teufel premieres in Wiesbaden conducted Josef Rosenstock. |
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Apr 14 |
World premiere of Vom ewigen Leben in Leipzig conducted by Hermann Scherchen, sung by Clara Wirz-Wyss. |
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May 15 |
Das Spielwerk and Das spanische Fest premiere in Mainz conducted Paul Breisach. |
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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. |
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Jun 5 |
Schreker conducts Schönberg' Gurrelieder performed by the Berlin Academy of Music Coir. |
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Oct 1 |
Der Schatzgräber premieres in Oldenburg conducted by Johannes Schüler. |
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Nov |
First journey to Estoril, Portugal. |
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Dec 5 |
World premiere of Vier kleine Stücke für großes Orchester in Krefeld conducted by Walter Meyer-Giesow. |
| 1932 |
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Concrete plans for an emigration into the United States. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Summer |
Vacation in Estoril. |
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Oct |
Return to Berlin. |
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Dec |
Schreker suffers a heart attack. |
| 1934 |
Mar 21 |
Schreker dies in Berlin. |
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Haidy and Immanuel Schreker emigrate to Argentina |
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| 1935 |
Mar 27 |
World premiere of Das Weib des Intaphernes. Concert in Schrekers honor, Vienna. Neues Wiener Konzertorchester conducted by Ferdinand Grossmann. |
| 1948 |
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Der ferne Klang. Radio production from Frankfurt on the Main conducted by Winfried Zillig. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Founding of the Franz Schreker Society. |
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Gösta Neuwirth publishes Franz Schreker. |
| 1960 |
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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 |
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Haidy Schreker-Bures publishes El caso Schreker. |
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Der Schatzgräber. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Robert Heger. |
| 1970 |
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Haidy Schreker-Bures publishes Hören, Denken, Fühlen. Eine kleine Studie über Schrekers Operntexte. |
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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. |
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Dec |
Maria Schreker donates most of Schreker's legacy to the Austrian National Library, Vienna. Founding of the Franz Schreker-Fonds. |
| 1972 |
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Gösta Neuwirth publishes Die Harmonik in der Oper 'Der ferne Klang' von Franz Schreker. |
| 1974 |
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Friedrich C. Heller publishes the correspondence between Franz Schreker and Arnold Schönberg. |
| 1976 |
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Schreker-Symposion at the Institut für Wertungsforschung, Graz. |
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Oct 14 |
Der ferne Klang. Radio production, ORF Graz conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer. |
| 1978 |
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Publication that accompanies the Schreker-Symposion Graz published by Otto Kolleritsch. |
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Oct 1 |
World premiere Christophorus, Städtische Bühnen Freiburg conducted by Klaus Weise. |
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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 |
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Publication that accompanies the Schreker-Symposion in Berlin published by Elmar Budde and Rudolf Stephan. |
| 1981 |
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Eckhardt van den Hoogen publishes Die Orchesterwerke Franz Schrekers in ihrer Zeit. |
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Haidy Schreker-Bures publishes Spaziergang durch ein Leben. |
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Jul 5 |
Der Schmied von Gent at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Rolf Reuter. |
| 1984 |
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Reinhard Ermen publishes Franz Schreker (1878-1934) zum 50.Todestag. |
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Feb 26 |
Das Spielwerk. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Peter Gülke. |
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Aug 15 |
Die Gezeichneten. Radio production, ORF Salzburg conducted by Gerd Albrecht. |
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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. |
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Jun 2 |
Scenic world premiere of Flammen, Vienna, PPP-Musiktheater conducted by Frank Strobel. |
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Sep 26 |
Der ferne Klang. Bühnen der Stadt Gera conducted by Wolfgang Wappler. |
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Dec 8 |
Irrelohe. Städtische Bühnen Bielefeld conducted by Rainer Koch. |
| 1986 |
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Founding of the Franz Schreker Foundation. |
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Founding of the Yale Schreker Collection. |
| 1987 |
Oct 4 |
Das Spielwerk. Bühnen der Stadt Wuppertal conducted by Peter Gülke. |
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Dec 20 |
Die Gezeichneten at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, conducted by Hans Wallet. |
| 1988 |
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Matthias Brzoska publishes Franz Schrekers Oper 'Der Schatzgräber'. |
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Mar 13 |
Das Spielwerk und die Prinzessin at the State Opera Wiesbaden conducted by Siegfried Köhler. |
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May 14 |
Der Schatzgräber at the Stadttheater St. Gallen conducted by Samuel Friedmann. |
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Jun 21 |
Der ferne Klang at La Monnaie, Brussels, conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. |
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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. |
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Mar 15 |
Irrelohe. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Peter Gülke. |
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May 28 |
Der Schatzgräber at the Opera Hamburg conducted by Gerd Albrecht. |
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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. |
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Dec 22 |
Christophorus. Radio production, ORF Vienna conducted by Ingo Metzmacher. |
| 1992 |
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Christopher Hailey publishes the correspondence Paul Bekker / Franz Schreker. |
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Jan 14 |
Der ferne Klang at the Opera North, Leeds, conducted by Paul Daniel. |
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Dec 13 |
Der Schmied von Gent at the Städtischen Bühnen Bielefeld conducted by Rainer Koch. |
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Dec 20 |
Die Gezeichneten at Opera Zurich conducted by Eliahu Inbal. |
| 1993 |
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Christopher Hailey publishes Franz Schreker (1878-1934). A Cultural Biography. |
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Dec 15 |
Haidy Schreker-Bures dies in Buenos Aires. |
| 1994 |
Feb |
Die Gezeichneten. CD-production for Decca, Berlin, conducted by Lothar Zagrosek. |
| 1998 |
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Ulrike Kienzle publishes Das Trauma hinter dem Traum - Franz Schrekers Oper 'Der ferne Klang' und die Wiener Moderne. |
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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. |
