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词条 Pavel Haas
释义

  1. Pre-war

  2. The war

  3. Post-war

  4. Works

  5. Recordings

  6. Haas in literature

  7. Notes

  8. Sources

  9. External links

Pavel Haas (21 June 1899{{spaced ndash}}17 October 1944) was a Czech composer who was murdered during the Holocaust. He was an exponent of Leoš Janáček's school of composition, and also utilized elements of folk music and jazz. Although his output was not large, he is notable particularly for his song cycles and string quartets.[1]

Pre-war

Haas was born in Brno, into a Jewish family. His father, Zikmund, a shoemaker by trade, was from the Moravian region, while his mother, Olga (née Epstein), was born in Odessa. After studying piano privately, Haas began his more formal musical education at the age of 14 and studied composition at the Brno Conservatory from 1919 to 1921 under Jan Kunc and Vilém Petrželka. This was followed by two years of study in the master class of the noted Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Janáček was far and away Haas's most influential teacher, and Haas, in turn, proved to be Janáček's best student.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}} In 1935 he married Soňa Jakobson, the former wife of Russian linguist Roman Jakobson.[2]

Of the more than 50 works Haas wrote during the next two decades, only 18 were given opus numbers by the self-critical composer. While still working in his father's business, he wrote musical works of all kinds, including symphonic and choral works, lieder, chamber music, and scores for cinema and theatre. His opera, Šarlatán (The Charlatan), was first performed in Brno to sincere acclaim in April 1938. He received the Smetana Foundation award for the opera (sharing the award with Vítězslava Kaprálová who received it for her Military Sinfonietta).

The war

In 1941, Haas was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp (Terezín). He was one of several Czech-Jewish composers there, including Viktor Ullmann, Gideon Klein and Hans Krása. Prior to his arrest, he had officially divorced his wife Soňa in order that she and their young daughter,Olga, would not suffer a similar fate. In 1938, in desperation, he wrote to relatives of his wife in New Jersey, and also to Frank Rybka in New York who was a former student of Janacek. An attempt was launched by these Americans to help Haas secure passage, but this came too late to help.[3] On his arrival at Theresienstadt, he became very depressed and had to be coaxed into composition by Gideon Klein. Haas wrote at least eight compositions in the camp, only a few of which have survived. They include a set of Four Songs on Chinese Poetry for baritone and piano, a work for men's choir titled "Al s'fod" (his first and only work in Hebrew), and the Study for String Orchestra which was premiered in Theresienstadt under the Czech conductor Karel Ančerl and is probably Haas's best-known work today. The orchestral parts were found by Ančerl after the liberation of Theresienstadt and the score was reconstructed.

In 1944 the Nazis remodeled Theresienstadt just before a visit from the Red Cross, and a propaganda film, Der Führer schenkt den Juden eine Stadt (The Führer Gives the Jews a City), was made by director Kurt Gerron, under the coercion of the camp commandant, Karl Rahm. In the film, Theresienstadt, children are seen singing Hans Krása's opera, Brundibár, and Haas can be seen taking a bow after a performance, conducted by Karel Ančerl, of his Study for Strings. When the propaganda project was over, the Nazis transferred 18,000 prisoners, including Haas and the children who had sung in Brundibár, to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where they were murdered in the gas chambers. According to the testimony of Karel Ančerl, Haas stood next to him after their arrival at Auschwitz. Doctor Mengele was about to send Ančerl to the gas chamber first, but the weakened Haas began to cough, so the death sentence was chosen for him instead. After the war Ančerl met with Haas's brother Hugo and told him the story.[4]

Post-war

Haas's large-scale symphony, which he began prior to his deportation to Theresienstadt, remained unfinished, but the surviving torso was orchestrated by Zdeněk Zouhar in 1994. Haas's music, stemming from Bohemian and Moravian roots, is sometimes tinted by Hebrew melody.

Haas has been described as "a reserved but eloquent student of Janáček" by Alex Ross in his history of classical music in the 20th century, The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century.

His brother Hugo Haas (1901–1968) was a popular actor in pre-war Czechoslovakia.

Works

Principal publishers: Boosey & Hawkes, Bote & Bock, Sádlo, Tempo

GenreOpusDate composed Czech title English title Scoring Notes
Vocal {{hs|0}}11918–1919Sest pisni}}Šest písní v lidovém tónuSongs 6}}6 Songs in Folk Tone for soprano and piano orchestrated 1938
Vocal {{hs|0}}21919–1920Tri pisne}}Tři písněSongs 3}}3 Songs for soprano and piano words by Josef Svatopluk Machar
Chamber music {{hs|0}}31920 Smyčcový kvartet č. 1 sharp}} minorviolins 2}}2 violins, viola and cello
Vocal {{hs|0}}41919Cinske pisne}}Čínské písně Chinese Songs for medium voice and piano words by Kao Shi, Tsui Hao, Thu Fu
Orchestral {{hs|0}}51921 Zesmutnělé scherzo Scherzo triste for orchestra
Vocal {{hs|0}}61923Fata morgana}}"Fata morgana" Klavírní kvintet
se sólovým zpěvákem tenorového hlasu
Fata morgana}}Fata morgana for tenor, 2 violins, viola, cello and piano words by Rabindranath Tagore
Chamber music {{hs|0}}71925 Smyčcový kvartet č. 2 "Z opičích hor" String Quartet No. 2 From the Monkey Mountains violins 2}}2 violins, viola, cello and percussion 'ad libitum'
Vocal {{hs|0}}81927 Vyvolená {{sortname>The|Chosen One|nolink=1}} for tenor, flute, horn, violin and piano poems by Jiří Wolker
Choral {{hs|0}}91928–1929 Karneval Carnival for male chorus words by Dalibor Chalupa
Chamber music 101929 Dechový kvintet Wind Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Orchestral 111931 Předehra pro rozhlas Overture for Radio for small orchestra and male voices words by Hugo Haas
Choral 121932Zalm 29}}Žalm 29 Psalm XXIX for baritone, female chorus and chamber orchestra with organ
Film score 1933Zivot je pes}}Život je pes Life Is a Dog for orchestra music for the film
Film score 1934 Mazlíček {{sortname>The|Little Pet}} for orchestra music for the film
Piano 131935 Suita pro klavír Suite for piano
Opera 141936Sarlatan}}Šarlatán{{sortname>The|Charlatan|Šarlatán}} for soloists, chorus and orchestra opera in 3 acts; libretto by the composer
Film score 1937 Kvočna Mother-Hen for orchestra music for the film
Piano 1937 Allegro moderato Allegro moderato for piano
Chamber music 151937–1938 Smyčcový kvartet č. 3 String Quartet No. 3 violins 2}}2 violins, viola and cello
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Chamber music 171939 Suita pro hoboj a klavír Suite for oboe and piano
Vocal 181940 Sedm písní v lidovém tónu Songs 7}}7 Songs in Folk Style for high voice and piano words by František Čelakovský
Orchestral 1940–1941 Symfonie Symphony for orchestra unfinished; orchestration completed by Zdeněk Zouhar
Choral 1942 Al s'fod Do Not Lament for male chorus words by David Shimoni
Orchestral 1943 Studie pro smyčcový orchestr Study for string orchestra
Vocal 1944Ctyri pisne}}Čtyři písně na slova čínské poezie {{ordered list| Zaslech jsem divoké husy| V bambusovém háji| Daleko měsíc je domova| Probděná noc}}Songs 4}}4 Songs on Chinese Poetry {{ordered list| I Heard the Wild Geese| In the Bamboo Grove| The Moon Is Far from Home| A Sleepless Night}} for bass (or baritone) and piano poems by Wei Jing-wu, Wang-wei, Tchang Tiou-ling, Han I
Vocal {{sortname>The|Advent|nolink=1}} for mezzo-soprano, tenor and quintet
Fantasy on a Jewish Melody
Piano Partita in Olden Style for piano lost
Vocal Terezín Songs
Vocal Tri skladby}}Tři skladbyPieces 3}}3 Pieces for mezzo-soprano, tenor, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello lost
Concertante Variace pro klavír a smyčcový orchestr Variations for piano and string orchestra

Recordings

  • Šarlatán (complete opera) – Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague State Opera Orchestra, Israel Yinon (conductor); Decca Record Company 460 042-2 (1998)
  • Pavel Haas: Orchestral Music – Staatsphilharmonie Brünn, Israel Yinon (conductor); Koch Schwann (1996)

Scherzo triste, Op. 5

Charlatan (opera suite), Op. 14

Symphonie (unfinished; orchestration {{ill|Zdeněk Zouhar|cs}})

  • Janáček/Haas/Szymanowski: String Quartets Arranged for String Orchestra – Australian Chamber Orchestra, Richard Tognetti (conductor); Chandos CD 10016

String Quartet No. 2 "Z opičích hor", Op. 7

  • Pavel Haas: String Quartets 1-3 (Czech Degenerate Music, Volume 2) – Kocian Quartet; Praga Productions 250 118 (1998)
  • Haas and Janáček String Quartets – Pavel Haas Quartet, Supraphon SU 3922-2

String Quartet No. 1 in C-sharp minor, Op. 3

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15

  • Haas/Korngold/Haydn string quartets: String quartet No. 2. Adamas Quartett; Gramola 2013.
  • Pavel Haas: Bläserquintett, Suiten Op. 13 • Op. 17, Vyvolená – Jörg Dürmüller (tenor), Dennis Russell Davies (piano), Stuttgarter Bläserquintet; Orfeo International Music C 386 961 A (1996)

Wind Quintet, Op. 10

Suite for Piano, Op. 13

Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17

Vyvolená, Op. 8

  • Chamber Music of Pavel Haas – Ensemble Villa Musica; MD&G 304 1524-2

Wind Quintet, Op. 10

Suite for Oboe and Piano, Op. 17

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15

  • Risonanza – Vilém Veverka (oboe), Ivo Kahánek (piano); Supraphon SU 3993-2

Suite for Oboe and Piano

  • Music from Theresienstadt – Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Russell Ryan (piano); Bridge Records 9280

4 Songs after Words of Chinese Poetry

  • 4 Songs on Chinese Poetry, sung by Christian Gerhaher, appear on a CD Terezín/Theresienstadt initiated by Anne Sofie von Otter, Deutsche Grammophon, 2007.
  • KZ Musik: Encyclopedia of Music Composed in Concentration Camps, Volume 4 – Petr Matsuszek (baritone), Francesco Lotoro (piano); KZ Music 231787

Four Chinese Songs

The whole music written in Concentration Camps (including P. Haas's Study for Orchestra, 4 Chinese Songs and Al s'fod) are contained in the CD-Encyclopedia KZ MUSIK created by Francesco Lotoro (Musikstrasse Roma- Membran Hamburg), 2007

Haas in literature

Haas is a central character in David Herter's First Republic trilogy, comprising the novels On the Overgrown Path, The Luminous Depths and One Who Disappeared.

Haas is mentioned in Simon Mawer's The Glass Room.

Notes

1. ^{{cite book|title=Hudební slovník pro každého II|last=Vysloužil|first=Jiří|authorlink=|year=2001|publisher=Lípa|location=Vizovice|isbn=80-86093-23-9|url=|page=168|language=cs}}
2. ^Matějková, p. 129
3. ^ Letters of Pavel Haas to Frank Rybka in the U.C Berkeley library, Judaic collection.
4. ^Matějková, p. 137

Sources

  • Sadie, S. (ed.) (1980) The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, [vol. # 8].
  • Ross, A. (2007) The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
  • Matějková, J. Hugo Haas. Život je pes Prague: Nakladatelství XYZ, 2005. {{ISBN|80-86864-18-9}}

External links

  • {{IMSLP|id=Haas, Pavel|cname=Pavel Haas}}
  • {{IMDb name|0351989}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070414125145/http://www.musica.cz/comp/haas.htm Pavel Haas] at the Czech Music Information Centre.
  • Pavel Haas, a brief biographical entry on the Boosey and Hawkes site
  • Comprehensive discography of Terezin Composers by Claude Torres
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100203004215/http://holocaustmusic.ort.org/places/theresienstadt/haaspavel/ Music and the Holocaust - Pavel Haas]
  • Further reading and listening on The Music 1941-44
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100113011137/http://www.pavelhaas.cz/ Pavel Haas Chamber Orchestra]
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