Ludwig Zenk Music Manuscripts
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topic: Ludwig Zenk Music Manuscripts 1930-1947
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topic: Works with opus number
subject: Works with opus number
topic: Op. 1: Klaviersonate No. 1
subject: Op. 1: Klaviersonate No. 1
topic: Score; 26 p.
subject: Score; 26 p.
topic: Score; 36 p.
subject: Score; 36 p.
topic: Sketches and tone rows
subject: Sketches and tone rows
topic: Printed score with annotations
subject: Printed score with annotations
topic: Op. 2: Streichquartette No. 1
subject: Op. 2: Streichquartette No. 1
topic: Score
subject: Score
topic: Parts
subject: Parts
topic: Sketches of first movement
subject: Sketches of first movement
topic: Op. 3: 3 Lieder nach Trakl
subject: Op. 3: 3 Lieder nach Trakl
topic: Piano-vocal score
subject: Piano-vocal score
topic: Sketches
subject: Sketches
topic: Op. 4: Klaviersonate No. 2
subject: Op. 4: Klaviersonate No. 2
topic: Op. 5: 4 Lieder nach Berthold Viertel
subject: Op. 5: 4 Lieder nach Berthold Viertel
topic: Op. 6: 2 Chöre nach Johannes Klay
subject: Op. 6: 2 Chöre nach Johannes Klay
topic: Vocal score
subject: Vocal score
topic: Op. 9: Trakl Lieder
subject: Op. 9: Trakl Lieder
topic: Vocal parts for songs nos. 1-8
subject: Vocal parts for songs nos. 1-8
topic: Works without opus number
subject: Works without opus number
topic: Messe
subject: Messe
topic: Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano
subject: Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano
topic: Unidentified work for orchestra
subject: Unidentified work for orchestra
topic: Verklärter Herbst
subject: Verklärter Herbst
topic: Miscellaneous sketches
subject: Miscellaneous sketches

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provides access to: Works with opus number
provides access to: Op. 1: Klaviersonate No. 1
provides access to: Score; 26 p.
provides access to: Score; 36 p.
provides access to: Sketches and tone rows
provides access to: Printed score with annotations
provides access to: Op. 2: Streichquartette No. 1
provides access to: Score
provides access to: Parts
provides access to: Sketches of first movement
provides access to: Op. 3: 3 Lieder nach Trakl
provides access to: Piano-vocal score
provides access to: Sketches
provides access to: Op. 4: Klaviersonate No. 2
provides access to: Op. 5: 4 Lieder nach Berthold Viertel
provides access to: Op. 6: 2 Chöre nach Johannes Klay
provides access to: Vocal score
provides access to: Op. 9: Trakl Lieder
provides access to: Vocal parts for songs nos. 1-8
provides access to: Works without opus number
provides access to: Messe
provides access to: Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano
provides access to: Unidentified work for orchestra
provides access to: Verklärter Herbst
provides access to: Miscellaneous sketches
provides access to: Black sketchbook, undated
provides access to: Purple sketchbook, 1932-1933
provides access to: Tan sketchbook, 1934
provides access to: Unidentified sketches and tone rows
provides access to: Miscellaneous Materials
provides access to: Two photographs of unidentified sculpted bust and second prize certificate from the 1947 Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde competition

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Ludwig Zenk Music Manuscripts
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Ludwig Zenk Music Manuscripts 1930-1947
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extent: 31 items
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origination: Zenk, Ludwig
has biographical history: Biographical History for: Ludwig Zenk Music Manuscripts 1930-1947
scopecontent: Scope and Content Note The Ludwig Zenk Music Manuscripts consist of holograph manuscripts, sketches, and printed scores of compositions that date from 1930 to 1947. Prominent works include Klaviersonate, op. 1, no. 1 and Trakl Lieder, op. 9, settings of texts from Georg Trakl’s Gesang zur Nacht and other poems. In addition, the collection includes Streichquartett, op.2, no. 1, Klaviersonate, op. 4, no. 2, and scores in varying states of completion for a variety of instrumental and vocal works. Compositions are arranged first by opus number, then alphabetically by title where there is no opus number. All manuscripts are in the hand of the composer unless otherwise noted. The "Miscellaneous Materials" contain two photographs of an unidentified sculpted bust and Zenk's second prize certificate from the 1947 Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde competition.
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Zenk, Ludwig
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Biographical History for: Ludwig Zenk Music Manuscripts 1930-1947
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body: Biographical Note Austrian composer and conductor Ludwig Zenk was born Nov. 18, 1900, in Vienna. Beginning in 1920, he studied musicology at the University of Vienna, where he participated in a Kapellmeister course given by Anton Webern under the auspices of Arnold Schönberg’s seminar for composition. Between 1921 and 1925, Zenk studied theory and composition with Webern and became one of his first students after settling in Mödling after World War I. From 1925 to 1931, he served as Kapellmeister in Iglau, Znaim, and Meissen. Zenk renewed his studies with Webern in 1930 and later studied conducting with Hermann Scherchen from 1932-1933. He became secretary of the Austrian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music (of which Webern was president) in 1933, a position he held until 1938. Zenk worked as a private teacher and taught in the Arbeiterkonservatorium until its dissolution, alongside the Social Democratic Party of Austria, in 1934. From 1938-1948, he was musical director of the Theater in Josefstadt, where he conducted and composed incidental music for plays. With the closing of Vienna’s theaters in 1944, Zenk registered for the Army (where previously he had been refused due to a heart condition) to work for a munitions plant. A nervous ailment that had paralyzed his left hand, however, led to his conscription with the specialized Volkssturm in 1945, a corps that consisted of men unsuitable for traditional military service. Though considered by Anton Webern to be his most gifted pupil, Ludwig Zenk has received little recognition for his work as a composer. Zenk and Webern became life-long friends due in part to their mutual love for mountaineering and gardening. Zenk was also a fine amateur photographer and captured numerous shots of Webern on hikes and expeditions. The composers' friendship was further strengthened when the encroaching Nazi regime forced many of Webern’s friends to flee the country or go into hiding. Zenk was one of the few w…
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Music Manuscripts
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Miscellaneous Materials
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Works without opus number
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Miscellaneous sketches
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Op. 1: Klaviersonate No. 1
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Op. 2: Streichquartette No. 1
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Op. 3: 3 Lieder nach Trakl
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Op. 4: Klaviersonate No. 2
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Op. 5: 4 Lieder nach Berthold Viertel
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Op. 6: 2 Chöre nach Johannes Klay
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Op. 9: Trakl Lieder
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Score; 26 p.
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Score; 36 p.
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Sketches and tone rows
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Printed score with annotations
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Score
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Parts
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Sketches of first movement
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Sketches and tone rows
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Piano-vocal score
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Sketches
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Score
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Sketches
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Sketches and tone rows
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Piano-vocal score
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Sketches
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Vocal score
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Sketches
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Piano-vocal score
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Vocal parts for songs nos. 1-8
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Sketches
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Messe
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Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano
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Unidentified work for orchestra
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Verklärter Herbst
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Black sketchbook, undated
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Purple sketchbook, 1932-1933
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Tan sketchbook, 1934
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Unidentified sketches and tone rows
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Two photographs of unidentified sculpted bust and second prize certificate from the 1947 Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde competition
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