Hans Rott - Symphony in E Major (1880)
I. Alla Breve - 00:00
II. Adagio - Sehr Langsam - 9:22
III. Frisch und lebhaft - 20:19
IV. Sehr langsam - Belebt - 33:08
Hans Rott (1 August 1858--25 June 1884) was an Austrian composer. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from the likes of Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner.
Mahler called Rott:
"a musician of genius ... who died unrecognized and in want on the very threshold of his career. ... What music has lost in him cannot be estimated. Such is the height to which his genius soars in ... [his] Symphony [in E major], which he wrote as 20-year-old youth and makes him ... the Founder of the New Symphony as I see it. To be sure, what he wanted is not quite what he achieved. ... But I know where he aims. Indeed, he is so near to my inmost self that he and I seem to me like two fruits from the same tree which the same soil has produced and the same air nourished. He could have meant infinitely much to me and perhaps the two of us would have well-nigh exhausted the content of new time which was breaking out for music."
II. Adagio - Sehr Langsam - 9:22
III. Frisch und lebhaft - 20:19
IV. Sehr langsam - Belebt - 33:08
Hans Rott (1 August 1858--25 June 1884) was an Austrian composer. His music is little-known today, though he received high praise in his time from the likes of Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner.
Mahler called Rott:
"a musician of genius ... who died unrecognized and in want on the very threshold of his career. ... What music has lost in him cannot be estimated. Such is the height to which his genius soars in ... [his] Symphony [in E major], which he wrote as 20-year-old youth and makes him ... the Founder of the New Symphony as I see it. To be sure, what he wanted is not quite what he achieved. ... But I know where he aims. Indeed, he is so near to my inmost self that he and I seem to me like two fruits from the same tree which the same soil has produced and the same air nourished. He could have meant infinitely much to me and perhaps the two of us would have well-nigh exhausted the content of new time which was breaking out for music."
Hans Rott (Braunhirschengrund (actual Viena), Imperio austrohúngaro; 1 de agosto de 1858 – 25 de junio de 1884) fue un compositor y organista austríaco. Compañero de estudios de Gustav Mahler y Hugo Wolf y alumno predilecto de Anton Bruckner, es autor de un buen puñado de obras, entre académicas y visionarias. Su temprana muerte truncó una prometedora carrera como compositor, que debía alcanzar, incluso, el nivel de sus compañeros de estudio. Su música es poco conocida en la actualidad, aunque en su tiempo fue alabada por músicos tan meritorios como Mahler y Bruckner.
Gustav Mahler dijo de él:
un músico de genio..... que murió sin el reconocimiento deseado en el mismo umbral de su carrera. Lo que la música ha perdido con él es inconmensurable: su genio se elevaba a tal altura, ya en esa primera sinfonía que escribió con apenas 20 años, no exagero al decir que él fue el fundador de la Nueva Sinfonía, tal y como yo la entiendo. Pero lo que quería no llegó a conseguirlo plenamente. Es como si alguien lanzase un objeto con todas sus fuerzas, pero por ser poco hábil no alcanzase plenamente su objetivo. Pero yo sé a dónde quería llegar. En efecto, Rott se encuentra tan próximo de aquello que me resulta más personal e íntimo que ambos somos frutos del mismo árbol, nacidos del mismo suelo, nutridos por el mismo aire. Hubiera podido aprender mucho de él y, quizá, hubiéramos explotado los dos a fondo el contenido de esta nueva época que está en vías de brotar para la música.
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