Hanns Jelinek

Hanns Jelinek (5 December 1901 27 January 1969)

was an Austrian composer[1][2] of Czech descent who is
also known under the pseudonyms Hanns Elin, H. J.
Hirsch, Jakob Fidelbogen.[3]

Bahk, Anne-Marie rbeck, Gregory Rose, Dawid Engela and Heinz Karl Gruber. Alireza Mashayekhi, one of
the most important representatives of new music in Persia
(Iran), studied under Jelinek[8] for a while.

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Biography

Compositions

Jelinek was born and died in Vienna. His father was a machine operator (died 1917). At the age of 6 he began violin lessons and at age 7, began learning the piano. In 1918
he became a member of the newly founded Communist
Party of Austria.[4]

13 kleine Lieder (13 Little Songs) for voice and

Piano op. 1 (1927)
Prludium, Passacaglia und Fuge for chamber
orchestra op. 4 (1922)

In 191819 Jelinek studied briey with Arnold Schoenberg in the composition seminar which Schoenberg gave
at Eugenie Schwarzwald's School in Vienna (with a focus on counterpoint and harmony),[5] and privately with
Alban Berg. These two inuenced him to write many
works in the twelve-tone technique. In 1920 he started
the study with Franz Schmidt at the Vienna Academy of
Music. However, in 1922 he broke o his studies for nancial reasons, and thereafter studied music on his own.

3 Chansons after the texts by Erich Kstner

(1930)
1st String Quartet op. 10 (1931)
Suite for string orchestra op. 11 (1931)
Sinfonia concertante (Symphony No. 4) for
string quartet and big orchestra op. 12 (1931)
2nd String Quartet op. 13 (193435)

In order to support himself as a self-employed composer

in Vienna, he appeared as a pianist in bars and cinemas and composed popular music under the pseudonym
Hanns Elin.

Bubi Caligula operetta (194753)

Zwlftonwerk op. 15 (194752)
Sinfonia brevis op. 16 (194850)

From 1958 on, he was a lecturer and, after 1965, a professor at the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1966, he was
awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize.

Concertino for strings op. 17 (1951)

Phantasie for clarinet, piano and orchestra op.
18 (1951)
Zwlftonbel (Twelve-Tone Alphabet Book)
for piano op. 21 (195354)

Compositions

Sinfonia concertante (Symphony No. 6) op. 22

(1953)

Since 1934 (starting with his Second String Quartet op.

13) he used the twelve-tone technique in all of the works
to which he gave an opus number. In 1956 in his Three
Blue Sketches op. 25 he combined dodecaphony with
jazz.[6][7]

Selbstbildnis des Marc Aurel (Self-Portrait of

Marcus Aurelius) for speaker and four instrumental soloists op. 24 (1954)
Sonata for violin op. 27 (1956)
Unterwegs (On The Way): Cantata on the lyrics
by Franz Kiessling for soprano, vibraphone and
double bass. op. 28 (1957)

Pupils

Four Songs on the lyrics by Franz Kiessling for

middle voice and piano op. 29 (1957)

For Jelineks notable students, see List of music students

by teacher: G to J Hanns Jelinek.

The Dances Around the Steel Blue Rose ballet

(195659)

Among his pupils were: Petr Kotk, Gunnar Sonstevold,

Maj Snstevold, Igor tuhec, Erich Urbanner, Junsang

Canon nuptiale for mixed choir (1959)

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Zehn zahme Xenien (Ten Tame Xenias) for violine and piano op. 32 (1960)
Rai Buba tude for piano and big orchestra op.
34 (1962)
Writings
Musikalisches Hexeneinmaleins, in: sterreichische Musikzeitschrift, 6. Jg., 1951
Anleitung zur Zwlftonkomposition nebst allerlei Paralipomena (2 volumes), Vienna, 1952
Die krebsgleichen Allintervallreihen, in:
Archiv fr Musikwissenschaft, 18. Jg., 1961
Musik in Film und Fernsehen, in: sterreichische Musikzeitschrift, 23. Jg., 1968

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Films

Love is Duty Free (1941)

The Queen of the Landstrasse (1948)

References

[1] Hanns Jelinek - Works. www.universaledition.com.

Retrieved 7 September 2012.
[2] Hanns Jelinek - Works. www.umpgclassical.com. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
[3] http://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_J/Jelinek_
Hanns.xml Oesterreichischer Musiklexikon
[4] sterreichischer Kunstsenat - Staatspreistrger - Hanns
Jelinek
[5] Arnold Schoenberg Center
[6] sterreichischer Kunstsenat
[7] Fred K. Prieberg: Jelinek, Hanns in: Lexikon der neuen
Musik. Alber, Freiburg/Munich, 1958; New issue 1982,
ISBN 3-495-47065-4, p. 221-222
[8] Biography. www.alirezamashayekhi.ir. Retrieved 7
September 2012.

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