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Alexander Zemlinsky: "Humoreske" Rondo (1939)

00:00 - I. "Humoresque" Rondo _____ Ensemble: Les Vents Français (members below) Flute: Emmanuel Pahud Clarinet: Paul Meyer Oboe: Francois Leleux Bassoon: Gilbert Audin Horn: Radovan Vlatkovic Year of Recording: 2014 _____ "Humoresque was a later work composed by Alexander von Zemlinksy just prior to his death in 1942. Conceived as a “school piece” and intended for the sole purpose of financial gain, the work’s light-hearted charm is not typical of Zemlinsky’s usual musical depth and darker themes that he explored in his music. Zemlinsky and his wife fled Vienna at the beginning of the Anschluss in 1938 and spent their year in exile struggling to support themselves in their adopted country, the United States, where Zemlinsky’s music was not widely accepted. Zemlinsky’s career was centered in opera, holding impressive conducting positions in opera houses in Vienna, Prague, and Berlin for more than thirty years. His career as a composer would intersect with many important figures in the composition community. He received early praise for his work from Johannes Brahms, and additional recognition when Gustav Mahler agreed to conduct the premiere of his opera Es war einmal in 1900. Zemlinsky’s relationships and personal life were complicated; he fell madly in love with his composition student, Alma Schindler (one of many artistic minds of the day to do so!), but she eventually left him to marry Gustav Mahler. Zemlinsky struggled with his physical self-image throughout his lifetime; his opera The Dwarf is often viewed as a “masochistic self-portrait”. Zemlinsky became close friends with Arnold Schoenberg, who married his sister Mathilde for a short time. Zemlinsky’s musical legacy went largely unnoticed during his final years in the United States." (Sue Barber) _____ © COPYRIGHT Disclaimer, Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976. Allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.