Joseph Marx, Hofrath (1882–1964). Austrian composer and teacher, trained at the U. of Graz. He was a Professor of Theory and Composition at the Vienna Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst (i.e. Vienna Conservatory) 1914–52. Involved in the troubles there in 1918/19, during which the then Director and President were forced out of office, he served as its Director 1922–25; known as the “father of the Hochschule idea,” he became the first Rector of the institution with its elevated status as Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst 1925–27. He taught also after 1947 at the U. of Graz. Correspondence between Schenker and him exists in OJ 5/25 (1927–33) and OJ 12/51 (1924), OC 16/34 (1931), OC 18/15, 18, 19, 23 (1933). Additionally, OC contains clippings of 35 articles and reviews by him dated between December 1931 and June 1934, with one from June 1926, all from the Neues Wiener Journal, of which periodical he was presumably music critic. Marx is mentioned in: OJ 5/18, 17, Nov/Dec 1931 (Schenker to Jonas) OC 44/22, November 10, 1932 (Jonas to Schenker) OJ 5/18, 22 January 26, 1933 (Schenker to Jonas)
(Ernst Tittel, Die Wiener Musik Hochschule (Vienna: Elisabeth Lafite, 1967), pp. 51, 57-61, 84, 97; Baker’s1971 ) |
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| Joseph Marx, Hofrath (1882–1964). Austrian composer and teacher, trained at the U. of Graz. He was a Professor of Theory and Composition at the Vienna Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst (i.e. Vienna Conservatory) 1914–52. Involved in the troubles there... | |