Rudolf Mors


Rudolf Mors was a German composer.

Life

Born in Munich, the son of the composer Richard Mors, a representative of the Munich School around Ludwig Thuille, Mors began his training during the Second World War with and continued it after his return from Soviet captivity with Joseph Haas and Karl Höller. His graduation from the Munich Academy of Music was honoured with the Richard Strauss Prize of the city of Munich, of which Mors was the first recipient.
In 1951, he became Kapellmeister and composer for the Schauspiel in Ingolstadt, followed by an engagement as First Kapellmeister at the Theater Ulm, where he wrote and premiered the two musical parodies and Der Weiberstreik in collaboration with the cabaret artist Hanns Dieter Hüsch., also broadcast by ZDF in the sixties, is still occasionally found on playbills today. In 1963, Mors changed to the position of a drama composer at the Bielefeld Theatre, where he could devote himself more to the composition of free works.
In 1983, Mors was awarded the of the for his complete works.
Mors died in Eisingen at the age of 68.

Work

The compositions by Mors include:

Instrumental music

Orchestral piecesThe Little Match Girl, WV 1 ca.9', 1993
  • 1. Symphony for Orchestra, WV 4.
  • 2nd Symphony for Orchestra, WV 14 ca.30', 1955
ConcertanteLyrische Suite for flute and strings, WV 11a ca.9', 1986
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra, WV 24 ca.30', 1977
Chamber music
  • Quintet
  • * Quintet for horn and string quartet, WV 21 ca.16', 1973
  • Quartets
  • * String Quartet in E minor, WV 5 ca.18', 1964
  • * 5 Bagatelles for 4 recorders or flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, WV 16 ca.5', 1957
  • * Variations on "Es ist ein Schnitter" for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones, WV 23 c.8', 1974
  • * Variations on an own theme for 4 cellos, WV 39 ca.7', 1987
  • Duos
  • * Sonatine A-Dur für Violine und Klavier, WV 2 ca.9', 1943
  • * Sonate für Violine und Klavier, WV 8 ca.14', 1950
  • * Lyrische Suite für Flöte und Klavier, WV 11 ca.9', 1950
  • * 12 Miniaturen für Violine und Cello, WV 20 ca.7', 1974
  • * Fantasie für Flöte und Akkordeon, WV 28 ca.3', 1984
  • * Sonate für Oboe und Klavier, WV 43 daraus: Adagio für Oboe und Klavier, WV 33 ca.5', 1989 auch als: Adagio für Oboe und Orgel, WV 33, 1985
  • * Sonate für Cello und Klavier, WV 37 ca.6', 1986
  • * Sonate für Viola und Klavier, WV 37a ca.6', 1988
  • Solo
  • * Kleine Suite für Alt-Blockflöte, WV 36 ca.3', 1986
Piano
  • Sonate für Klavier zu 4 Händen, WV 13 ca.12', 1950 Steinigung, Fantasie für Klavier, WV 26a ca.11', 1983
  • Sonate für Klavier, WV 42, 1989
Organ
  • Orgel-Fantasie on H-C-A-B, WV 34 ca.6', 1986 Kleine Orgi-Suite for Organ, WV 38 ca.7', 1987

Vocal music

Choir with OrchestraSymphonic Cantata after serious words by Christian Morgenstern for soprano and baritone solo, large choir and orchestra, WV 10 ca.25; first performed in 1963 by the under the conduct of Hans Jakob Haller.Pater noster for mezzo-soprano solo, four- to six-part choir and orchestra, WV 27 ca.6'Die Versuchung Jesu, cantata for alto and bass solo, mixed choir and instruments, WV 35 ca.16', 1989
  • Oratorio based on texts from the Bible, Christian Morgenstern, the Sioux Indians, the composer and Jörg Zink for solo voices, four- to six-part choir and orchestra, WV 44 ca.46', 1992
Choir a cappellaMorgenstern-Zyklus für großen Chor, WV 9 ca.11'Lieder an den Wind after poems by Christian Morgenstern for soprano solo and three to five-part children's choir, WV 40 ca.10'Wiegenlied after a text by Clemens Brentano for three to four-part boys', children's or women's choir, WV 41 ca.3'
Solo singing with orchestraVier Sommerlieder after poems by Hermann Hesse for soprano and orchestra, WV 17a ca.12', 1963 Die Flamme, Elementarphantasie after Christian Morgenstern for soprano and large orchestra, WV 19 ca.12', 1971.Klänge aus dem Orient, Four Lieder after poems by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff for soprano and Orchestra, WV 32a ca.8', 1986
Solo singing with several instrumentsHolde Mutter mit dem Kind, text: Martin Knapp, Christmas cantata for flute, violin, voice and piano, WV 7 ca.8', 1969
Solo singing with piano
  • Vier frühe Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, WV 3 ca.8', 1983
  • Drei Lieder aus dem „Totentanz“ nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern für dramatischen Alt oder Bariton und Klavier, WV 12 ca.8', 1950 Drei Lieder der Nacht nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern für Singstimme und Klavier, WV 15 ca.7', 1955 Vier Sommerlieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse für Sopran und Klavier, WV 17 ca.12', 1964 Vom Abend zum Morgen, 4 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern für Singstimme und Klavier, WV 22 ca.11', 1974
  • Four sacred songs for solo singing in worship with organ accompaniment, WV 29 ca.7', 1983/84
  • Six Lieder after poems by Li Tai-Pe in the transcription by Klabund for lower voice and piano, WV 30 ca.11', 1984
  • Three Lieder after Chinese poems in the German transcription by Klabund for lower voice and piano, WV 31 ca.11', 1984 Klänge aus dem Orient, Four songs after poems by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff for soprano and piano, WV 32a ca.8', 1984
MelodramasDas kleine Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, arrangement of the Symphonic Fairy Tale Poem from 1935/36 for speaker and piano, WV 1a ca.9'
  • Melodeclamation on Goethe's elegy Ein zärtlich jugendlicher Kummer for speaker and piano or orchestra, WV 6 ca.5'

Stage work

OperasVineta, Opera according to own libretto, WV 18, 1968 Der Kreidekreis, Opera in four acts based on the play of the same name by Klabund; text arrangement by the composer, WV 25, 1983
MusicalsFreiheit in Krähwinkel, A free musical by Hanns Dieter Hüsch. Music by Rudolf Mors. Adapted in freedom from a farce by Johann Nestroy, 1957 Der Weiber Streik, A pentatonic musical after Aristophanes by Hanns Dieter Hüsch, 1959 Das tapfere Schneiderlein, A fairytale musical by Karlheinz Komm, 1972
Ballet
  • Steinigung, ballet for chamber danse by Gisa Werkowska, WV 26 ca.11', 1983
Incidental musicDer Froschkönig by Friedrich Foster, 1950 The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, 1951 Othello by William Shakespeare, 1952 Leonce und Lena by Georg Büchner, 1953 Die kluge Närrin by Lope de Vega, 1954 The State of Siege by Albert Camus, 1955 Lysistrata by Aristophanes, 1956 The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder, 1957 Bunbury by Oscar Wilde, 1958 Antigone by Sophocles, 1959 The Maid of Orleans by Friedrich Schiller, 1960 Die Geisel by Brendan Behan, 1961 Das Käthchen von Heilbronn by Heinrich von Kleist, 1962 Die neue Mandragora by Jean Vauthier, 1963 Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 1964 Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller, 1965 ' by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1966 The Enchanted by Jean Giraudoux, 1967 Der gestiefelte Kater by Hermann Stelter, 1968 Halb auf dem Baum by Peter Ustinov, 1969 August, August by Pavel Kohout, 1970 The Frogs by Aristophanes, 1971 Die Benachrichtigung. by Václav Havel, 1972 Der Damenschneider by Georges Feydeau, 1973
not datable:Hippolytos by EuripidesDer gestiefelte Kater by Wolf Dieter Pahlke
Film music'
In the period from 1954 to 1960, music was composed for agricultural and industrial films for the director Georg Munck. Since an exact order can no longer be reconstructed, the films are listed alphabetically in the following overview.
  • Aktuelle Landwirtschaftliche Filmschau, 10.–14. FolgeEin Dorf spielt mit. KulturfilmGesunde Landschaft – Unser Schicksal. KulturfilmHandwerk – Industrie – FilmImmer hungrig, immer frischIn den Himmel gehoben. IndustriefilmPapiersackPappelzuchtUnd überall Strom. KulturfilmWachsen Bäume in den HimmelWorauf es ankommt. KulturfilmBielefeld, die freundliche Stadt am Teutoburger Wald. Tonbildschau, Regie: Hans J. SramekWestfalen – Biographie einer Reiselandschaft. Tonbildschau, Regie: Hans J. Sramek