Gottfried von Einem (1918–) was an Austrian composer living in Germany. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and jazz. He was born in Bern, Switzerland. 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky () (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was a composer of modern classical music. ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев) (April 271, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was one of the Soviet Unions greatest composers. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... For other uses, see Bern (disambiguation). ...
GottfriedvonEinem, born in Berne, Switzerland in 1918 and since 1945 working in Salzburg and Vienna, spent the first half of his professional life under the influence of his admired teacher Boris Blacher, the second half under that of his indirect mentor, Mozart.
Einem builds the music for the prologue entirely from only four different pitches: E supplies the pedal that sustains the entire 33-measure passage in the lowest instruments (including the timpani); also, Magdalena temporarily adopts the E for those of her lines that are pronounced in Sprechstimme.
The point of departure, GottfriedvonEinem seems to suggest, is the man Jesus; the goals are eternity beyond time and space as well as the fulfillment of light and love in the ineffable oneness that transcends all we know and understand.
The festival ist arranged in cooperation with the Municipiality of Maissau and the GottfriedvonEinem Music Foundation to commemorate the composer.
GottfriedvonEinem honored by the State of Israel as a "Rightous among the Nations" on 12/6/2002: the highest honor that the State of Israel confers on non-jews was given posthumously to GottfriedvonEinem by the Israeli Holocaust Memorial Organization Yad Vashem.
The area "Foundation" is dedicated to the GottfriedvonEinem Private Music Foundation, a foundation which closely follows the Austrian Private Foundation Law.
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