Rudolf Fitzner (Musician)

Rudolf Fitzner (born May 4, 1868 in Ernstbrunn, Germany, February 2, 1934 in Maxglan, Austria) was an Austrian violinist and founder of a string quartet.

At the age of 14 Rudolf Fitzner was a student at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, where he taught, among others, Jakob Grün (violin) and Anton Bruckner (composition). Afterwards he worked as a concertmaster of various orchestras and became a soloist of Marinemusik in Pula in 1890. In 1911, the Bulgarian King Ferdinand I appointed Rudolf Fitzner as a chamber musician.

In 1894 Fitzner founded the Fitzner Quartet together with Jaroslav Czerny (2nd violin), Otto Zert (viola) and Friedrich Buxbaum (cello). As a result, several changes took place: Max Weißgärber, the violist Franz Konwitschny, the cellist Anton Walter, took over the part of the second violin. Theodor Hess, Heinrich Gräser (Graesser) and Hugo Kreisler (brother of Fritz Kreisler) played alongside Fitzner from 1921 until the dissolution of 1927. The Fitzner Quartet, which was at that time famous, took over the premiere of numerous novelties, including works by Arnold Schönberg, Alexander von Zemlinsky and Ernst von Dohnányi. Extensive concert tours have taken him to Russia, Greece and Egypt, among other places.

Rudolf Fitzner, who was also the editor of chamber music, died in 1934 after a one-year stay in a psychiatric clinic. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext Standard data (person): GND: 116586540 (PICA, AKS) | VIAF: 72149097 Wikipedia People Search

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