Rudi Stephan
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About Rudi Stephan
The German composer Rudi Stephan was born in Worms on July 29, 1887. He studied with Bernhard Sekles and Rudolf Louis and grew up in Worms as the son of a wealthy family of lawyers. Later he lived in Munich, where he presented his first compositions in 1911. Due to his early death, he was able to complete only a few compositions. Objectively, despite this limitation, he was considered one of the most talented German composers of his generation during his lifetime. He made his first public appearance on January 16, 1911, at a concert in the Tonhalle in Munich, which was made possible with a substantial financial contribution from his father. In his concert works, he dispensed with genre designations or substantive work titles, but simply called them "Musik" in the spirit of modernism, such as his Musik for 7 strings, Musik for Violin and Orchestra, and Musik for Orchestra.
In 1915, Stephan's most important and largest work was published: the opera Die ersten Menschen ("The First Humans"). By this time Stephan was already a recognized composer whose works were published by Schott. His music is situated on the threshold between late Romanticism and modernism, integrating tonal traditions as well as impressionistic sounds and freitonal developments. Stephan was drafted by the military and fought as a soldier in the First World War. On September 29, 1915, at the age of only 28, he was killed in action near Tarnopol in what is now the border region of Poland and Ukraine.
The new production of Die ersten Menschen at Oper Frankfurt attracted attention in 2023 and was voted "Re-Discovery of the Year" in the annual music critics' choice of Opernwelt magazine.
Worklist
Products
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Product TypeIn stockAs low as €5.99Incl. Tax
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nach Worten von Gustav FalkeComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: medium voice and instrumentsLanguage: German
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Oper in zwei Aufzügen (Neufassung)Composer: Rudi StephanArranger: Karl HollMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Oper in zwei Aufzügen (Originalfassung)Composer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialLanguage: German
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Composer: Rudi StephanEditor: Juliane BrandSeries: Violin Library
Instrumentation: violin and pianoProduct number: VLB 65Product TypeIn stockAs low as €18.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Rudi StephanEditor: Karl HollSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: voice and pianoProduct number: ED 2051Product TypeIn stockAs low as €28.99Incl. Tax -
nach Worten von Friedrich HebbelComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: baritone and orchestraLanguage: German
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Zwei Gesänge nach Texten von Friedrich Hebbel und Gerda von RobertusComposer: Rudi StephanArranger: Clytus GottwaldEdition: Choral scoreSeries: Edition Schott
Schott Chamber Choir
Instrumentation: mixed choir a cappella with bass-soloProduct number: SKR 20060Product TypeIn stockAs low as €6.99Incl. Tax -
in one movementComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Study scoreSeries: Music Of Our Time
Musik für Orchester
Instrumentation: OrchestraProduct number: ED 3462 Q1917In stock€15.99Incl. Tax -
In one MovementComposer: Rudi StephanEditor: Helmut AndreaeEdition: Piano reduction with solo partSeries: Musik für Geige und Orchester
Instrumentation: violin and orchestraProduct number: ED 1953Product TypeIn stockAs low as €18.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Rudi StephanEditor: Karl HollEdition: Study scoreInstrumentation: String Quintet, Harp and PianoProduct number: ED 3463Product TypeIn stockAs low as €38.99Incl. Tax
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in einem SatzComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: violin and orchestra
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in einem SatzComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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Fassung für Streichorchester, Klavier und Harfe von G. E. LessingComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: string orchestra, piano and harp
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(Originalfassung)Composer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: 7 string instruments
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nach Worten von Gerda von RobertusComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: high voice and orchestraLanguage: German
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für OrchesterComposer: Rudi StephanMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: orchestra
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Composer: Rudi StephanSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: voice and pianoProduct number: ED 2050Product TypeIn stockAs low as €9.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Rudi StephanSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: voice (baritone) and pianoProduct number: ED 2052Product TypeIn stockAs low as €14.99Incl. Tax