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Aloys Fleischmann 1910-1992 ALOYS FLEISCHMANN 1910-1992 Curriculum vitae: 13 April 1910 Born in Munich to parents resident in Cork 21 July 1910 Arrival in Cork 1916-1920 Father prisoner of war until 1919, thereafter deported to Germany 4 June 1941 Marriage to Anne Madden of Cork 1942-1952 Births of five children 7 Oct. 1990 Death of his wife 21 July 1992 Death Education: 1916–1927 Education in Cork: Scoil Íte (1916–8), Christian Brothers' College (1918–22), St. Finbarr's Seminary Farranferris (1922–7) 1927 School Leaving Certificate exam: 3 first places in Ireland, 1 second 1927–1932 Studies at University College Cork College Scholarship 1930 B.A. degree 1 st honours in English and German 1930 Peel Memorial Prize; post-graduate scholarship 1931 B. Mus. degree 1 st honours; post-graduate scholarship 1932 M.A. degree 1 st honours 1932–1934 Postgraduate studies: State Academy of Music and University of Munich Post: 1934–1980 Professor of Music at University College Cork Professional activities: 1931 Founding of the University Art Society 1934 Founding of the Cork Symphony Orchestra 1934–1992 Conductor Cork Symphony Orchestra 1936–1977 Guest conductor of Radio Éireann orchestra 1935 Founder Music Teachers' Association Cork 1935–1988 Chairman Music Teachers' Association 1938 Founding of the Cork Orchestral Society 1938–1992 Chairman Cork Orchestral Society 1938 and 1939 Summer courses in Music at UCC 1942–1943 Executive Committee member of the Musicians’ Guild of WAAMA (Writers’, Actors’, Artists’, Musicians’ Association) 1943–1946 A Vice-President of WAAMA 1943 Founder and conductor of the University Choral Society 1943 and 1951 Lectures to the Cork Literary & Scientific Society 2 1943-1947 Lectures to the Royal Dublin Society 1944–1960 Extension lectures UCC 1945–1953 Member Radio Éireann Broadcasting Advisory Committee 1947 Summer course in Plainchant at UCC 1947–1992 Chairman Board Cork Ballet Company 1952–1954 Member of Music Panel Arts Council of Ireland 1952–1954 Member Cork Tóstal Council 1953–1966 Chairman Cork International Choral Festival 1954 President Cork Film Society 1955–1963 Member of the Advisory Committee for Cultural Relations to the Department of Foreign Affairs 1959–1965 Member of the Board of the Irish Theatre Ballet Company 1958–1975 Advisory Board member of the Lady Dorothy Mayer Fund 1961–1985 Chairman Cork Sculpture Park Committee 1961–1989 Member of the Irish National Commission to UNESCO 1964–1992 Member of Musical Advisory Committee to the Irish Episcopal Commission of Liturgy 1966–1992 Member of the Royal Irish Academy 1967–1987 Director Cork International Choral Festival 1967–1987 Adjudication at international choral festivals 1973–1985 Vice-chairman Board Irish Ballet Company/ Irish National Ballet 1981 American lecture tour with Seoirse Bodley and Gerard Victory 1981–1992 Founding member of Aosdána, the affiliation of creative artists in Ireland Compositions 55 works (Catalogue in: de Barra, Aloys Fleischmann, 2006) Publications: 75 articles (list in: de Barra, Aloys Fleischmann, 2006) Music in Ireland , Cork/Oxford 1952 Sources of Irish Traditional Music 1600-1865 , New York 1998 Awards and honours: 1963 Doctorate of Music of the National University of Ireland 1964 Honorary Doctorate from Trinity College Dublin 1966 Order of Merit of the German Government 1974 President Erskine Childers' visit to the Music Dept UCC 1976 National Endeavour Award of the United Dominions Trust Bank 1976 Silver Medal of the Irish American Cultural Institute 1978 Freedom of the City of Cork 1991 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy of Music 1991 Honorary Life Membership of the Royal Dublin Society 1999 President Mary McAleese launches Sources of Irish Traditional Music in UCC 3 Literature on Fleischmann's life and music: Frederick May: ‘The Music of Aloys Fleischmann’, Father Mathew Record , 1949 Ita Beausang: ‘Aloys Fleischmann’, New Music News , Dublin Sep 1992 Séamas de Barra: ‘Fleischmann the Composer’, New Music News , Dublin Sep 1992 Axel Klein: ‘Irish Composers and Foreign Education: A Study of Influences’ in: P. Devine and H. White (Eds.): Irish Musical Studies 4 , Dublin 1996 Axel Klein: ‘Aloys Fleischmann’ in: Die Musik Irlands im 20. Jahrhundert , Hildesheim 1996 Séamas de Barra: ‘Aloys Fleischmann's Ballet Music’ in: Ruth Fleischmann (Ed.), Joan Denise Moriarty, Founder of Irish National Ballet , Cork 1998 Ruth Fleischmann (Ed.): Aloys Fleischmann - A Life for Music in Ireland Remembered by Contemporaries , Cork 2000 Patrick Zuk: ‘Music and Nationalism’ in: Journal of Music in Ireland 1,2 and 1,3 2002 and 3,5 2003 Séamas de Barra: ‘Aloys Fleischmann and the Seminar on Contemporary Choral Music’ in: Ruth Fleischmann (Ed.): Cork International Choral Festival 1954-2004 - A Celebration , Cork 2004 Séamas de Barra: ‘Arnold Bax, the Fleischmanns and Cork’, Journal of Music in Ireland , 5/1 2005 Séamas de Barra: ‘Aloys Fleischmann and the Idea of an Irish Composer’, Journal of Music in Ireland , 5/5, 2005 Harry White: The Progress of Music in Ireland , Four Courts Press, Dublin 2005 Séamas de Barra: Aloys Fleischmann , Dublin 2006, Field Day Publications Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: ‘Fleischmann’ in: Journal of Music in Ireland Vol. 7/3, May 2007 Michael Murphy: ‘Aloys Fleischmann’ in: J. Fischer and G. Holfter (Eds.) Irish- German Biographies , Wissenschaftsverlag Trier, 2009 4 Patrick Zuk, Ruth Fleischmann, Séamas de Barra: The Fleischmanns: A Companion to the Fleischmann Centenary Celebration , Cork City Libraries, 2010 Séamas de Barra: Re-visioning Tradition: Aloys Fleischmann and the Making of Modern Irish Music , Ó Riada Memorial Lecture 22, University College Cork 2011 Harry White: Aloys Fleischmann and the Development of Musicology in Ireland , Royal Irish Academy lecture 2010, Dublin (forthcoming) Séamas de Barra: ‘Aloys Fleischmann – Cultural Pioneer’, Sound Post Vol. 11 No. 3 / Autumn 2013 Commercially available recordings of Fleischmann works Piano Quintet, Vanbrugh Quartet with Hugh Tinney (Marco Polo 1996) Eilís Nic Dhiarmada Rua: Lament for Strings Irish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Fionnula Hunt (Black Box Music 1998) Trí hAmhráin (i):Kathleen Tynan (soprano), Dearbhla Collins (piano), (Black Box BBM 1022 1998) Trí hAmhráin (i), (iii) : Dermot Troy (tenor), Rhoda Coghill (piano) (Lyric FM 2007) Nochtraí for Carillon : Luc Rombouts of Louvain ‘The Bells of Cobh’ (St Colman’s Cathedral Cobh 2007) Fleischmann Orchestral Works , RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Robert Houlihan (RTÉ lyric fm 2010) Na Trí Captaení Loinge [The Three Sea Captains], National Chamber Choir of Ireland, conductor Paul Hillier, CD provided with Choirland: An Anthology of Irish Choral Music (The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland, Dublin 2012) Sreath do Phiano [Suite for Piano], Duncan Honeybourne, E.J. Moeran: The Complete Solo Piano Music and works by his English and Irish Contemporaries (EM Records 2013) .
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