Private lessons with Anton Webern in Maria Enzersdorf near Vienna (October to November)
Private lessons with Anton Webern
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- 1942
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Private lessons with Anton Webern in Maria Enzersdorf near Vienna (October to November)
Born on August 2 in Munich as the fourth son of the married couple Friedrich Richard (1866–1925) and Gertrud Hartmann (1874–1935; née Schwamm) after the brothers Adolf (1900–1971), Fritz (1902–1974) and Richard (1903–1969)
After the end of the war, the American military administration offers him leading management positions at the opera and radio; Hartmann rejects these, however, and he takes over the function of a musical dramaturge at the Bavarian State Opera
Hartmann realizes a matinee series dedicated to “den fortschrittlichen und neuzeitlichen Strömungen der Musik” [the progressive and modern currents in music, KAH]; beginning of the later musica viva, one of the most successful concert series for new music to date
Attending the teacher training college in Pasing
World premiere of the Symphonic Overture “China kämpft” [China fights] at the Festival of the International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt (conductor: Hermann Scherchen)
Studies at the State Academy of Music in Munich
Concert premiere and first broadcast (April 2) of “Simplicius Simplicissimus” (conductor: Hans Rosbaud) by Radio München (the later Bayerischer Rundfunk); at the same time premiere of the “Symphonie für Streichorchester” [Symphony for String Orchestra], the later 4th Symphony resulting from “Symphonie für Streicher” [Symphony for Strings] of 1938
World premiere (May 25) of “Symphonisches Fragment ‘Versuch eines Requiems'” [Symphonic Fragment ‘Attempt of a Requiem’], the later 1st Symphony, at Radio Frankfurt (conductor: Winfried Zillig)
Tour of the Russian-Jewish theatre group “Habima” – visit of the performances in the Munich Kammerspiele
First meeting with the conductor Hermann Scherchen in Munich
World premiere of the “Tanzsuite für Bläserquintett” [Dance Suite for Wind Quintet] and the “Burleske Musik für Bläser, Schlagzeug und Klavier” [Burlesque Music for Wind, Percussion and Piano] at the concerts of the Munich Artists’ Association “Die Juryfreien e.V.”, for which Hartmann was responsible