Art Prize of the City of Berlin
Offer to become director of the Municipal Conservatory in Berlin (rejected)
Schwabing Art Prize
Art Prize of the City of Berlin
- Year
- 1961
- Archivalienkategorie
- Biographie
Honorary doctorate
Honorary doctorate from the Spokane Conservatory, Washington (USA)
- Year
- 1962
- Archivalienkategorie
- Biographie
First broadcast of the Simplicius Simplicissimus
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)
- Year
- 1948
- Archivalienkategorie
- Biographie
- Dirigentenkategorie
- Hans Rosbaud
- Werkkategorie
- Simplicius Simplicissimus
World premiere of the Symphonic Overture “China kämpft”
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)
After the war
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
- Year
- 1945
- Archivalienkategorie
- Biographie
Private lessons with Anton Webern
Private lessons with Anton Webern in Maria Enzersdorf near Vienna (October to November)
- Year
- 1942
- Archivalienkategorie
- Biographie
World premiere of the Musik der Trauer
World premiere of the violin concerto “Musik der Trauer” (the later “Concerto funebre”) composed in 1939 in St. Gallen by Ernst Klug
Start of the western campaign of the German Wehrmacht on May 10, 1940; a radio premiere of “Simplicius Simplicissimus”, a piece of music calling for political upheaval, had been planned for the end of May on Brussels Radio and is cancelled by the radio station because of concerns about the consequences
A world premiere of the “Sinfonia tragica”, nevertheless scheduled by and also dedicated to Paul Collaer, the head of the music department of the Belgian Radio, cannot take place either
World premiere of the symphonie L’Œuvre
World premiere of the symphony “L’Œuvre” at the festive concerts of the “Concours Guillaume Lekeu” on the occasion of the world exhibition in Liège (Belgium)
Second performance by the Great Symphony Orchestra of the Belgian Nationaal Instituut voor de Radio-omroep (conductor: Franz André)
Performance of the 1st string quartet
Second performance of the 1st string quartet at the 16th IGNM Festival in London by the Kutcher Quartet (addition to Hartmann’s name in the programme: “Germany, Independent”)
Meeting with Elias Canetti
- Year
- 1938
- Archivalienkategorie
- Biographie
- Interpretenkategorie
- Kutcher Quartet
- Werkkategorie
- I. Streichquartett Carillon
Award for the cantata “Friede Anno ’48”
Award for the choral cantata “Friede Anno 48” (text: Andreas Gryphius and Karl Amadeus Hartmann) by the Emil Hertzka Memorial Foundation in Vienna (jury member: Anton Webern)