Raimund Pechotsch

Raimund Pechotsch (died 1941) was an Austrian-born Australian composer. He was a composer of classical and incidental musical theatre pieces. He was a Roman Catholic who also conducted liturgical music [1]

Life

Pechotsch born and raised in Vienna, Austria from Czechoslavakian parents. Pechotsch emigrated to Australia in 1887 after ten years in London.[2]

Pechotsch was musical director for Australian stage producer Oscar Asche.[3] Raimund also worked for music publisher Palings and taught violin and piano in Sydney for many years.[4]

Raimund Pechotsch wrote incidental music for Walter Howards 1910 play The Prince and the Beggarmaid[5] which was very successful in London and Australia.[6] He also wrote music (orchestrated for ensemble of twenty) to accompany "Pete" a Lewis Parker stage adaptation of Hall Caine Manxman novel.[7]

His son Eric Mareo was convicted of murdering his wife in 1935 in NZ.

Later in life he remarried Alice McCarthy, the daughter of fellow Australian composer Doctor William Charles MacCarthy.[8]

Works

  • The cycling schottische
  • A lost love with words by Frederick Augustus Packer
  • Emu waltz 1896
  • For thee : song with violin obligato with words by Ernest Glanville-Hicks (father of famous Peggy)
  • Fire a shot for the Empire with foreign journalist Dulcie Deamer[9]
  • To a butterfly with Australian poet Agnes Littlejohn (1865-1944)[10][11]
  • Sympathy Waltz
  • Gem Waltz
  • Cradle song : Chant du berceau
  • Romance
  • Liebslied (1915)
  • My love and I (boat song) with lyrics by Marie Van Brakkel
  • Tears and pearls with lyrics by Henry C. de Witt
  • Monsieur Peaucoire waltz

References

  1. ↑ "All About People: Tittle Tattle". The Catholic Press (2080). New South Wales, Australia. 30 January 1941. p. 14. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "FINE COMPOSER". Sunday Times (2235). New South Wales, Australia. 26 May 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "RETURN OF HERR RAIMUND PECHOTSCH". The Sunday Sun (304). New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1909. p. 1. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "MR. RAIMUND PECHOTSCH". The Sydney Morning Herald (28, 365). New South Wales, Australia. 1 December 1928. p. 10. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Pechotsch, Raimund, -1941, The prince and the beggar maid [music] : patrol march / by Raimond Pechotsch (in no linguistic content), Stanley Mullen
  6. ↑ ""THE PRINCE AND THE BEGGAR MAID."". The Register (Adelaide). XCI, (26, 557). South Australia. 29 September 1926. p. 13. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/8584098
  8. ↑ "Of General Interest". Advocate. LXXIV, (4564). Victoria, Australia. 6 February 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ Pechotsch, Raimund, -1941; Deamer, Dulcie, 1890-1972 (1914), Fire a shot for the Empire [music] / words by Dulcie Deamer ; music by Raimund Pechotsch, Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund?
  10. ↑ "The Lost Emerald" (Agnes Littlejohn)". The World's News (1204). New South Wales, Australia. 10 January 1925. p. 14. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ Pechotsch, Raimund, -1941; Littlejohn, Agnes, To a butterfly [music] : song / words by Agnes Littlejohn ; music by Raimund Pechotsch, Nicholson & Co
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