Ullmann - Piano Sonata No. 6; III Presto ma non troppo

Third movement from the Piano Sonata No. 6 Op. 49 (1943)

Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) belongs in the sphere of composers repressed by the Nazis and nearly forgotten since WWII. Ullmann attended Schoenberg's seminars on composition and harmony in 1919 and also studied quarter-tone music with Alois Hába. From an early age, Ullmann embraced the path towards atonality and his surviving compositions reflect the influence of the Second Viennese School, Richard Strauss, and Krenek. When the Nazis came to power, he was arrested (his parents were Jewish) and deported to the concentration camp, Theresienstadt. He continued composing during his stay at the camp, but in 1944 he was sent to Auschwitz and subsequently murdered. The Sixth Piano Sonata was written during his imprisonment at Theresienstadt.

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• ullmann
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• webern

[Danilocompositore]

FAVOLOSO!!!

[EuriskoLontano]

Here I hear the spiteful gesticulations toward the Nazis - reminiscent in reflection of the stomping, strident opening to Stravinsky's "Symphony in 3 Movements".

Ullmann seems like a worthy composer, cut down by hate in terrible times.

[NylonSixString]

sounds very playful in a odd atonal way.