Mohaupt, Richard

Mohaupt, Richard, German composer; b. Breslau, Sept. 14, 1904; d. Reichenau, Austria, July 3, 1957. He studied with J. Prüwer and R. Bilke. He began his musical career as an opera conductor, and he also gave concerts as a pianist. After the advent of the Nazi regime in 1933, he was compelled to leave Germany because his wife was Jewish. He settled in N.Y. in 1939, where he continued to compose and was also active as a teacher. In 1955 he returned to Europe.

Works

dramatic:Opera: Die Wirtin von Pinsk (Dresden, Feb. 10, 1938); Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (Bremen, June 15, 1949); Double Trouble (Louisville, Dec. 4, 1954); Der grüne Kakadu (Hamburg, Sept. 16, 1958). ba11et:Die Gaunerstreiche der Courasche (Berlin, Aug. 5, 1936); Max und Moritz, dance-burlesque (1945; Karlsruhe, Dec. 18, 1950); Lysistrata (1946; rev. for Orch. as Der Weiberstreik von Athen, (1955); The Legend of the Charlatan, mimodrama (1949). Also incidental music. orch.:Stadtpfeifermusik (1939; London, July 7, 1946; rev. for Winds, 1953); Sym., Rhythmus und Variationen (1940; N.Y., March 5, 1942); Concerto (1942); Violin Concerto (1945; N.Y., April 29, 1954); Banchetto musicale for 12 Instruments and Orch. (1955); Offenbachiana (1955). chamber: Piano pieces and other works. VOCAL: Trilogy for Alto and Orch. (1951); Bucolica for 4 Soloists, Chorus, and Orch. (1955); lieder; children’s songs.

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire