Rudolph Reti, also Réti (Serbian: Рудолф Рети, romanized:
Rudolf Reti; November 27, 1885 â€" February 7, 1957), was a musical
analyst, composer and pianist. He was the older brother of the chess
master Richard Réti, but unlike his brother, Reti did not write his
surname with an acute accent on the 'e'.Reti was born in Užice in the
Kingdom of Serbia and studied music theory, musicology and piano in
Vienna. Among his teachers was the pianist Eduard Steuermann, an
eminent champion of Schoenberg and a supporter of modern music. Reti
was in contact with Schoenberg at the time of that composer's earliest
atonal works, and in 1911 gave the first performance of his Drei
Klavierstücke Op.11.Reti's compositions have not remained in the
repertoire, but he was an active composer and received a number of
high-profile performances. At the end of the first International
Festival of Modern Music in Salzburg, in 1922, his 'Six Songs' were
performed alongside Schoenberg's Second Quartet; three years later, at
the 3rd ISCM Festival in Prague, his Concertino for Piano and
Orchestra shared a programme with Martinu's 'Half-Time' and Vaughan
Williams's 'A Pastoral Symphony'. In 1938, his David and Goliath Suite
was performed by Eduard van Beinum and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Orchestra. In 1948, Jean Sahlmark was the soloist in her husband's
First Piano Concerto. Reti's output also includes several volumes of
piano pieces and songs, an opera (Ivan and the Drum), as well as
symphonic and choral music.Between 1930 and 1938 Reti was chief music
critic for the Austrian newspaper Das Echo. Together with the composer
and musicologist Egon Wellesz, he was involved in establishing the
International Festival of Modern Music, and founded the International
Society for Contemporary Music in 1922. In 1939 Reti emigrated to the
United States and later became an American citizen. He became a member
of the American Musicological Society, and came to hold a fellowship
at Yale. From 1943 he was married to the pianist, teacher,
musicologist and editor Jean Sahlmark, who helped prepare for
publication his two posthumous books. He died in Montclair, New
Jersey.
Rudolf Reti; November 27, 1885 â€" February 7, 1957), was a musical
analyst, composer and pianist. He was the older brother of the chess
master Richard Réti, but unlike his brother, Reti did not write his
surname with an acute accent on the 'e'.Reti was born in Užice in the
Kingdom of Serbia and studied music theory, musicology and piano in
Vienna. Among his teachers was the pianist Eduard Steuermann, an
eminent champion of Schoenberg and a supporter of modern music. Reti
was in contact with Schoenberg at the time of that composer's earliest
atonal works, and in 1911 gave the first performance of his Drei
Klavierstücke Op.11.Reti's compositions have not remained in the
repertoire, but he was an active composer and received a number of
high-profile performances. At the end of the first International
Festival of Modern Music in Salzburg, in 1922, his 'Six Songs' were
performed alongside Schoenberg's Second Quartet; three years later, at
the 3rd ISCM Festival in Prague, his Concertino for Piano and
Orchestra shared a programme with Martinu's 'Half-Time' and Vaughan
Williams's 'A Pastoral Symphony'. In 1938, his David and Goliath Suite
was performed by Eduard van Beinum and the Amsterdam Concertgebouw
Orchestra. In 1948, Jean Sahlmark was the soloist in her husband's
First Piano Concerto. Reti's output also includes several volumes of
piano pieces and songs, an opera (Ivan and the Drum), as well as
symphonic and choral music.Between 1930 and 1938 Reti was chief music
critic for the Austrian newspaper Das Echo. Together with the composer
and musicologist Egon Wellesz, he was involved in establishing the
International Festival of Modern Music, and founded the International
Society for Contemporary Music in 1922. In 1939 Reti emigrated to the
United States and later became an American citizen. He became a member
of the American Musicological Society, and came to hold a fellowship
at Yale. From 1943 he was married to the pianist, teacher,
musicologist and editor Jean Sahlmark, who helped prepare for
publication his two posthumous books. He died in Montclair, New
Jersey.
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