Schiske, Karl 1916 - 1969

Author: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
Last updated:January 1, 2010
Author: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
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Austrian composer and teacher. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and the University of Vienna (Ph.D. 1942), where he studied musicology under Orel, Schenk, and others. In 1952, he was appointed Professor of Composition at the Vienna Academy of Music, and from 1966 to 1967, he served as a visiting professor at the University of California, Riverside. In 1967, he received the Austrian State Prize. His works show influences from Schoenberg, Hindemith, Stravinsky, and the polyphony of the Netherlandish School.
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