Type of Document	Treatise
Author	Zumwalt, Wildy Lewis
URN	etd-08262003-191536
Title	Edmund von Borck: A Study of His Life and Music with an Emphasis on His Works for the Saxophone
Degree	Doctor of Musical Arts
Department	Music, School of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Patrick Meighan Committee Chair Frank Kowalsky Committee Member James Mathes Committee Member Jeffery Kite-Powell Committee Member
Keywords	Biography Edmund von Borck Saxophone
Date of Defense	2003-06-01
Availability	restricted
Abstract Edmund von Borck (1906-1944) was admired in Germany during the 1930s as one of the leading young composers of his generation. During World War II, he was inducted into the military and eventually killed on the Italian front. The complex political ramifications associated with Nazi Germany obscured Borck’s creative output and relegated him to the realm of anonymity. In accord with recent scholarly interest in composers from the Nazi era, this study explores the life and music of Borck with special attention given to his works for the saxophone. The 1932 premiere of his Konzert für Alt Saxophon und Orchester, op. 6 established Borck as an important twentieth-century composer while simultaneously inaugurating the solo career of pioneering saxophonist Sigurd M. Raschèr. The first chapter sets the cultural and political stage within the context of Nazi Germany, examining the status of the saxophone and the careers of two important saxophonists, Gustav Bumcke and Sigurd Raschèr. The second chapter assembles the fragmentary biographical material available on the life of Edmund von Borck. Drawing on numerous primary sources in German, this chapter is the first substantive biographical document about the composer available in the English language. The narrative is supplemented by the recollections and writings of family members, friends and critics. The third chapter includes a summary of Borck’s compositional style together with a brief overview of his two existing orchestral works that include the saxophone, the Fünf Orchesterstück op. 8, and the opera Napoleon. The fourth and fifth chapters examine respectively Borck’s two original compositions for the saxophone – the Konzert für Alt Saxophon und Orchester, op. 6 and the Introduktion und Capriccio, op. 11. Historical background and stylistic overview are provided for both works. Included in the appendix are recorded excerpts from Sigurd Raschèr’s 1955 American premiere of the Konzert, as well as additional sound clips recorded by the author. In addition, an assortment of photographs gathered from various sources, many from the Borck family private collection, are reproduced here for the first time.
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