Description

HANS RUDOLPH MÜNCH-HOLLAND (BORN MÜNCH; BERN, 15 JANUARY, 1899 – LEMGO, 7 DECEMBER, 1971)

 

 

 

 

Münch-Holland was born in 1899 in Bern as the son of the merchant Georg Münch and his wife Frieda, née Dieffenbacher. After attending the Oberrealschule in Stuttgart (until 1914) he studied at the Stuttgart Conservatory with Alfred Saal. His studies were interrupted by military service in 1917/18. In 1920/21 he was cellist with the Stuttgart Chamber Trio. Afterwards he became solo cellist and concertmaster at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. He also taught at the conservatory there.

In the 1920s he declined offers for the Staatskapelle Dresden. In 1924 he changed to the Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig as principal cellist. From 1926 to 1933 he was a member of the Gewandhaus Quartet. In 1926 he replaced Julius Klengel in the Leipzig Trio, where he played with Edgar Wollgandt (violin) and Otto Weinreich (piano). He also taught at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1927 to 1933. Afterwards he was appointed professor at the University of Music and Dance Cologne. In 1938 he appeared with Willy Hülser at the Reichsmusiktagein Düsseldorf. From 1939 to 1953 he was a member of the Strub Quartet around Max Strub. In 1944 he was included in the Gottbegnadeten list as one of the most important German cellists. In October 1944 he left Cologne for Hildesheim.

In 1946 he was one of the founding fathers of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. Until 1964 he held a professorship there. At times, he was also deputy director of the institution. Among his students were Gerhard Enger and Rudolf Metzmacher. In the 1950s he was part of a piano trio in Detmold with the violinist Max Strub and the pianist Hans Richter-Haaser.

In the years 1924 and 1937 he was appointed to the Bayreuth Festival orchestra.

Münch-Holland, Protestant, was married to Margarete Holland and father of two children. He died in Lemgo at the age of 72.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

The Prisca Quartet (Walter Schulze-Prisca, Heinz Schkommodan, Carl Eugen Korner and Hans Munch Holland)

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 1. Satz, I. Teil Moderato (Bruckner) Grammophon 15165 A 544 34 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 1. Satz, II. Teil Moderato (Bruckner) Grammophon 15165 B 545 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 1. Satz, III. Teil Moderato (Bruckner) Grammophon 15166 A 546 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 2. Satz Scherzo (Bruckner) Grammophon 15166 B 547 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 3. Satz, I. Teil Adagio (Bruckner) Grammophon 15167 A 548 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 3. Satz, II. Teil Adagio (Bruckner) Grammophon 15167 B 549 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 3. Satz, III. Teil Adagio (Bruckner) Grammophon 15168 A 550 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 3. Satz, IV. Teil Adagio (Bruckner) Grammophon 15168 B 551 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 4. Satz, I. Teil Finale (Bruckner) Grammophon 15169 A 552 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 4. Satz, II. Teil Finale (Bruckner) Grammophon 15169 B 553 12 GO 8

Prisca-Quartet Quintett, F-dur 4. Satz, III. Teil Finale (Bruckner) Grammophon 15170 A 554 12 GO 8