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Dr. Victor Urbancic or Viktor von Urbantschitsch (9 August 1903 – 4 April 1958) was an Austrian composer, conductor, teacher and music scholar from Vienna. He emigrated to Iceland in 1938. His wife, Melitta, came from a Jewish family. Urbancic stayed for the second half of his life in Iceland and had a big influence〔http://www.lexm.uni-hamburg.de/object/lexm_lexmperson_00001311〕 on the music development in the country at the time. Urbancic worked as teacher and director of the opera studio at the Conservatory of Graz before he came to Iceland in 1938. He also was lecturer of musicology of the University of Graz. In Iceland he was very important for the music-life. He became music director of the Icelandic National Theater in Reykjavík.〔Rudolf Habringer: Emigration an den Rand der Welt. Die Geschichte des Musikers Victor Urbancic, in: Zwischenwelt. Literatur, Widerstand, Exil, Jg. 20, H. 2, Wien: 2003, S. 33-41.〕 He conducted the first opera in Iceland which was Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi in 1951. He taught at the Reykjavík College of Music. He was organist and choir director of the Landakotskirkja in Reykjavík. Urbancic died on Good Friday in 1958 in Reykjavík. ==Selected works== * ''Caprices mignons'' for piano, Op. 1 * Sonatina in G major for piano, Op. 2 * Sonata No. 1 in F minor for violin and piano, Op. 3 * Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, Op. 5 * ''Vier Lieder'' (4 Songs), Op. 6 * ''Partita'' for cello and piano, Op. 7 * ''Elizabeth'' for voice and piano, Op. 8 * ''Fantasie und Fuge'' for viola and piano, Op. 9 (1937) * ''Orchesterkonzert'' (Concerto for Orchestra), Op. 11 * ''Fimm Þættir'' (5 Factors) for 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones and piano, Op. 12 * Concertino for 3 saxophones and string orchestra, Op. 13 * ''Ballade'' for violin and piano * ''Gamanforleikur'' (Festive Prelude) in C major for orchestra * ''Konzertrondo'' (Concert Rondo) for 2 pianos * ''Mouvement de valse'' for piano * ''Ouvertüre zu einer Komödie'' (Overture to a Comedy) for orchestra (1952) * Sonata in G major for cello and piano 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor Urbancic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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