Rudolf Mors (16 July 1920 – 24 September 1988) was a German composer.
Life
Born in Munich, the son of the composer Richard Mors (1874-1946), a representative of the Munich School around Ludwig Thuille, Mors began his training during the Second World War with and continued it after his return from Soviet captivity with Joseph Haas and Karl Höller. His graduation from the Munich Academy of Music was honoured with the Richard Strauss Prize of the city of Munich, of which Mors was the first recipient.
In 1951, he became Kapellmeister and composer for the Schauspiel in Ingolstadt, followed by an engagement as First Kapellmeister at the Theater Ulm, where he wrote and premiered the two musical parodies and Der Weiberstreik in collaboration with the cabaret artist Hanns Dieter Hüsch., also broadcast by ZDF in the sixties, is still occasionally found on playbills today. In 1963, Mors changed to the position of a drama composer at the Bielefeld Theatre, where he could devote himself more to the composition of free works.
In 1983, Mors was awarded the of the for his complete works.
Mors died in Eisingen at the age of 68.
Work
The compositions by Mors include:
Instrumental music
Orchestral pieces
The Little Match Girl (Symphonic Fairy Tale Poem after Hans Christian Andersen), WV 1 (1935/36) ca.9', 1993 (Kiel) 1. Symphony for Orchestra, WV 4 (burnt by the effects of war; sketches complete and parts partially preserved). 2nd Symphony for Orchestra, WV 14 (1953–55) ca.30', 1955 (Ulm)
Concertante
Lyrische Suite for flute and strings, WV 11a (1950/86) ca.9', 1986 (Bielefeld) Concerto for piano and orchestra, WV 24 (1976) ca.30', 1977 (Regensburg) Chamber music Quintet Quintet for horn and string quartet, WV 21 (1972) ca.16', 1973 (Bielefeld) Quartets String Quartet in E minor, WV 5 (1939–44) ca.18', 1964 (Bielefeld) 5 Bagatelles for 4 recorders or flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon, WV 16 (1957) ca.5', 1957 (Lindau) Variations on "Es ist ein Schnitter" for 2 trumpets and 2 trombones, WV 23 (1974) c.8', 1974 (Trebgast) Variations on an own theme for 4 cellos, WV 39 (1987) ca.7', 1987 (Würzburg) Duos Sonatine A-Dur für Violine und Klavier, WV 2 (1937) ca.9', 1943 (Munich) Sonate für Violine und Klavier, WV 8 (1949) ca.14', 1950 (Munich) Lyrische Suite für Flöte und Klavier, WV 11 (1950) ca.9', 1950 (Munich) 12 Miniaturen für Violine und Cello, WV 20 (1971) ca.7', 1974 (Bielefeld) Fantasie für Flöte und Akkordeon, WV 28 (1983) ca.3', 1984 (Stuttgart) Sonate für Oboe und Klavier, WV 43 (1984-?) (Fragment) daraus: Adagio für Oboe und Klavier, WV 33 (1984) ca.5', 1989 (Bielefeld) auch als: Adagio für Oboe und Orgel, WV 33, 1985 (Bielefeld) Sonate für Cello und Klavier, WV 37 (1986) ca.6', 1986 (Bielefeld) Sonate für Viola und Klavier, WV 37a (1986/88) ca.6' (Neufassung der Sonate für Cello und Klavier, WV 37), 1988 (Bielefeld) Solo Kleine Suite für Alt-Blockflöte, WV 36 (1986) ca.3', 1986 (Bielefeld)
Piano
Sonate für Klavier zu 4 Händen, WV 13 (1950) ca.12', 1950 (Munich) Steinigung, Fantasie für Klavier, WV 26a (1982) ca.11' (Konzertante Fassung des Balletts WV 26), 1983 (Bielefeld) Sonate für Klavier, WV 42 (198?) (Fragment) (1. Satz vollendet; ca.3'), 1989 (Bielefeld)
Organ
Orgel-Fantasie on H-C-A-B, WV 34 (1985) ca.6', 1986 (Bielefeld) Kleine Orgi-Suite for Organ, WV 38 (1987) ca.7', 1987 (Bielefeld)
Vocal music
Choir with Orchestra
Symphonic Cantata after serious words by Christian Morgenstern for soprano and baritone solo, large choir and orchestra, WV 10 (1950) ca.25; first performed in 1963 by the under the conduct of Hans Jakob Haller. Pater noster for mezzo-soprano solo, four- to six-part choir and orchestra, WV 27 (1983) ca.6' Die Versuchung Jesu, cantata for alto and bass solo, mixed choir and instruments, WV 35 (1985) ca.16', 1989 (Brilon) Oratorio based on texts from the Bible, Christian Morgenstern, the Sioux Indians (in the transcription by ), the composer and Jörg Zink for solo voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), four- to six-part choir and orchestra, WV 44 (198?-88) (fragment; I.part completed, in II.part the composition breaks off) ca.46', 1992 (Bielefeld)
Choir a cappella
Morgenstern-Zyklus für großen Chor, WV 9 (1948) ca.11'
Lieder an den Wind after poems by Christian Morgenstern for soprano solo and three to five-part children's choir (Knaben-, Frauenchor), WV 40 (1987) ca.10' Wiegenlied after a text by Clemens Brentano for three to four-part boys', children's or women's choir, WV 41 (1988) ca.3'