Wilhelm Rauch

Wilhelm Rauch
Born
Austria
Died
Vienna, Austria
GenresClassical music
OccupationsPianist, music editor, piano pedagogue
InstrumentPiano
Years activec. 1884–1924

Wilhelm Rauch (fl. 1884–1924),[1][2] was an Austrian pianist, music teacher, and editor, primarily known for his pedagogical work with Universal Edition where he is identified as one of their primary editors for instructional piano music.

He was professor of piano at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, the organisation who later established the Conservatorium Wien (Vienna Conservatory).[3] More specifically, Rauch was the professor of the preparatory piano course (Vorbildungsschule Klavier), which the young Austrian composer, Alexander von Zemlinsky, joined as a student from 1884.[1][4] As a teacher, he is known to have taught at least five notable students, Theodor Fuchs,[5] Richard Stöhr,[6] Manolis Kalomiris,[7] Camilla Frydan[8] and Alexander von Zemlinsky.[1]

As an editor, he produced a number of instructive works for piano, including sonatinas by Mozart, and Beethoven, études and editions of piano sonatas by Haydn.[9]

Rauch was a respected figure among his colleagues. Notably, the composer Franz Schreker dedicated his Suite nach Oskar Wildes Novelle "Der Geburtstag der Infantin" (Piano reduction, 1924) to him with the inscription: "Herrn Wilhelm Rauch Professor am Wiener Conservatorium gewidmet" (Dedicated to Mr. Wilhelm Rauch, Professor at the Vienna Conservatory).[2]

Works

Rauch was a prolific editor and compiler of pedagogical piano literature, particularly for Universal Edition (Vienna). His revisions of standard 19th-century technical studies and curated collections of student repertoire became foundational texts in the Viennese piano teaching tradition.

The following are some of the published works:

  • Sonatinen-Album, Vol. I (UE 335) : subtitled Eine Sammlung 21 wertvoller und beliebter Sonatinen; a collection of pieces by composers such as Clementi and Kuhlau, edited by Rauch.[10]
  • Sonatinen-Album, Vol. II (UE 336) – edited by Rauch.[10]
  • Czerny: 100 Recreations (UE 304) – revised and edited by Rauch.[10]
  • Czerny: Schule der Geläufigkeit [School of Velocity]; Op. 299. (Mainz, Schott) – edited by Rauch.[11]
  • Czerny: Schule des Virtuosen für Clavier [School of the Virtuoso for Piano]; Op.365. (Cranz Edition 77) – edited by Rauch.[12]
  • Czerny: Vierzig tägl Studien für Clavier [Forty Daily Studies for Piano]; Op. 337. (Cranz Edition 76) – edited by Rauch.[12]
  • Czerny: Ausgewählte Etüden für Pianoforte [Selected Études for Pianoforte]; Op. 261 & Op. 821. (Cranz, Leipzig) – Revised and edited by L. Landskron and W. Rauch.[13]
  • Czerny: Die Kunst der Fingerfertigkeit [The Art of Finger Dexterity]; Op. 740 – edited by Rauch.[14]
  • Diabelli: 2 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands Op.24; (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.[15]
  • Diabelli: 3 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands Op.152; (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.[16]
  • Diabelli: 7 Sonatinen für Piano Solo Op.168; Vienna: (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.[17]
  • Dussek: Piano Sonata No.15, Op.39 No.2; (Leipzig: August Cranz) – edited by Rauch.[18]
  • Dussek: Piano Sonata No.16, Op.39 No.3; (Leipzig: August Cranz) – edited by Rauch.[19]
  • Haydn: Sonata No. 31 Vol. IV (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.[20]
  • Haydn: Complete Haydn Piano Sonatas Vol. I-IV (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.[9]
  • Herz: Scales and Exercises (UE 316) – revised and edited by Rauch.[10]
  • Kessler: 20 ausgew. Etuden zur Vollendung bereits gebildeter Clavier-spieler [20 Selected Études for the Refinement of Advanced Pianists]; Op. 100 – revised by Prof. Wilhelm Rauch.[21]
  • Mozart: Fantasia e Fuga, KV 394, No. III in C major. (Leipzig: August Cranz) – revised and fingered by Rauch.[22]
  • Hans Schmitt (1835–1907): Lehrplan für die ersten Jahre des Clavierunterrichtes [Curriculum for the first years of piano instruction] – revised by Prof. Wilhelm Rauch.[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c "wien-1884-1892". www.zemlinsky.at (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2026. Zemlinsky studierte acht Jahre am Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien. Auf die Vorbildungsschule, wo er seit 1884 die Klavierklasse von Wilhelm Rauch besuchte,... [Zemlinsky studied for eight years at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna. He had previously attended preparatory school, where he had been studying piano under Wilhelm Rauch since 1884,...]
  2. ^ a b Schreker, Franz (1924). Suite nach Oskar Wildes Novelle "Der Geburtstag der Infantin" (Klavierauszug). Vienna: Universal Edition. Herrn Wilhelm Rauch Professor am Wiener Conservatorium gewidmet [Dedicated to Mr. Wilhelm Rauch, Professor at the Vienna Conservatory]
  3. ^ Musikalische Rundschau: Organ für Musiker und Musikfreunde [Musical Review: Journal for Musicians and Music Lovers] (in German). 1888. p. 22. Wilhelm Rauch Professor des Klavierspiels am Wiener Conservatorium.
  4. ^ Fenzl, Harald (2009). Alexander Zemlinsky: Karriereschritte seiner ersten Wiener Phase (MPhil) (in German). University of Vienna. p. 6. doi:10.25365/thesis.4320. Retrieved 12 February 2026. Zemlinsky war, nachdem er die Vorbildungsschule Klavier bei Wilhelm Rauch absolviert hatte, Klavierschüler Anton Doors.
  5. ^ Cosma, Octavian (2001). Fuchs, Theodor. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.44971. Retrieved 11 February 2026. ...he studied with Eduard Wachmann at the Bucharest Conservatory (1880–84) and Julius Epstein, J.N. Fuchs, Robert Fuchs and Wilhelm Rauch at the Vienna Conservatory (1884–90).
  6. ^ "Richard Stöhr: Life and Work". Richard Stöhr Estate. Retrieved 11 February 2026. In the fall of 1898... he entered the Vienna Academy of Music as a student of Robert Fuchs (composition), Wilhelm Rauch (piano)...
  7. ^ "Kalomiris, Manolis". Hellenic Music Centre. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  8. ^ Kornberger, Monika (2002). "Frydan, Camilla (eig. Herzl, verh. Friedmann; Pseud. Herzer)" (in German). Oesterrechisches Musiklexikon online. Retrieved 11 February 2026. Von Herbst bis Mitte Dezember 1901 Klavierausbildung bei Wilhelm Rauch am Konservatorium der GdM,...
  9. ^ a b Bent, Ian D. (1 April 2005). ""That Bright New Light": Schenker, Universal Edition, and the Origins of the Erläuterung Series, 1901–1910". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 58 (1): 69–138. doi:10.1525/jams.2005.58.1.69. ISSN 0003-0139. Footnote 6 – via JSTOR.
  10. ^ a b c d "Wilhelm Rauch". Universal Edition (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  11. ^ Hofmeister, Adolf Moritz; Hofmeister, Friedrich (1893). Handbuch der musikalischen Literatur: Erganzungsband [Handbook of Musical Literature: Supplementary Volume] (in German). Friedrich Hofmeister. p. 136.
  12. ^ a b Oesterreichisch-ungarische Buchhändler-Correspondenz [Austro-Hungarian booksellers' correspondence] (in German). Vol. 37–38. 4 January 1896. p. 513.
  13. ^ Verzeichnis der im Jahre 1897 erschienenen Musikalien, auch musikalischen Schriften u. Abbildungen [List of musical works, including musical writings and illustrations, published in 1897] (in German). Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. 1897. p. 69.
  14. ^ Pazdírek, Franz (1904). Universal-Handbuch der Musikliteratur aller Zeiten und Völker: Als Nachschlagewerk und Studienquelle der Welt-Musikliteratur [Universal Handbook of Music Literature of All Times and Peoples: As a reference work and study source of world music literature] (in German). Verlag des "Universal-Handbuch der Musikliteratur": Pazdirek. p. 681. Fingerfertigkeit, op. 740. (Rev. und herausgeg. v. W. Rauch).
  15. ^ "2 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands, Op.24 (Diabelli, Anton) – IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  16. ^ "3 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands, Op.152 (Diabelli, Anton) – IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  17. ^ "7 Piano Sonatinas, Op.168 (Diabelli, Anton) – IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Piano Sonata No.15, Op.39 No.2 (Dussek, Jan Ladislav) – IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  19. ^ "Piano Sonata No.16, Op.39 No.3 (Dussek, Jan Ladislav) – IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  20. ^ Mitchell, William; Salzer, Felix (1 June 2010). The Music Forum: Volume 4. Columbia University Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-231-51369-2.
  21. ^ a b Der Klavierlehrer: musikpädagogische Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der Tonkunst ; Organ der Musiklehrer- und Tonkünstler-Vereine zu Köln, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart,... [The Piano Teacher: Music Education Journal for all areas of music; Organ of the Music Teachers' and Musicians' Associations of Cologne, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart...] (in German). Peiser. 1893. p. 27.
  22. ^ Rauch, W, 15373468, retrieved 13 February 2026 – via KBR Royal Library of Belgium, Fantasia e Fuga: KV 394-No. III-Cdur/W.A. Mozart: Edition revue et soigneusement doigtée par W. Rauch. Leipzig: Aug. Cranz, s.d..
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