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Biographical Note: Willi Reich
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1898 May 27 | Born in Vienna, Austria |
1920 | Began working as a music critic for local and international newspapers and journals |
1927-1935 | Studied music theory and composition with Alban Berg |
1936-1938 | Studied music theory and composition with Anton Webern |
1932-1937 | Edited the newspaper 23 – eine Wiener Musikzeitschrift, which promoted music of the Second Viennese School and other new music |
1937 | Published, with co-authors Theodor Adorno and Ernst Krenek, Alban Berg. Vienna: Reichner |
1938 | The National Socialists banned 23-eine Wiener Musikzeitschrift following the Anschluss of Austria Graduated with a Ph.D. from Vienna University, where he studied musicology with Robert Lach, Alfred Orel, and Robert Haas Emigrated to Basel, Switzerland, and began work as a freelance music writer |
1948 | Began work as a music critic for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
1959-1970 | Lectured in music theory and history at the Technische Hochschule in Zürich |
1961 | Published Anton Webern: Weg und Gestalt. Zürich: Verlag der Arche |
1963 | Published Alban Berg: Leben und Werk (The Life and Work of Alban Berg). Zürich: Atlantis |
1968 | Published Arnold Schönberg, oder Der konservative Revolutionär (Schoenberg: A Critical Bibliography). Zürich: Molden |
1980 May 1 | Died in Zürich |