Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1883 September 22 | Born Robert Franz Richard Hernried to Emil and Laura C. Scheftabs Hernried in Vienna, Austria |
| 1890s | Studied piano |
| 1898-1902 | Attended Archduke Rainer College |
| 1903-1904 | Undergraduate studies at the University of Vienna |
| 1904-1908 | Graduate studies at the State Academy of Music and Mimic Arts in Vienna Studied with Richard Heuberger, Robert Fuchs, and Eusebius Mandyczewski Composed first opera, Francesca da Rimini |
| 1907 | Received prize from the State Academy for "The Mourning Willow Tree" ("Die Trauerweide") |
| 1908 April | Several songs performed by Sara Charles-Cahier, contralto at the Vienna State Opera, for the Anglo-American Society |
| 1908-1914 | Conducted opera in Austrian and German theaters, continued composing, and began publishing articles Married Elizabeth Valentin (b. 1886 May 31) |
| 1909-1910 | Served as second conductor at the Municipal Theater in Merano (Tyrol) |
| 1910 | Joined the Schlaraffia society |
| 1912 July 7 | Son Karl Heinz Hernried born |
| 1912 | Conducted the Euterpe Choral Club and at the municipal theater in Flensburg, Germany |
| 1913 | Composed second opera, The Peasant Woman (Die Bäuerin) Conducted at the municipal theater in Beuthen, Silesia |
| 1913-1914 | Served as a conductor at the Landestheater in Linz on Danube, Austria |
| 1915-1917 | Served in the Austrian army during World War I |
| 1918-1919 | Conductor at the Apollo Theater in Mannheim, Germany |
| 1919–1922 | Professor of composition and music theory at the Academy of Music in Mannheim Continued composing, researching, editing, and writing books, articles, and reviews Founded the Mannheim People’s Choir |
| 1920 March 1 | Daughter Marta Baberte Ingeborg Hernried born (d. 1997 February 19) |
| 1923 February-July | Prompted by the Weimar Republic's worsening hyperinflation, worked at a lumber mill as a bookkeeper |
| 1923-1925 | Moved to Erfurt, Germany, and worked in the accounting departments of two shoe factories |
| 1926 | Moved to Berlin to administer the Reichsverbandes Deutscher Orchester und Orchestermusiker and serve as editor of Das Orchester |
| 1926–1928 | Professor of music history at the Stern’schen Conservatory |
| 1927–1934 | Professor of composition and theory at the Akademie für Kirchen und Schulmusik |
| circa 1929 | Published Emile Jaques-Dalcroze's Lebenswerk |
| 1934 | Published Johannes Brahms Was defined as a Jew and dismissed from employment |
| 1935 | Published Systematische Modulation Moved to Vienna, Austria |
| 1935-1945 | Composed his Mass in D |
| 1939 August 15 | Immigrated to the United States alone, sailing aboard the steamer Statendam Began seeking publishers for his compositions; published 38 works within six years |
| 1939 | Son Karl, a photographer, left Germany on a visitor visa to Norway, then moved to Sweden |
| 1940 | Daughter Ingeborg immigrated to the United States via Turkey and studied languages at Western Michigan College |
| circa 1940 | Joined the American Musicological Society and the National Education Association |
| 1940-1942 | Associate professor and conductor at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa |
| 1942 | Published article "Four Unpublished Compositions by Robert Schumann" in the journal Musical Quarterly |
| 1942–1943 | Taught at the State Teachers College in Dickinson, North Dakota |
| 1943-1946 | Director of the music department at St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 1946-circa 1951 | Professor of theory and composition at the Detroit Institute of Musical Art Lecturer on music history at the University of Detroit |
| 1949 | Detroit Opera Society devoted a concert to Hernried’s works |
| 1951 September 3 | Died in Detroit, Michigan |