Karl Zaruba

{{Short description|Austrian composer and conductor}}

Karl Zaruba (December 29, 1902 – October 5, 1978 ) was an Austrian composer and conductor, founder of the Neue Meister Deutsch Kapelle (Neue Deutschmeister Band).The heritage encyclopedia of band music: composers and their music, Volume 2, 1991, [https://books.google.com/books?id=bisKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Karl+Zaruba%22&dq=%22Karl+Zaruba%22 p. 842]

He was the conductor of the Austrian Folk Musicians{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Volume-Set-The-Merry-Yodeler/dp/B0061CGTN8|title = 2 Volume Set: The Merry Yodeler 10"|website = Amazon}} and director of the Schuhplattler Dance Band{{cite web | url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/karl-zaruba/folk-dances-of-austria-vol-3-traditional-schuhplattler-dances/world/music/album/smithsonian | title=Folk Dances of Austria, Vol. 3: Traditional Schuhplattler Dances }}

Discography

  • The Merry Yodeler, (Musical LP, 1953, director)
  • The Merry Yodeler, Volume II (Musical LP, 1953, director)
  • Folk Dances of Austria, Vol. 3: Traditional Schuhplattler Dances, (LP 1962, director)
  • The Neue Deutschmeister Band in Stereo (Neue Deutschmeister Band, Elektra EKS 7101 (Stereo), Released: 1958, conductor)

Compositions

=For the Kapelle=

  • Liebe Anna!
  • Der Kirchschlager
  • Am Brigitta Kirtag
  • Bluembachtaler Schuhplattler
  • Dachauer Schuhplattler
  • Der Eiswalzer
  • Der Jajermarsch
  • Der Offene Walzer
  • Edelweisser
  • Enzianer Schuhplattler
  • Heidauer Schuhplattler
  • Kuckucks-Polka
  • Mit Schwung, mars
  • Petersdorfer Ländler
  • Reit im Winkel
  • Steffel von Talgau Schuhplattler
  • Trauntalern Schuhplattler
  • Watschenplattler

For small ensembles

  • Das Blumerl
  • Das Hiatamadl
  • Das Spinnrad
  • Der Cevve
  • Der Deutsche Umgang
  • Der Haxenschmeisser
  • Der Neudeutsche
  • Der Siebenschritt
  • Der Waldjager
  • Die Ennstaler Polka
  • Die Mainzer Polka
  • Kreuzpolka
  • Marching Polka
  • Neubayrische
  • Nickelsdorfer-Schottisch
  • Reidlinger Schottische
  • Rheinlander
  • Steyrische Kreuzpolka
  • Studentenpolka
  • Weifentanz

References