Wilhelm Rauch

{{short description|Austrian piano pedagogue and music editor}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use British English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Wilhelm Rauch | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_place = Austria | death_place = Vienna, Austria | occupation = Pianist, music editor, piano pedagogue | instrument = Piano | genre = Classical music | years_active = c. 1884–1924 }}

'''Wilhelm Rauch''' (fl. 1884{{snd}}1924)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=wien-1884-1892 |url=https://www.zemlinsky.at/de/biographie/wien-1884-1892 |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=www.zemlinsky.at |language=de |quote=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,... |trans-quote=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,...}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite book |last=Schreker |first=Franz |title=Suite nach Oskar Wildes Novelle "Der Geburtstag der Infantin" (Klavierauszug)| url=https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200474/BibliographicResource_3000149436517 |year=1924 |publisher=Universal Edition |location=Vienna |quote=Herrn Wilhelm Rauch Professor am Wiener Conservatorium gewidmet [Dedicated to Mr. Wilhelm Rauch, Professor at the Vienna Conservatory]}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gmm2EHrS63UC |title=Musikalische Rundschau: Organ für Musiker und Musikfreunde |date=1888 |page=22 |language=de |trans-title=Musical Review: Journal for Musicians and Music Lovers |quote=Wilhelm Rauch Professor des Klavierspiels am Wiener Conservatorium.}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Fenzl |first=Harald |title=Alexander Zemlinsky: Karriereschritte seiner ersten Wiener Phase |date=2009 |access-date=2026-02-12 |type=MPhil |publisher=University of Vienna |url=https://utheses.univie.ac.at/detail/3824 |language=de |quote=Zemlinsky war, nachdem er die Vorbildungsschule Klavier bei Wilhelm Rauch absolviert hatte, Klavierschüler Anton Doors.|doi=10.25365/thesis.4320|page=6}}</ref> As a teacher, he is known to have taught at least five notable students, Theodor Fuchs,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cosma |first=Octavian |url=http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044971 |title=Fuchs, Theodor |date=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |volume=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.44971 |quote=...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). |access-date=11 February 2026}}</ref> Richard Stöhr,<ref name="StoehrEstateLife">{{cite web |title=Richard Stöhr: Life and Work |url=https://richardstoehr.com |access-date=11 February 2026 |publisher=Richard Stöhr Estate |quote=In the fall of 1898... he entered the Vienna Academy of Music as a student of Robert Fuchs (composition), Wilhelm Rauch (piano)...}}</ref> Manolis Kalomiris,<ref name="HMC">{{cite web |title=Kalomiris, Manolis |url=https://hellenicmusiccentre.com/index.php?id_category=61&controller=category&id_lang=1 |access-date=2026-02-11 |publisher=Hellenic Music Centre}}</ref> Camilla Frydan<ref>{{cite web |author=Kornberger, Monika |year=2002 |title=Frydan, Camilla (eig. Herzl, verh. Friedmann; Pseud. Herzer) |url=https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_F/Frydan_Camilla.xml |accessdate=11 February 2026 |publisher=Oesterrechisches Musiklexikon online |language=de |quote=Von Herbst bis Mitte Dezember 1901 Klavierausbildung bei Wilhelm Rauch am Konservatorium der GdM,...}}</ref> and Alexander von Zemlinsky.<ref name=":3" />

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.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Bent |first=Ian D. |date=2005-04-01 |title=“That Bright New Light”: Schenker, Universal Edition, and the Origins of the Erläuterung Series, 1901–1910 |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/jams/article/58/1/69/49836/That-Bright-New-Light-Schenker-Universal-Edition |journal=Journal of the American Musicological Society |language=en |volume=58 |issue=1 |pages=69–138 |doi=10.1525/jams.2005.58.1.69 |issn=0003-0139 |id=Footnote 6 |via=JSTOR}}</ref>

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).<ref name=":4" />

== 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''.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Wilhelm Rauch |url=https://www.universaledition.com/Personen/Wilhelm-Rauch/ |access-date=2026-02-11 |website=Universal Edition |language=de-DE}}</ref> * ''Sonatinen-Album,'' Vol. II (UE 336) – edited by Rauch.<ref name=":0" /> * Czerny: ''100 Recreations'' (UE 304) – revised and edited by Rauch.<ref name=":0" /> * Czerny: ''Schule der Geläufigkeit'' [School of Velocity]; Op. 299''.'' (Mainz, Schott) – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hofmeister |first=Adolf Moritz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-Z4regz5q4C |title=Handbuch der musikalischen Literatur: Erganzungsband |last2=Hofmeister |first2=Friedrich |date=1893 |publisher=Friedrich Hofmeister |page=136 |language=de |trans-title=Handbook of Musical Literature: Supplementary Volume}}</ref> * Czerny: ''Schule des Virtuosen für Clavier'' [School of the Virtuoso for Piano]; Op.365. (Cranz Edition 77) – edited by Rauch.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtzt5NLELdwC |title=Oesterreichisch-ungarische Buchhändler-Correspondenz |date=4 January 1896 |volume=37–38 |page=513 |language=de |trans-title=Austro-Hungarian booksellers' correspondence}}</ref> * Czerny: ''Vierzig tägl Studien für Clavier'' [Forty Daily Studies for Piano]; Op. 337. (Cranz Edition 76) – edited by Rauch.<ref name=":1" /> * Czerny: ''Ausgewählte Etüden für Pianoforte'' [Selected Études for Pianoforte]; Op. 261 & Op. 821. (Cranz, Leipzig) – Revised and edited by L. Landskron and W. Rauch.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fO0iWzJAnHQC |title=Verzeichnis der im Jahre 1897 erschienenen Musikalien, auch musikalischen Schriften u. Abbildungen |date=1897 |publisher=Friedrich Hofmeister |publication-place=Leipzig |page=69 |language=de |trans-title=List of musical works, including musical writings and illustrations, published in 1897}}</ref> * Czerny: ''Die Kunst der Fingerfertigkeit'' [The Art of Finger Dexterity]; Op. 740 – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pazdírek |first=Franz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nbk2AQAAMAAJ |title=Universal-Handbuch der Musikliteratur aller Zeiten und Völker: Als Nachschlagewerk und Studienquelle der Welt-Musikliteratur |date=1904 |publisher=Verlag des "Universal-Handbuch der Musikliteratur": Pazdirek |page=681 |language=de |trans-title=Universal Handbook of Music Literature of All Times and Peoples: As a reference work and study source of world music literature |quote=Fingerfertigkeit, op. 740. (Rev. und herausgeg. v. W. Rauch).}}</ref> * Diabelli: ''2 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands'' Op.24; (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands, Op.24 (Diabelli, Anton) – IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Sonatinas_for_Piano_4-hands,_Op.24_(Diabelli,_Anton) |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=imslp.org}}</ref> * Diabelli: ''3 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands'' Op.152; (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=3 Sonatinas for Piano 4-hands, Op.152 (Diabelli, Anton) – IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Sonatinas_for_Piano_4-hands,_Op.152_(Diabelli,_Anton) |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=imslp.org}}</ref> * Diabelli: ''7 Sonatinen für Piano Solo'' Op.168; Vienna: (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=7 Piano Sonatinas, Op.168 (Diabelli, Anton) – IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/7_Piano_Sonatinas,_Op.168_(Diabelli,_Anton) |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=imslp.org}}</ref> * Dussek: Piano Sonata No.15, Op.39 No.2; (Leipzig: August Cranz) – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Piano Sonata No.15, Op.39 No.2 (Dussek, Jan Ladislav) – IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.15,_Op.39_No.2_(Dussek,_Jan_Ladislav) |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=imslp.org}}</ref> * Dussek: Piano Sonata No.16, Op.39 No.3; (Leipzig: August Cranz) – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Piano Sonata No.16, Op.39 No.3 (Dussek, Jan Ladislav) – IMSLP |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.16,_Op.39_No.3_(Dussek,_Jan_Ladislav) |access-date=2026-02-12 |website=imslp.org}}</ref> * Haydn: Sonata No. 31 Vol. IV (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitchell |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u808KBU5zGQC |title=The Music Forum: Volume 4 |last2=Salzer |first2=Felix |date=2010-06-01 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-51369-2 |page=74 |language=en}}</ref> * Haydn: ''Complete Haydn Piano Sonatas'' Vol. I-IV (Universal Edition, 1901) – edited by Rauch.<ref name=":5" /> * Herz: ''Scales and Exercises'' (UE 316) – revised and edited by Rauch.<ref name=":0" /> * 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.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OC-_CUOIWQAC |title=Der Klavierlehrer: musikpädagogische Zeitschrift für alle Gebiete der Tonkunst ; Organ der Musiklehrer- und Tonkünstler-Vereine zu Köln, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart,... |date=1893 |publisher=Peiser |page=27 |language=de |trans-title=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...}}</ref> * Mozart: ''Fantasia e Fuga'', KV 394, No. III in C major. (Leipzig: August Cranz) – revised and fingered by Rauch.<ref>{{Citation |title=Rauch, W |url=https://opac.kbr.be/Library/doc/SYRACUSE-AUT/14026041/rauch-w |access-date=2026-02-13 |id=15373468 |via=KBR Royal Library of Belgium|quote=Fantasia e Fuga: KV 394-No. III-Cdur/W.A. Mozart: Edition revue et soigneusement doigtée par W. Rauch. Leipzig: Aug. Cranz, s.d..}}</ref> * Hans Schmitt (1835–1907): ''Lehrplan für die ersten Jahre des Clavierunterrichtes'' [Curriculum for the first years of piano instruction] – revised by Prof. Wilhelm Rauch.<ref name=":2" />

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== External links == * [http://viaf.org/viaf/78700487 VIAF ID: 78700487:] * [https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Rauch,_Wilhelm IMSLP Scores: Rauch, Wilhelm]

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