{"id":1370,"date":"2017-06-12T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T11:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mumelter.de\/presse-und-kommentare\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T20:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:46:44","slug":"press-and-commentary-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mumelter.de\/en\/press-and-commentary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Press and commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Press and commentary<\/h1><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3>Current activities: See <a title=\"Dates - Impressions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mumelter.de\/en\/impressions\">Dates &#8211; Impressions<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The highlight is the premiere of Adriana H\u00f6lszky&#8217;s violin concerto &#8216;Apeiron&#8217;: an exciting dialogue between the highly virtuosic soloist (Martin Mumelter), driven to the limits of the possible, and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (again under Kontarsky), acting in a continuum full of small, unsteady motifs and finely modelled gestures. The audience greeted the dazzling janus-headed work with jubilation.&#8221; <a title=\"Stuttgarter Nachrichten\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de\/inhalt.adriana-hoelszky-in-stuttgart-zerbrechlichkeit-und-grosse-kraft.51e12b11-0550-4d72-a360-a9ed26cf6571.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stuttgarter Nachrichten<\/a> 23.7.2018<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;H\u00f6hepunkt\u00a0ist die Urauff\u00fchrung von Adriana H\u00f6lszkys Violinkonzert &#8216;Apeiron&#8217;: einem spannenden Dialog zwischen dem an Grenzen des M\u00f6glichen getriebenen, hochvirtuos spielenden Solisten (Martin Mumelter) und dem in einem Kontinuum voller kleiner, unsteter Motive und fein modellierter Gesten agierenden Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (wieder unter Kontarsky). Die Zuh\u00f6rer begr\u00fc\u00dften das schillernd-janusk\u00f6pfige Werk mit Jubel.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h1><strong>On Concerts<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&#8220;Martin Mumelter is a very gifted violinist with a clean pure style and agile fingers&#8230;&#8221; (Times, London), &#8220;he played this complex material to win&#8230;&#8221; (New York Times), &#8220;A Role Model for performers&#8221; (Frankfurter Rundschau), &#8220;with supreme certainty&#8221; (Abendzeitung M\u00fcnchen), &#8220;stupendous technique, sparkling clean intonation&#8221; (Presse Wien), &#8220;a virtuoso of downright Paganine quality&#8221; (<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drehpunktkultur.at\/index.php\/musik\/meldungen-kritiken\/1209-im-stillen-mittelpunkt-der-bewegten-welt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drehpunkt Kultur<\/a>, Salzburg, online), &#8220;lively, excited in the best sense of the word&#8221; (Salzburger Nachrichten), &#8220;&#8230;with his downright lush instrumental tone&#8230;(Salzburger Tagblatt)<\/p>\n<p><em>(Originals: &#8220;Leitbild f\u00fcr Interpreten&#8221; (Frankfurter Rundschau), &#8220;mit \u00fcberlegener Sicherheit&#8221;\u00a0 (Abendzeitung M\u00fcnchen), &#8220;stupende Technik, blitzsaubere Intonation&#8221; (Presse Wien), &#8220;ein Virtuose von geradezu paganinischer Qualit\u00e4t&#8221; (<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drehpunktkultur.at\/index.php\/musik\/meldungen-kritiken\/1209-im-stillen-mittelpunkt-der-bewegten-welt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drehpunkt Kultur<\/a>, Salzburg, online),&#8221;lebendig, aufgeregt im besten Sinne&#8221; (Salzburger Nachrichten),\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;mit seinem geradezu verschwenderisch wohlklingenden Instrumentalton&#8230;&#8221; (Salzburger Tagblatt),\u00a0&#8220;verhalf dem komplexen Material zum Sieg&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-carousel fusion-image-carousel-fixed fusion-image-carousel-1 lightbox-enabled fusion-carousel-border\"><div class=\"awb-carousel awb-swiper awb-swiper-carousel awb-carousel--carousel awb-swiper-dots-position-bottom\" data-layout=\"carousel\" data-autoplay=\"yes\" data-autoplayspeed=\"2500\" data-autoplaypause=\"no\" data-columns=\"5\" data-columnsmedium=\"1\" data-columnssmall=\"1\" data-itemmargin=\"13\" data-itemwidth=\"180\" data-touchscroll=\"no\" data-freemode=\"no\" data-imagesize=\"fixed\" data-scrollitems=\"0\" data-centeredslides=\"no\" data-rotationangle=\"50\" data-depth=\"100\" data-speed=\"500\" data-shadow=\"no\" data-pagination=\"bullets\" style=\"--awb-border-width:1px;--awb-border-color:#e9eaee;\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper awb-image-carousel-wrapper fusion-flex-align-items-center\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" data-title=\"nmzives\" aria-label=\"nmzives\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mumelter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/nmzives.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271157%27%20height%3D%27549%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201157%20549%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271157%27%20height%3D%27549%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.mumelter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/nmzives-320x202.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><div class=\"fusion-carousel-item-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper hover-type-none\"><a data-rel=\"iLightbox[image_carousel_1]\" data-title=\"nmz1\" aria-label=\"nmz1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mumelter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/nmz1.jpg\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27373%27%20height%3D%27430%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20373%20430%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27373%27%20height%3D%27430%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.mumelter.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/nmz1-320x202.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"awb-swiper-button awb-swiper-button-prev\"><i class=\"awb-icon-angle-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"awb-swiper-button awb-swiper-button-next\"><i class=\"awb-icon-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h1><strong>On Recordings<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>\u201cA pure joy!\u201d fono forum<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: \u201eEine reine Freude!\u201c)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One could only dream of such an excellent interpretation for a long time (&#8230;) there is no need to list the qualities of the two players in detail. I would like to emphasize only the pleasantly measured handling of the violin vibrato; here the vibrato is really used as a significant means of expression and not just as a sauce of pretty sound&#8221;. S\u00fcdwestfunk<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;Von einer so hervorragenden Interpretation (\u2026) konnte man lange Zeit nur tr\u00e4umen (\u2026) es er\u00fcbrigt sich, die Qualit\u00e4ten der beiden Spieler im einzelnen aufzulisten. Hervorheben m\u00f6chte ich nur die wohltuend ma\u00dfvolle Handhabung des Geigenvibratos; hier ist das Vibrato wirklich ma\u00dfgeblich als Ausdrucksmittel und nicht als Sch\u00f6nklangso\u00dfe verwendet.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Joined by the violinist Martin Mumelter, who is equally outstanding in terms of technique and perception of form, to bring the quartet of Ives\u2019 violin sonatas to an exemplary performance. It is by no means the virtues of late romantic duets that give these sonata monstrosities their full life. Rather, a credible staging of all all these collages and layers, country fiddler music and the hymns of confession needs the sharp eye of directors who even in the wildest turmoil of sound remain able to ensure moderation and consistency &#8220;. Top marks for all categories: musical evaluation, repertoire value and technical evaluation.&#8221; NZ Neue Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Musik (about the complete recording of the violin sonatas by Charles Ives together with Herbert Henck, piano)<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;Mit von der Partie der in puncto Spieltechnik wie Stilempfinden gleicherma\u00dfen hervorragende Violinist Martin Mumelter um das Quartett Ivesscher Violinsonaten zu beispielhafter Darstellung zu bringen. Es sind ja keineswegs die Tugenden sp\u00e4tromantischen Duospiels, die diesen Sonatenunget\u00fcmen zu prallem Leben verhelfen. Vielmehr braucht es zur glaubw\u00fcrdigen Inszenierung all dieser Collagen und Schichtungen, Country-Fiddler-Musiken und Bekenntnishymnen den Scharfblick von Regisseuren, die auch im wildesten Klangget\u00fcmmel noch f\u00fcr Ma\u00df und Folgerichtigkeit sorgen k\u00f6nnen.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(About the violin concertos by Alban Berg, Bernd-Alois Zimmermann and Arnold Schoenberg)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; with great verve of aspiration. Interpretations that almost self-sacrificingly search for the meaning, for the coherence, for the inner driving forces of the respective works. Grandios the Sch\u00f6nberg was magnificent&#8230;!&#8221; NMZ Neue Musikzeitung<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;&#8230; mit gro\u00dfer Verve des Anspruchs. Interpretationen, die geradezu selbstaufopfernd nach dem Sinn, nach der Stimmigkeit, nach den inneren Triebkr\u00e4ften der jeweiligen Werke suchen. Grandios der Sch\u00f6nberg\u2026!&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;masterful&#8230;the instrument, whose technical limits transcend into a utopian nirvana and sound almost light, when this concerto is interpreted with such dreamlike confidence&#8230;deep in thought&#8230;thrilling&#8221; &#8220;APPLAUSE&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;..meisterhaft\u2026das Instrument, dessen technische Grenzen in ein utopisches Nirvana transzendieren und beinahe leicht klingen, wenn dieses Konzert so traumwandlerisch sicher interpretiert wird wie hier\u2026gedankentief\u2026mitreissend&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;APPLAUS&#8221; (\u00fcber die Violinkonzerte von Alban Berg, Bernd-Alois Zimmermann und Arnold Sch\u00f6nberg)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If, then just so: This music can probably not sound more natural than here. In combination with the fascinating and comparatively relaxed play with (beautiful) sounds, colours and forms in Erich Urbanner&#8217;s Violin Concerto&#8221;. &#8220;Presse&#8221; Wien, H. Sinkovicz (About the Schoenberg and Urbanner concerts)<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;Wenn, dann so: Nat\u00fcrlicher als hier kann diese Musik wahrscheinlich gar nicht klingen. Dazu das faszinierende und vergleichsweise v\u00f6llig entspannte Spiel mit (Sch\u00f6n-)Kl\u00e4ngen, Farben und Formen in Erich Urbanners Violinkonzert.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; as a realization of the score, it can no longer be beat.&#8221; Louis Krasner, soloist of the world premiere, on the live recording of Arnold Schoenberg&#8217;s Violin Concerto<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;&#8230;kann als Realisierung der Partitur nicht mehr gesteigert werden.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;I have just heard your Berg-Konzert and am just as impressed by it as by the Sch\u00f6nberg concert&#8221; (Louis Krasner, see above)<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;&#8230;gerade habe ich ihren Berg geh\u00f6rt und bin davon ebenso beeindruckt wie von dem Sch\u00f6nberg-Konzert.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zimmermann&#8217;s concerto is an expressionistic tour-de-force, a worthy successor to the much gentler Berg concerto. It&#8217;s an emotionally volatile piece, with sections of driving, propulsive energy juxtaposed with moments of great delicacy and melodically memorable lyricism. The concerto&#8217;s vitality, passion, and variety make it a work that should be far better known in the West. Violinist Martin Mumelter negotiates its extravagant demands and mercurial mood shifts with beautiful tone and passionate conviction. <a title=\"AlMusic Datenbank Ann Arbor Michigan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/musica-viva-15-e%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s-zimmerman-smolka-mw0001863553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AlMusic Datenbank Ann Arbor Michigan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% + 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h1><strong>On Books<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;has the makings of becoming a standard didactic work&#8221; musipaedagogik online.de (on &#8220;Standardfragen im Violinunterricht&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: \u201c\u2026hat das Format zu einem fachdidaktischen Standardwerk\u201d)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In contrast to the title-giving &#8216;Spiegelfuge&#8217;, in which the entire contrapuntal movement is reversible, so that a close interlocking of thematic inserts and contrapuntal voices is achieved, the motifs of Mumelter&#8217;s novel are only loosely connected to each other, and the function of the novel in the novel is not further developed. But it doesn&#8217;t have to be either, because the fragility of the characters and storylines comes to the fore all the more clearly.&#8221; Eva Maria St\u00f6ckler, Literaturhaus Wien<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;Im Gegensatz zur titelgebenden &#8216;Spiegelfuge&#8217;, bei der der gesamte kontrapunktische Satz umkehrbar ist, sodass eine enge Verzahnung von Themeneins\u00e4tzen und kontrapunktischen Stimmen erreicht wird, stehen die Motive von Mumelters Roman nur lose verbunden nebeneinander und die Funktion des Romans im Roman wird nicht weiter ausgef\u00fchrt. Aber das muss sie auch nicht, denn umso deutlicher tritt die Br\u00fcchigkeit der Figuren und Handlungsstr\u00e4nge in den Vordergrund.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The author greets the reader with birdsong. Natural sounds can be heard in the editing and the flow of the protagonist&#8217;s speech, into which the reader is swept away. Like a natural sound &#8211; but not like Mahler&#8217;s free floating, shimmering persistence, but a captive flow of speech. Everything is captured and carried along by the torrential stream: Experienced, heard, seen, read &#8211; kisses, F\u00f6hntage, symphonies, fairy tales, myths &#8211; Goldmarie and Pechmarie, Romeo and Juliet, Philemon and Baucis, Mrozek, Proust&#8230; right from the start, a polyphonic concert emerges, in which Bakhtin, a multi-layered entity, in which would have pleased Italo Calvino.&#8221; <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uibk.ac.at\/ipoint\/blog\/1354556.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luzius Keller<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;Der Autor empf\u00e4ngt den Leser mit Vogelgezwitscher. Naturlaute erklingen im Editorial und wie ein Naturlaut klingt auch der Redefluss des Protagonisten, in den der Leser hinein- und von dem er mitgerissen wird. \u201eWie ein Naturlaut\u201c \u2013 aber eben nicht wie bei Mahler frei schwebend, flirrend verharrend, sondern ein reissender Redefluss.\u00a0 Alles wird von dem reissenden Strom erfasst und mitgef\u00fchrt: Erlebtes, Geh\u00f6rtes, Gesehenes, Gelesenes \u2013 K\u00fcsse, F\u00f6hntage, Symphonien, M\u00e4rchen, Mythen \u2013 Goldmarie und Pechmarie, Romeo und Julia, Philemon und Baucis, Mrozek, Proust\u2026 es entsteht von Beginn weg ein vielstimmiges Konzert, an dem Bachtin, ein vielschichtiges Gebilde, an dem Italo Calvino seine Freude gehabt h\u00e4tte.&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Martin Mumelter is a musician and for him the book &#8216;Spiegelfuge&#8217; is probably something highly musical and mathematical. One is reminded of Thomas Bernhard&#8217;s cosmos, in which the figures always have their own music in their heads, withdrawing into themselves and making themselves vibrate as a whole.&#8221; Helmuth Sch\u00f6nauer, Neue S\u00fcdtiroler Tageszeitung<\/p>\n<p><em>(Original: &#8220;Martin Mumelter ist Musiker und f\u00fcr ihn hat es mit dem Titel &#8216;Spiegelfuge&#8217; wahrscheinlich etwas h\u00f6chst Musikalisch-Mathematisches auf sich. 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