life

Schul was born in Chemnitz, Germany, into an Eastern European Jewish family, and grew up in Kassel. Only little is known about his life. He moved to Prague in 1933. In 1937 he started to study composition in Prague, where he was a pupil of Alois Haba

Alois Hába

Alois Hába was a Czech composer, musical theorist and teacher. He is primarily known for his microtonal compositions, especially using the quarter tone scale, though he used others such as sixth-tones and twelfth-tones....

. During his time in Prague he became a friend of Victor Ullmann. In Prague he started also to archive a collection of synagogal-songs from the synagogue of Prague (under direction of Salomon Lieben). Schul married 1941 Olga Stern, and both were deported to Terezin the 30th Nov 1941. Schul died in Theresienstadt concentration camp

Theresienstadt concentration camp

Theresienstadt concentration camp was a Nazi German ghetto during World War II. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín , located in what is now the Czech Republic.-History:The fortress of Terezín was constructed between the years 1780 and 1790 by the orders...

 from tubercolosis.

Worklist

Opus	Date	English Title	Remarks
op 9b Nr.1	1937	Die Nischt – Gewesenen	Song for Alto and Piano
-	1941	Mogen Ovos	Organ and Choir
-	1941	Fuge in E	Piano
-	1941-42	2 Chassidic Dances	Viola and Cello
-	1942	Zaddik	String Quartet
-	1942	Cantata Judaïca Op. 13 (finale)	Tenor and Choir
-	1942	Ki Tavo al Ha'aretz	Children's Choir
-	1942	Uv’tzeil K’nofecho	String Quartet
-	1942	V'l'Yerushalayim	Voice and String Quartet arrangiert nach Vilem Zrzavy
-	1943	Schiksal	Song for Alt, Flute, Viola and Violoncello from the cycle "Dunkle Klänge"
-	1943	Duo	Violin and Viola
-	-	3rd phrase from a piano sonata

Literature

• Initiative Hans Krása
  Hans Krása
  Hans Krása was a Czech composer who was killed in the Holocaust at Auschwitz. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp.-Life:...
  
   in Hamburg, Germany: Komponisten in Theresienstadt ISBN 3-00-005164-3

Recordings

• Chassidische Tänze Op. 15 – Ensemble Alraune; Cd Novantiqua
• Chassidische Tänze Op. 15 – Julia Rebekka Adler, viola Thomas Ruge, cello; Cd Neun Music
• Die Nischt-Gewesenen – Wolfgang Holzmair
  Wolfgang Holzmair
  Wolfgang Holzmair is an Austrian baritone.Holzmair studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He won 2nd prize in the baritone class of the 's-Hertogenbosch International Vocal Competition in 1981, and a year later 1st prize in the Musikverein International Lieder Competition,...
  
  , baritone, Russell Ryan, piano; Bridge Records

The whole music written in Concentration Camps are contained in the CD-Encyclopedia KZ MUSIK created by Francesco Lotoro