Skip to content
Harry Pepl * 1945  † 2005

Finding aid

The whole archive in one list: releases, works, people, projects, press with originals, documents, listening copies, scores, photos, literature, chronology and quotations. Search, filter, open, bookmark, cite and export.

account required, sign in Items with this sign can only be opened with a personal account. Their details are open to everyone. Request an account

Filters

2181 results · Page 44 of 44

Export the results: RIS · BibTeX · CSL-JSON · CSV · Excel (at most 2000 entries)

Results in the finding aid
CollectionEntryYearIdentifierOpen and work with
Literature Lebenslauf Harry PeplDaniel Pepl · NID NetInteractive Documents, Austria-Forum, 13 pages 2026
Literature Pepl, Harry (AEIOU Österreich-Lexikon im Austria-Forum)Austria-Forum · AEIOU Österreich-Lexikon, Austria-Forum 2026
Literature Pepl, Harry (Biographien im Austria-Forum)Austria-Forum · Austria-Forum, Biographien 2026
Literature Pepl, Harry (Zeitgenössische Bildende Kunst im Austria-Forum)Austria-Forum · Austria-Forum, Kunst und Kultur, Zeitgenössische Bildende Kunst 2026
Quotation „An anecdote that shows how deeply Pepl, despite his modern, highly virtuosic guitar playing, was also rooted in the jazz guitar tradition“Thomas Palme · Facebook post for Harry Pepl's 81st birthday, 10 September 2026; translated from the German 2026
Quotation „Doris Linser, soprano, absolutely must appear in the line-up. Without her we could not have set all the submitted texts to music in …“Martin Mumelter · Email to Daniel Pepl, 19 October 2026; translated from the German 2026
Quotation „Harry Pepl, whom I later met again and again and could admire, was also such a kind person! In the studio, too, the calm he radiated was …“Thomas Declaude · Email to Daniel Pepl, 18 October 2026, written for the archive 2026
Quotation „His musicianship was at a high level, and of course his proficiency and mastery of his instrument was indicative of a style all his own. I …“Ronnie Burrage · Email to Daniel Pepl, 18 October 2026, written for the archive 2026
Quotation „I would rather not speak of “leadership”, though; there was none, from then on we thought everything through and did everything together.“Martin Mumelter · Email to Daniel Pepl, 19 October 2026; translated from the German 2026
Quotation „Man, Harry Pepl was first and foremost a wonderful human being. I am proud to call him a friend. His playing was fearless, and that's how …“Ronnie Burrage · Email to Daniel Pepl, 18 October 2026, written for the archive 2026
Quotation „Repertoire that engages with important figures of jazz in Vienna, such as the guitarist Harry Pepl“Ö1, Radiosession (programme page on orf.at), 24 June 2026; translated from the German 2026
Quotation „to this day a very vivid memory of one of Austria's greatest jazz guitarists“Thomas Palme · Facebook post for Harry Pepl's 81st birthday, 10 September 2026; translated from the German 2026
Quotation „Unable to read music, I presented my ideas for the songs. And what these outstanding musicians made of them was simply magnificent! I can …“Thomas Declaude · Email to Daniel Pepl, 18 October 2026, written for the archive 2026
Quotation „Unfortunately, it is so long ago that I only remember the days with your father: great and exciting.“Bo Stief · Email to Daniel Pepl, 21 October 2026, written for the archive 2026
Quotation „Your father and I got on very well, and when he sadly had to go so early, it was truly a great loss. But his work lives on.“Albert Mair · Email to Daniel Pepl, 19 October 2026, written for the archive 2026
Quotation „Your father was a very good and original guitarist and deserves to be remembered.“Scott Yanow · Email to Daniel Pepl, Thursday, 22 October 2026, approved for publication the same day (‘attributed to Scott Yanow, jazz journalist/historian’) 2026
Quotation „“Never-before-heard sounds” is what Joachim Ernst Berendt promises the audience at the final concert in Mainz on 28 November, played by an …“Julia Neupert and Sara Barth, Chronology of the SWR NEWJazz Meeting (1966 to 2026), SWR, 2026 2026
Quotation „… a trailblazer and innovator for sure!“Paul Williamson · Email to Daniel Pepl, Friday, 23 October 2026, approved for publication on Saturday, 24 October 2026 (‘attributed to you as Senior Lecturer and Convenor of Jazz and Improvisation at Monash University’) 2026
Literature Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band, Short Documentary (with English subtitles)Martin Bayer (Kanal) · YouTube, video ID MWylwQqSMEA
Literature Jazz Records 1942-80. A DiscographyErik Raben (Hg.) · Stainless/Wintermoon, vol. 1 (A to Ba), vol. 7 (Ell to Fra) · Copenhagen
Literature Konzert 677: Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner, 12.07.1981, Casino MontreuxMontreux Jazz Festival Database (EPFL) · mjf-database.epfl.ch, person 16239 · Montreux
Quotation „Angular, clear and powerful was his playing on various acoustic and electric guitars.“Roland Spiegel · Broadcast script “Was heute geschah” (What happened today), Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian public broadcaster), Roland Spiegel (undated, before 2020; Daniel Pepl archive)
Quotation „Benny had such a radiance, really, in his phrasing and in everything, it was absolutely brilliant“Harry Pepl · On Benny Goodman; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 2-10), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 60
Quotation „Giant of improvisation“Le Monde · Le Monde (original article in the gamsbART archive, Heimo Steps); quoted in Kleine Zeitung, 10 January 1988, p. 18
Quotation „His duo partner, the vibraphonist Werner Pirchner, called him “a completely straight-down-the-line guy”.“Roland Spiegel · Broadcast script “Was heute geschah” (What happened today), Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian public broadcaster), Roland Spiegel (undated, before 2020; Daniel Pepl archive)
Quotation „I played Rock & Soul strings because they stay in tune, don’t oxidise, are easy to bend, and are soft and perfect in sound.“Harry Pepl · Advertisement by Thomastik-Infeld (Vienna, Austria) for the guitar strings “Rock & Soul Strings”, 1980s; translated from the German
Quotation „It actually came about through the Art Orchestra that we played together more and more.“Harry Pepl · On Air Mail; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 4-53), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 47
Quotation „That is me, I recorded all of it myself“Harry Pepl · Reply to Herbert Joos, who compared a multitrack recording with the ORF Big Band; as told by Clemens Salesny in the interview with Stefan Heckel (20 September 2018), Heckel 2024, p. 239
Quotation „The Art Orchestra was open as a band, there was a lot of room, even though some things were written out too. It was ace to play along.“Harry Pepl · On the Vienna Art Orchestra; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 4-50), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 47
Quotation „understood immediately at the first or second rhythmic impulse, so that everyone knew where the other was“Harry Pepl · On Jack DeJohnette; conversation with Nikolaus Kohler (Interview 2-25), quoted in Kohler 2006, p. 140
Quotation „With his musicality, his search for sounds that differed from the jazz conventions of the time, and with such lovely punning titles as …“Roland Spiegel · Broadcast script “Was heute geschah” (What happened today), Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian public broadcaster), Roland Spiegel (undated, before 2020; Daniel Pepl archive)

Citing: every row has its suggested citation and the exports for Zotero, EndNote and Citavi (RIS), BibTeX, CSL-JSON, CSV and Excel. Guidance is under How to cite.