Literature and research
Writings on Harry Pepl and his music. We welcome pointers to further publications, theses and broadcasts.
Type of work
Dissertations
- Stefan Heckel (2024): Instant Composing. Das Spätwerk des Jazzgitarristen und Komponisten Harry Pepl. dissertation (PhD), musicology (theory and history of popular music), University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna; supervisor Harald Huber, Vienna. Bibliothek (mdw), OBV AC17601666; 285 pages mit Illustrationen und Notenbeispielen; kein Volltext online gefunden Examines Pepl’s works of the Instant Composing phase from 1987/88 onwards, including Cracked Mirrors, Schönberg Improvations, the string quartets and the Lonely Single Swinger Band. Cite and export
- Thomas Albert Zlabinger (2013): Free from Jazz: The Jazz and Improvised Music Scene in Vienna after Ossiach (1971-2011). dissertation, City University of New York, New York. Online online, CUNY Academic Works Dissertation on the Viennese jazz and improvised music scene since 1971 (advisor Peter Manuel). Pepl appears in Table 1 of the most important musicians and bands (p. 87), in Table 2 among the musicians around the Vienna Art Orchestra (p. 91), in the index of musicians (“guitar, piano. Vienna Art Orchestra”, p. 166), in the bibliography (New York Times on the festival “Beyond the Sound of Music”, 18 May 1985, p. 212) and in the discography (pp. 253 to 270). Recordings by Clemens Salesny and Franz Hautzinger, who today play with Pepl’s original tracks, are discussed in detail (pp. 130 to 138). Cite and export
- Silvia Elisabetta Pagano (2009): Experimentieren – improvisieren – zuhören: Ursprung, Entwicklung und Theorien der heutigen experimentellen elektronischen Musik sowie Beweggründe und Gedanken in Wien tätiger Musikschaffender. dissertation, University of Vienna (supervisor Christoph Reuter), Vienna. Online online, Hochschulschriftenserver der Universität Wien Names Pepl as a member of the Ars Electronica Workshop Ensemble of 1982 with Adelhard Roidinger (p. 23). In an interview of 19 April 2004 the guitarist Martin Siewert says he studied jazz guitar with Harry Pepl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (p. 195). Cite and export
Master's theses
- Lukas Handle (2016): „Finite Elemente Methode“ (FEM) für die Berechnung von Vibraphontasten. Master’s thesis, Masterstudium Musikwissenschaft, University of Vienna, 2016, xiv und 92 S.; supervisor Christoph Reuter; DOI 10.25365/thesis.44516, Vienna. Online freely available online (u:theses, University of Vienna) In the biographical section on Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist: founding of the Pirchner-Pepl JazzZwio in 1975 with his “congenial partner Harry Pepl”, appearances in Europe, including Montreux, and collaboration with Jack DeJohnette. Cite and export
- Kerstin Madner (2011): Themen und Werte der ORF-Jugendmagazine „Okay“ und „Ohne Maulkorb“. Ein Vergleich zweier TV-Zielgruppensendungen der 1980er Jahre. Magisterarbeit, Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, University of Vienna (supervisor Fritz Hausjell), Vienna. Exemplar im Archiv Analyses the metadata of the ORF (Austria's public broadcaster) Historical Archive for both youth magazines. The appendix (p. 267) lists the feature “Pirchner und Pepl sind Jazzwio” from “Ohne Maulkorb” of 3 June 1983, with interviews and the pieces played by the Jazzzwio. Cite and export
- Martin Schaberl (2004): Wolfgang Muthspiel – einer der vielseitigsten Musiker Österreichs und Preisträger des European Jazz Prize 2003. Magisterarbeit, Institut für Jazzforschung, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (supervisor Franz Krieger), Graz. Exemplar im Archiv; im Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbund nicht nachgewiesen Thesis on Wolfgang Muthspiel with interviews. At the Graz jazz department Muthspiel studied only with Pepl (pp. 13, 155). In the interview of 2 September 2003 he calls him “the authority on time” and says: “But what Harry Pepl ‘pulls off’ is another planet” (p. 165, which also has a photo of Pepl by Martin Schaberl, August 1992). In a reprinted conversation with the German guitar magazine Gitarre & Bass (7/1998), Pepl stands for “rhythm, time and swing” (p. 201); the Swiss drummer Jojo Mayer calls Pepl Muthspiel’s “early teacher and mentor” (p. 221). Also covers the project “Muthspiel & Muthspiel play Pepl-Pirchner” (pp. 293 to 295). Quotations translated from the German. Cite and export
- Christian Haudej (1999): Harry Pepl. Aspekte seiner musikalischen Entwicklung. Unveröffentlichte Magisterarbeit, Institut für Jazzforschung, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Graz. im Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbund nicht nachgewiesen (vermutlich nur lokal an der Kunstuniversität Graz katalogisiert) Thesis by the guitarist Christian Haudej, written during Pepl’s lifetime and including an interview with him: short biography (pp. 5 to 6), Pepl on composing and the MIDI guitar (pp. 19 to 21), a stylistic analysis of “Alone Is A Golden Stone” with a handwritten transcription (pp. 23 to 27) and a score of the piece for the Artis Quartet. Cited in Heckel 2024, pp. 56, 65 to 68, 86, 113 to 116 and 123; Heckel lists it as a Diplomarbeit in his bibliography. Cite and export
Diploma theses
- Magdalena Menheere (2013): Die ‚Vier Neuen Säle‘ des Musikvereins. Vorgeschichte, Entscheidungsfindung, Bau, Finanzierung, Umfeld und erste Erfahrungen. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna, 2013, 169 S.; supervisor Michael Weber; DOI 10.25365/thesis.26222, Vienna. Online freely available online (u:theses, University of Vienna) In the Musikverein’s “Ton.Film.Musik” programme series (the Musikverein is the Vienna concert hall that is home to the Vienna Philharmonic), it mentions the programme of Christian and Wolfgang Muthspiel with music by Pepl and Pirchner (spelled “Pepl-Pircher” there). Cite and export
- Nikolaus Kohler (2006): Harry Pepl. Ein Porträt des Musikers und Komponisten. diploma thesis for the degree of Magister der Philosophie, musicology programme, University of Vienna, submitted in September 2006; supervisor Regine Allgayer-Kaufmann, Vienna. Bibliothek (University of Vienna), OBV AC05727137; 156 Blatt mit Illustrationen; nicht in u:theses digitalisiert The first detailed academic study of Pepl. It draws on three conversations with Pepl before his death and contains a discography, an overview of works and a chronology. Cite and export
- Martina Glatz (2003): Österreichische Komponisten im Grenzbereich zwischen Neuer Musik und Jazz. Diploma thesis, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, 2003, getrennte Zählung, mit Notenbeispielen, Vienna. Online Bibliothek (mdw, Nachweis im Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbund); Auszug zu Werner Pirchner frei online auf wernerpirchner.com Based on the author’s own conversation with Harry Pepl on Tuesday, 16 October 2001, which she quotes several times (footnotes 4, 10, 14, 16 and 17 in the Pirchner chapter from p. 143). Describes the meeting of Pepl and Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, in 1975, the founding of the JazzZwio and their ten years of collaboration. Whether the thesis also has a chapter of its own on Pepl as a composer has not been checked; the title suggests it. Cite and export
Scholarly articles
- Michael Kahr (2018): Jazz in Graz von 1965 bis heute. Geschichte und Identität einer Jazz(haupt)stadt. Aufsatz, p. 435 to 451, in: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Graz, vol. 48 (Graz 1918-1938), hg. von Friedrich Bouvier u. a., Graz: Leykam 2018, ISBN 978-3-7011-0412-3 (Zuordnung zu vol. 48 ungeprüft); FWF-Projekt „Jazz & the City“ (2011 to 2013), Graz. Online Volltext frei online (unipub, Universitätsbibliothek Graz); Exemplar im Archiv From 1983 Pepl’s teaching post for jazz guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz was raised to a full professorship (p. 440). Kahr counts him among the musicians who shaped jazz life in Graz over a long period as soloists and leaders of successful projects (p. 447). Cite and export
- Christa Bruckner-Haring (2017): The Development of the Austrian Jazz Scene and Its Identity 1960–1980. European Journal of Musicology 16/1 (2017), p. 136 to 157, DOI 10.5450/ejm.2017.16.5784, Bern. Online freely available online Article from the research project Rhythm Changes on festivals, venues, broadcasting and education as foundations of an independent Austrian jazz scene. Pepl was a guest on Walter Richard Langer’s ORF (Austria's public broadcaster) television show “Bourbon Street” (35 episodes, 1975 to 1979), as were Barney Kessel, Albert Mangelsdorff, Art Farmer and Werner Pirchner (p. 151). In the ORF Big Band, founded by Erich Kleinschuster, the Austrian jazz trombonist, in 1971 and including Art Farmer and Jimmy Woode, he formed the rhythm section with Fritz Pauer, Woode and Erich Bachträgl (p. 153). Cite and export
- Christa Bruckner-Haring (2013): Historical Overview of the Development of Jazz in Austria. Rhythm Changes, „Historical Overviews of five partner countries“ (Projektbericht), Kap. II, ab p. 29; zuerst deutsch: „Ein historischer Überblick der Jazzentwicklung in Österreich“, Jazzforschung / Jazz Research 44 (2012), p. 53 to 74. Exemplar im Archiv Overview of Austrian jazz history from the European research project Rhythm Changes. Pepl appears as a Viennese guitarist with internationally acclaimed recordings, above all from 1975 in the duo Jazzzwio with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, often with Adelhard Roidinger and Jack DeJohnette; at the end of the 1970s he played in the ORF Big Band (ORF: Austria's public broadcaster) and the Vienna Art Orchestra, in the 1980s with his band Air Mail. In the 1990s he concentrated on “instant” or “real-time composing” (p. 37, after Stachel 2005). The report calls the album “Schönberg Improvations” “Schoenberg Improvisations” and dates it to 1989, the year it was recorded. Cite and export
- Young-Ho Eom, Dima L. Shepelyansky (2013): Highlighting Entanglement of Cultures via Ranking of Multilingual Wikipedia Articles. PLoS ONE 8 (2013), no. 10, e74554, Tabelle 5; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0074554. Online freely available online (Open Access) Network analysis of nine language editions of Wikipedia. In Table 5 (local personalities by CheiRank) Harry Pepl is ranked first for the German-language Wikipedia. CheiRank measures the outgoing links of an article, that is, how well the Wikipedia article is linked, not the importance of the person; quotable as a curiosity, not as a ranking. Cite and export
- Irene Suchy (2010): Musik. Eine Kulturgeschichte der Möglichkeiten und Unmöglichkeiten. In: Kultur im Spiegel der Zeit. 1960–2010 Kulturpreise Niederösterreich, herausgegeben vom Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, p. 111 to 113, Preisträgerliste p. 122 to 124, St. Pölten. Online online, Land Niederösterreich Essay by the musicologist and Ö1 (the ORF's cultural radio) editor Irene Suchy in the anniversary book marking 50 years of the culture prizes of Lower Austria. As an example of a jury that may also “highlight what has been overlooked”, she names “the great instrumentalist and composer Harry Pepl” and later mentions “Pepl’s career with the legendary ORF Big Band”. The list of prizewinners shows Pepl with a photograph for the promotion prize of 1991, lists him for the prize of honour of 1998 and mentions the duo with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, and the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Viennese jazz big band led by Mathias Rüegg. Cite and export
- Andreas Felber (2002): Inhalt schafft Form. Ein Versuch über Werner Pirchner (1940-2001). Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 57 (2002), Heft 7, p. 50 to 52; DOI 10.7767/omz.2002.57.7.50 (Crossref führt den Beitrag unter dem Titel „Werner Pirchner, Projekt Krems“), Vienna. Online kostenpflichtig (De Gruyter); Text frei auf wernerpirchner.com (https://wernerpirchner.com/texte/inhalt-schafft-form/) A paragraph of its own is devoted to the duo axis with Pepl: the quartet Hip Jargon became the Jazz-Zwio in 1975, documented on “Gegenwind” (1979), “Live in Montreux” (1981) and “Pirchner/Pepl/DeJohnette” (1982), at times also in Austria 3 and the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Viennese jazz big band led by Mathias Rüegg. Felber dates the end of the duo to 1985. Cite and export
Books
- Thomas Hochradner, Sarah Haslinger (Hg.) (2017): „Those were the days“. Salzburgs populäre Musikkulturen der 1950er und 1960er Jahre. Wien: Hollitzer Wissenschaftsverlag 2017, Vienna. Online Google Books, Vorschau This study of popular music in Salzburg, Austria, documents the appearance of Pepl’s group Hip Jargon with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, in June 1975 and quotes two Salzburg reviews: the Salzburger Volksblatt (25 June 1975) praised “a well-balanced mix of superbly played solos” and “free jazz for connoisseurs”, the Salzburger Tagblatt wrote of “top-class jazz” (translated from the German). Cite and export
- Michael Kahr (2016): Jazz & the City. Jazz in Graz von 1965 bis 2015. Leykam 2016, 523 pages, ISBN 978-3-7011-0357-7; Neuausgabe als „City of Jazz. Jazz in Graz von 1965 to 2015“, Graz: Leykam 2019, ISBN 978-3-7011-0423-9, Graz. Online Inhaltsverzeichnis frei online (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek); Buch im Handel Monograph on the history of jazz in Graz from the FWF project “Jazz & the City” at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. A chapter of its own is devoted to “Harald ‘Harry’ Pepl und seine Ensembles” (pp. 249 to 254), with further chapters on Heimo Steps and the jazz club M 59 (p. 418) and the cultural initiative gamsbART (p. 423). According to the table of contents; the book itself is not yet in the archive. Cite and export
- Steve Lake, Paul Griffiths (Hg.) (2007): Horizons Touched. The Music of ECM. London: Granta Books 2007, p. 424, London. Online Google Books, Suchausschnitt The anniversary book of the renowned European jazz label ECM lists in its discography “Cracked Mirrors” (Pepl, Herbert Joos, Jon Christensen, recorded in February 1987) and the album by Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, Harry Pepl and Jack DeJohnette. Cite and export
- Harald Goertz (2000): Music in Austria. From Its Early Beginnings to the Present Day. An Overview. Wien: Bundespressedienst 2000, p. 57, Vienna. Online Google Books, Suchausschnitt English-language history of music in Austria published by the Austrian Federal Press Service for readers abroad. It names Pepl among the soloists around the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Viennese jazz big band led by Mathias Rüegg, alongside Uli Scherer, Harry Sokal, Wolfgang Reisinger and Wolfgang Puschnig. It gives his year of birth wrongly as 1944; the correct date is 10 September 1945. Cite and export
- Anita Awosusi (Hg.) (1997): Der Sinti-Jazz. Die Musik der Sinti und Roma, vol. 2, Schriftenreihe des Dokumentations- und Kulturzentrums Deutscher Sinti und Roma, vol. 6, Heidelberg 1997, p. 137, Heidelberg. Online Google Books, Suchausschnitt In its section on the guitarist Karl Ratzer, this German book on Sinti jazz counts Pepl among Austria’s most important guitar voices: “Alongside Harry Pepl and Wolfgang Muthspiel, a generation younger, Ratzer is probably the most important Austrian guitar voice” (translated from the German). Cite and export
- Jorge Lima Barreto (1995): Nova Música Viva. Fábrica de Letras 1995, p. 137. Online online im Internet Archive Portuguese book on new improvised music; names Pepl in a line of guitarists with Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Hans Reichel, Terje Rypdal and John Scofield. Cite and export
- Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Günther Huesmann (1992): The Jazz Book. From Ragtime to Fusion and Beyond. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Lawrence Hill Books 1992; Neuausgabe „The Jazz Book. From Ragtime to the 21st Century“, 2009, Brooklyn. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive English edition of the “Jazzbuch”. In the chapter on the guitar Pepl is named as an Austrian in a line with John McLaughlin, John Abercrombie and Bill Frisell, and in the discography with “Volver” (1986). Documented in the 1992 and 2009 editions; the German edition has not been checked. Cite and export
- Norman C. Weinstein (1992): A Night in Tunisia. Imaginings of Africa in Jazz. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press 1992, ISBN 0-8108-2525-2, Metuchen. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive Study of images of Africa in jazz; the discography lists “African Godchild” from the ECM album with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, Harry Pepl and Jack DeJohnette. Cite and export
- Gerhard Klußmeier (1989): Benny Goodman und Deutschland. Frankfurt am Main: Buchhandlung und Antiquariat Eisenbletter & Naumann 1989 (DNB: 1990), ISBN 3-927355-03-8, Frankfurt am Main. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive Covers Goodman’s concerts in Germany in 1980 with Don Haas, Harry Pepl, Peter Witte and the drummer Charly Antolini (spelled “Antonelli” in the book). In 1980 Pepl was offered a place in Goodman’s septet; the book reprints his own account, based on an interview with him. Cite and export
- D. Russell Connor (1988): Benny Goodman: Listen to His Legacy. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press und Institute of Jazz Studies 1988, p. 299 to 301, ISBN 0-8108-2095-1, Metuchen. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive Bio-discography of Benny Goodman; lists Pepl (guitar) in the line-ups of the 1980 European concerts, including Berlin. Cite and export
Encyclopaedias and reference works
- Hartmut Krones (2024): Pirchner, Werner (Österreichisches Musiklexikon online). Österreichisches Musiklexikon online, last content update 2024; DOI 10.1553/0x0001dd2a, Vienna. Online freely available online Names Pirchner, together with Pepl, as founder of the JazzZwio in 1975. Cite and export
- Franz Kerschbaumer (2023): Jazz. Österreichisches Musiklexikon online, last content update 2023; DOI 10.1553/0x0001d302, Vienna. Online freely available online The overview article on jazz in Austria mentions Pepl twice: as a guitarist with international projects, among others with Michel Portal, Jack DeJohnette and Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, and in the list of important instrumentalists. Cite and export
- Alexander Rausch (2022): Reisinger, Wolfgang. Österreichisches Musiklexikon online, last content update 2022; DOI 10.1553/0x0001dee2, Vienna. Online freely available online In 1984 Reisinger, the Austrian jazz drummer, founded the trio Air Mail with Pepl and Wolfgang Puschnig. Cite and export
- Emanuel Wenger (2022): Salesny, Clemens. Österreichisches Musiklexikon online, last content update 2022; DOI 10.1553/0x003d3db1, Vienna. Online freely available online Names Pepl among the musicians with whom the saxophonist Clemens Salesny worked (posthumous projects with Pepl’s original tracks). Cite and export
- Christian Fastl (2021): Sokal, Harry. Österreichisches Musiklexikon online, last content update 2021; DOI 10.1553/0x0001e2b3, Vienna. Online freely available online Names Pepl among the musicians with whom the saxophonist Harry Sokal worked. Cite and export
- Mathias Münter-Elfner, Michael Venhoff (Red.) (2006): Brockhaus-Enzyklopädie, Jahrbuch 2005, Kurzeintrag „Pepl, Harry“. F. A. Brockhaus 2006, 400 S., ISBN 978-3-7653-1915-0. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive Short entry in the section on people who died in 2005: Austrian jazz guitarist. The yearbook gives 1944 as the year of birth; the correct year is 1945. Whether the main volumes of the 21st edition contain an article has not been checked. Cite and export
- Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) (2005): Pirchner, Werner. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 2 Ausgabe, Personenteil, Kassel: Bärenreiter, Sp. 617, Kassel. Online Google Books, Suchausschnitt In its article on Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, the leading German-language music encyclopaedia writes: “In 1975, together with the guitarist Harry Pepl, he founded the JazzZwio (Gegenwind), whose tours helped to anchor Austrian jazz internationally.” Cite and export
- Peter Stachel (2004): Pepl, Harry. Österreichisches Musiklexikon online, founded by Rudolf Flotzinger, edited by Barbara Boisits; last content update 28 July 2004, Vienna. Online freely available online (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 AT) DOI 10.1553/0x0001dca6; literature references in the article: Kunzler, Jazz-Lexikon 2002, and Melhardt, Swing that Music! 2002. Print edition: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon, vol. 4, Vienna 2005, p. 1742 (as cited by Bruckner-Haring 2013). Cite and export
- Wolf Kampmann (Hg.), Sachlexikon von Ekkehard Jost (2003): Reclams Jazzlexikon, Eintrag „Pepl, Harry“. Stuttgart: Reclam 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5; 2 Auflage 2009 (dort nicht geprüft), Stuttgart. Online Bibliothek und Handel; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive A personal entry (g, p, acc) covering his training in Vienna, his teaching at the Graz music university since 1977 and releases such as “Cracked Mirrors” (1987) and the solo recording. Further mentions in other entries, for example on the duo Jazz Zwio with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, and on the 1983 trio album Pirchner/Pepl. The lexicon gives 1944 as the year of birth; the correct date is 10 September 1945. Cite and export
- Kunzler (2002): Jazz-Lexikon. Martin Kunzler: Jazz-Lexikon, vol. 2: M to Z, vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Neuausgabe, Reinbek: Rowohlt Taschenbuch 2002 (rororo 16513), p. 906 f. (entry Pepl), Reinbek. Entry on Pepl in volume 2 (pp. 906 f.); the entry is already in the first edition of 1988 (volume 2, p. 906 according to the index). Further mentions in volume 1 (2002), for example under Joos and Pirchner. Cited in Kohler 2006 and in the Österreichisches Musiklexikon. The lexicon gives 1944 as the year of birth; the correct date is 10 September 1945. The entry “Portal, Michel” also names Pepl as a member of Portal's group with Jack DeJohnette, Mino Cinelu and Jean-François Jenny-Clark, already in the first edition of 1988; the 2002 edition adds “Turbulence” (1986) and “Men's Land” (1987) with Dave Liebman. Cite and export
- All Music Guide (Redaktion) (2002): All Music Guide to Jazz. The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. 4 Ausgabe, San Francisco: Backbeat Books 2002, p. 1053, San Francisco. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive A mention in an album review on Enrico Rava: his quartet with the guitarist Harry Pepl, Furio Di Castri and Bruce Ditmas. Cite and export
- Axel Melhardt (2002): Swing that music! 30 Jahre Jazzland. Ein sehr persönliches Jazzland-Lexikon. Wien: Pichler 2002, ISBN 3-85431-275-X, Vienna. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive A lexicon of the bands that played at the Vienna jazz club Jazzland, written by the club’s founder. A band entry of its own on the duo Pepl/Pirchner, plus mentions under the Harry Pepl Trio, the Albert Mair Trio, the Josel Trio (LP “Jazz und Orgel”) and Austria Drei; the author calls Pepl an “always exciting” guitarist there. The Österreichisches Musiklexikon (Austria’s national music encyclopaedia) lists the book as literature on Pepl. Cite and export
- Stanley Sadie (Hg.) (2001): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2. Ausgabe, Artikel „Pirchner, Werner“. London und New York: Macmillan und Grove 2001, vol. 19, London. Online Bibliothek; Oxford Music Online kostenpflichtig; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive The leading English-language music encyclopaedia names Pirchner as co-founder of the Pirchner-Pepl JazzZwio (1975 to 1985) with the guitarist Harry Pepl. According to Crossref there is no Grove article of its own on Pepl. Cite and export
- Carlo Bohländer, Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr (2000): Reclams Jazzführer. Stuttgart: Reclam 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5, Stuttgart. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive In the entry on Herbert Joos: his own formations, among them, since 1987, the trio with Harry Pepl and Jon Christensen. Cite and export
- Colin Larkin (Hg.) (1998): The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 3 Ausgabe, London und New York: Muze und Macmillan 1998 (Register vol. 8: p. 2890); frühere Ausgaben als „The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music“, Enfield: Guinness 1992 und 1995 (p. 2219), London. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive A mention in the discography of another article, presumably on Herbert Joos: “Cracked Mirrors” (1987) with Harry Pepl and Jon Christensen. This resolves the lead “The Encyclopedia of Popular Music” from the Google Books list of 17 October 2026. Cite and export
- Günther (1997): Eintrag zu Harry Pepl, S. 824 bis 826. Bernhard Günther (Hg.): Lexikon zeitgenössischer Musik aus Österreich. Komponisten und Komponistinnen des 20 Jahrhunderts, Wien: music information center austria 1997, 1268 S.; entry Pepl p. 824 to 826, Vienna. Kohler cites the work partly as “Günther 1997”, partly as “Bernhard 1997”; both refer to the same title (Bernhard is the editor’s first name). Contains Pepl’s statements about himself from 1996, including on art as the „letztem Ort der Transzendenz“ [“the last place of transcendence”]. Cite and export
- Moschner und Teufert (1996): Eintrag zu Harry Pepl, S. 229 bis 230. Margarethe Moschner, Helmut Teufert: Die Komponisten des Industrieviertels und ihre Musik, hg. vom Industrieviertelmuseum Wiener Neustadt, Wiener Neustadt: Weilburg-Verlag 1996, 407 S.; entry Pepl p. 229 to 230, Wiener Neustadt. Cited in Kohler 2006 in connection with the sentence from Le Monde and with Pepl’s works. The authors’ names and the year match Kohler’s citation; the Google Books hit of Saturday, 17 October 2026 confirms that Pepl appears in it. Cite and export
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton (1994): The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. 2 Auflage, London: Penguin Books 1994, p. 1028, 1077 und 1135; der entry steht auch in den Folgeausgaben 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 und 2004 sowie in „The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings“ (2006), London. Online Google Books, Suchausschnitte The standard British guide to jazz on record has an entry of its own for “Harry Pepl” (p. 1028, after Gary Peacock) and gives three stars to “Volver” (ECM 1343, with Enrico Rava, Dino Saluzzi, Furio Di Castri and Bruce Ditmas, recorded in October 1986) under both Rava (p. 1077) and Saluzzi (p. 1135). In the third edition of 1996, the entry on Michel Portal also lists “Turbulence” (HMC 905186) with “Harry Pepl (g)” in the line-up; “Men's Land” does not appear in the editions from 1994 to 2006. Cite and export
- Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musik (1994): Beiträge 9: Komponistenverzeichnis. Harald Goertz: Österreichische Komponisten unserer Zeit, Kassel: Bärenreiter [1994], 175 S. (Beiträge der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Musik, 9), p. 110, Kassel. Online Google Books, Suchausschnitt Directory of Austrian composers published by the Austrian Society for Music (author: Harald Goertz, title “Österreichische Komponisten unserer Zeit”), with the entry “PEPL Harry, * 10. 9. 1945 in Wien” (born 10 September 1945 in Vienna, Austria); Pepl is listed as a composer alongside the representatives of contemporary music. Cite and export
- Barry Graves, Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, Bernie Sigg (1990): Rock-Lexikon, Band 1. Reinbek: Rowohlt 1990 (rororo-Handbuch 6320), 549 S., ISBN 3-499-16320-9; Erstausgabe 1973, Reinbek. Online Bibliothek; bei Google Books ohne Leseprobe Google Books reports a hit for “Harry Pepl” on p. 183, but without snippet text. In which article Pepl appears is open; do not use as evidence for any statement in the text. Cite and export
- Philippe Carles, André Clergeat, Jean-Louis Comolli (1988): Dictionnaire du jazz. Paris: Robert Laffont 1988; Neuausgabe 1994 (Register „Pepl, Harry“: p. 483, 617 und 1215), Paris. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive The standard French jazz dictionary mentions Pepl in three places, among others among the European guitarists alongside Wolfgang Muthspiel and Gérard Marais and in a list of partners alongside Mino Cinelu and Jack DeJohnette. Documented in both editions. Cite and export
Articles and essays
- Thomas Hein (2009): Jazzzwio – ein markanter Name – bis heute. Concerto, 2/2009, p. 44. Report on the release of “Live in Concerts” with statements by Daniel Pepl. Cite and export
- Martin Schuster (1998): Man könnte Klavierspielen müssen (Interview mit Harry Pepl). Concerto, no. 2, April/May 1998, p. 44 f.. Interview in connection with the solo piano CD “Flow”; listed in the archive under the file name “Concerto-Interview-1996”, the dating follows Kohler (notes 314 and 363). Cite and export
- Wolfgang Kralicek (1988): Saitensprünge. Wochenpresse, no. 49, 9 December 1988, p. 54 f., Vienna. Portrait with interview around the Austrian tour in December 1988. Cite and export
- (1983): Erster Blick über die Mauer (Interview mit Harry Pepl). Jazzlive, no. 1, July 1983, p. 7. Interview about the ECM (the renowned European jazz label) record with Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist, and Jack DeJohnette; author not named in the sources available, cited in Kohler 2006, p. 82. Cite and export
- (1983): Überblick zur Jazzgitarre (Serientitel offen), Gitarre + Laute, Jahrgang 5. Gitarre + Laute 5 (1983), p. 83; Köln: Gitarre + Laute Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne. Online Bibliothek; Ausschnittansicht bei Google Books Numbered overview of jazz guitar; in paragraph 327/II the two Austrians Harry Pepl and Karl Ratzer are mentioned among the fusion players. Issue, author and title open. Cite and export
Catalogues and reports
- Suzanne Pagé (Hg.) (2009): La collection. Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris. Paris: Paris Musées 2009, p. 587, Paris. Online Google Books, Suchausschnitt The chronology of the Paris museum of modern art lists an “International Jazz Session” on 1 and 2 June 1983: in the first part Joachim Kühn, Mike Richmond, Bennie Wallace and Daniel Humair, in the second Harry Pepl, Harry Sokal and Werner Pirchner, the Austrian composer and vibraphonist. Cite and export
- Ars Electronica (Hg.) (2004): Ars Electronica 1979-2004. The Network for Art, Technology and Society. The First 25 Years. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz 2004, ISBN 3-7757-1525-8, Ostfildern-Ruit. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive The programme chronicle of the Linz media art festival lists a concert in the Brucknersaal of the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Austria, with Jasper van’t Hof, Harry Pepl, François Jeanneau, Wolfgang Dauner and Adelhard Roidinger; this fits the Ars Electronica workshop ensemble of 1982 in Pagano 2009. Cite and export
- Ian Lawrence (2001): The Twentieth-Century String Quartet. An Historical Introduction and Catalogue. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4002-2, Lanham. Online Bibliothek; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive International catalogue of 20th-century string quartets with several entries on Pepl (Austria, born 1945, source mica, the Austrian music information centre), among them “String 1” (1990), “String 8” (1991), “Obsession” (1991), “Moving navel” (1991) and “Über Kurz oder Lang ...” (1993). Useful for comparison with the catalogue of works. Cite and export
- ECM (Hg.), Konzeption Manfred Eicher u. a. (1996): Sleeves of Desire. A Cover Story. Baden (Switzerland): Lars Müller Publishers 1996, ISBN 3-906700-85-2, Baden. Online Bibliothek und Antiquariat; Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive The cover book of the ECM label lists the sleeves of the album Pirchner/Pepl/DeJohnette (design Barbara Wojirsch) and of “Cracked Mirrors” (design and photograph Norbert Klinge). Cite and export
- Tom Lord (1992): The Jazz Discography. West Vancouver: Lord Music Reference, 1992 to 2001, mehrere Bände (Treffer in den Bänden 1, 6, 8, 9, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22 und 24); eigener Leader-entry „Harry Pepl“ in vol. 17 (1997, ISBN 1-881993-16-7), S. P-280, Pirchner/Pepl Jazzwio S. P-509, West Vancouver. Online Bibliothek; Ausschnittansicht bei Google Books (vol. 17); Volltextsuche frei im Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/jazzdiscogvol1700lord) The most comprehensive jazz discography lists Pepl in volume 17 with an entry of his own as leader (Cracked Mirrors, Oslo, February 1987, ECM 1356) and under the Jazzwio (Gegenwind, according to Lord Ludwigsburg, 1 and 2 December 1979, Mood 23999 and 24400; according to the archive recorded at the Bisamberg and mastered in Ludwigsburg), plus sessions with Benny Goodman (trio and quartet with Peter Witte), Charlie Mariano (Lindau), Karlheinz Miklin (Graz, SOS Music J006), Enrico Rava (Volver), Pirchner/Pepl/DeJohnette, Michel Portal, Leszek Zadlo and in large ensembles with Uli Scherer, Carla Bley and Abdul Wadud. Google gives the ISBN of volume 15 (1881993140) for volume 17 in error. Counted as one reference work. Cite and export
Radio
- Christian Bakonyi (2025): Zum 80. Geburtstag von Gitarrist Harry Pepl (Die Ö1 Jazznacht). Ö1, 6 September 2025, 23:03 to 24:00, Vienna. Online programme page online With Daniel Pepl, Clemens Salesny and Martin Bayer. Cite and export
- Andreas Felber (2025): Österreichischer Jazzpreis 2025, live aus dem Casino Velden (On stage Spezial). Ö1, 26 November 2025, 19:30, Vienna. Online programme page online The playlist includes “Hernstein Blues” from the album “Live”. Cite and export
- Johann Kneihs im Gespräch mit Stefan Heckel (2023): Jazztime: Stefan Heckel. Ö1, live aus dem RadioCafe des ORF RadioKulturhauses, Freitag, 15 December 2023, Vienna. Online Ankündigung online Heckel presents his solo piano album and talks about his research on Harry Pepl’s method of “instant composing”. Cite and export
- Christian Bakonyi (2015): Erinnerungen an Harry Pepl (Die Ö1 Jazznacht). Ö1, 19 September 2015, 23:03 to 24:00, Vienna. Online programme page online For the 70th birthday; with Daniel Pepl, Agnes Heginger and Clemens Salesny. Cite and export
- (2007): Milestones, Harry Pepl (Klassiker der Jazzgeschichte). Deutschlandfunk, Nachtradio, 13 March 2007, 01:05, Cologne. Playlist in the archive; no programme page can be found on the web. Cite and export
Film and television
- Martin Bayer (Kanal): Harry Pepl (tape) & The (Lonely) Single Swinger Band, Short Documentary (with English subtitles). YouTube, video ID MWylwQqSMEA. Online freely available online Short documentary about the live project, embedded on the former harrypepl.com website; the year of publication is not documented. Cite and export
Online
- mica music austria (2025): Harry Pepl. mica music database, Node 70644, updated 28 October 2025, Vienna. Online freely available online Biography, awards, commissions and a works list covering 64 works. Cite and export
- Wulf Müller (2024): European Jazz Masters Of The Past # 2 – Harry Pepl. Blog, 5 February 2024. Online online Extensive biographical essay by the former PolyGram Austria producer and co-founder of the magazine Jazzlive, with photographs from the family collection. Müller produced “Schönberg Improvations” and describes its making first-hand; he remembers Pepl as “a very humble, charismatic and private person with a great sense of humour”. Cite and export
- Montreux Jazz Festival Database (EPFL): Konzert 677: Harry Pepl and Werner Pirchner, 12.07.1981, Casino Montreux. mjf-database.epfl.ch, Person 16239, Montreux. Online freely available online Evidence of the performance with programme; the database gives Pepl’s first name as “Harald”. Cite and export
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