1998, . Awards Czerwenka received several honours and awards, including: Title Kammersänger (1962) Title Professor (1976) Ehrenring and Girardi-Medal of Graz (1983) Ehrenring and Honorary membership of the Vienna State Opera (1983) Honorary citizen of Vöcklabruck (1999) In 2008, the Landesmusikschule Vöcklabruck (state music school) of Upper Austria moved to the former residence of the singer and an additional new building, and was named after him: Oskar Czerwenka Landesmusikschule. Literature David M. Cummings (ed.): International Who’s Who in Music and Musicians Directory. 14. Auflage. Melrose Press Ltd., Cambridge, UK, , . Peter Dusek, Volkmar Parschalk: Nicht nur Tenöre. Das Beste aus der Opernwerkstatt. Herausgegeben von den Freunden der Wiener Staatsoper. Jugend und Volk, Wien 1988, (Vol. 3). Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Éditions of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2002, (volume 1) . The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan, London 1980. References External links Czerwenka, Oskar in Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon Oskar Czerwenka in Austria-Forum 1924 births 2000 deaths Austrian basses Austrian academics People from Vöcklabruck 20th-century Austrian male opera singers