Carl Leonhardt (composer)
Carl Leonhardt , also Karl Leonhardt (born February 11, 1886 in Coburg , † May 8, 1969 in Tübingen ) was a German composer, conductor and music teacher.
Life
He studied from 1905 to 1907 at the Leipzig Conservatory and at the local university . Until 1920 he was solo repetitor and conductor at the opera in Hanover and then first conductor at the National Theater in Weimar . In 1921 he received the title of professor.
In 1922 he became general music director in Stuttgart. During the Nazi era in 1937 he became full professor and head of the musicological institute at the University of Tübingen . In 1940 he was supposed to succeed Peter Raabe as President of the Reich Music Chamber , but Goebbels thought he was “a little too scientific”. From 1942 to 1944 he conducted various concerts in occupied Paris. He also taught at the Stuttgart University of Music until 1945.
After the end of the Second World War he continued to teach in Tübingen until 1951, before he retired.
Web links
- Works by and about Carl Leonhardt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Carl Leonhardt in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 362.
- ^ A b Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945 . CD-Rom Lexicon. Kiel 2004, pp. 4.191-4.193.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leonhardt, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leonhardt, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, conductor and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1969 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |