Egon Komorzynski (musicologist)
Egon Komorzynski (full name Egon Ritter von Komorzynski, born May 7, 1878 in Vienna , † March 16, 1963 ibid) was an Austrian musicologist , historian and critic.
Egon Komorzynski, son of the journalist Ludwig Ritter von Komorzynski (1844–1899), studied musicology, German, philology and art history at various universities and received his doctorate in July 1900 from the University of Vienna . He worked in school and as a music advisor for the “Wiener Volkszeitung”. For his research on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Emanuel Schikaneder ("Magic Flute") he was honored by the Mozart Community of Vienna and the Mozarteum and in 1953 received the Mozart Medal of the Mozart Community of Vienna.
He wrote for the Nazi magazine Musik im Kriege .
His son of the same name, Egon Komorzynski, was an Egyptologist.
Fonts
- Emanuel Schikaneder. A contribution to the history of German theater . Berlin 1901 ( [1] )
- Mozart's art of instrumentation , 1906
- The father of the magic flute , 1948
Individual evidence
- ^ 80th birthday of Egon Komorzynski .
- ^ Inscription Deutschordenshof, Singerstraße: Egon Komorzynski 1953 (accessed on June 11, 2014).
Web links
- Literature by and about Egon von Komorzynski in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Komorzynski, Egon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Komorzynski, Egon von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1963 |
| Place of death | Vienna |