Erwin Kroll

Erwin Kroll (born February 3, 1886 in Deutsch Eylau ; † March 7, 1976 in Berlin ) was a German pianist, composer, writer and music critic. Like his friend Otto Besch , Kroll was a composer from East Prussia.

Life

Around 1900 Kroll came to Königsberg i. Pr. And attended the Royal Hufengymnasium with Otto Besch . He studied philology and music at the Albertus University . He received his doctorate from the ETA Hoffmann, who has always been revered in Königsberg, as a Dr. phil. and went to school. In 1919 he turned entirely to music and continued the studies he had begun with Otto Fiebach and Paul Scheinpflug in Munich . There he found an important teacher, especially in Hans Pfitzner , to whom he later devoted a highly regarded book. In addition to his studies, Kroll was a répétiteur at the Munich State Opera and secretary of the Hans-Pfitzner-Verein für Deutsche Tonkunst , which was founded by Thomas Mann . In 1925 Kroll returned to East Prussia and became a music critic for the Hartungschen Zeitung , and from 1930 its head of the arts section . From 1934 he worked in Berlin as a critic and music writer. After the Second World War he headed the music department of the Northwest German Radio in Berlin until 1953 . With his book, Kroll has set a monument to the (forgotten) importance of Königsberg as a city of music.

Music city of Koenigsberg

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1923.
Hans Pfitzner . Drei Masken Verlag, Munich 1924.
The theater . Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Dortmund City Theaters. The theater, Berlin 1930.
Carl Maria Weber . Athenaion, Potsdam 1934.
Königsberg, city of music . Atlantis, Freiburg i. Br. 1966.

personal data
SURNAME	Kroll, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer and music critic
DATE OF BIRTH	February 3, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH	German Eylau
DATE OF DEATH	March 7, 1976
Place of death	Berlin