Felix of Lepel

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Harald Bruno Felix von Lepel (born December 27, 1899 in Dresden , † June 12, 1979 in Berlin ) was a German theater and music writer, lyric poet , author of music historical writings as well as theater and music critic .

Life

Felix von Lepel came from the Pomeranian noble family von Lepel (Haus Gnitz ). His father Wilhelm Anton Rudolf Bruno Felix von Lepel (1873–1927) was a royal Prussian first lieutenant and his mother Gertrud Schoenau (1877–1945) the daughter of a porcelain manufacturer.

In the 1920s and 1930s he wrote several plays, short stories and poems. During this time he worked as a music critic for the Dresdener Nachrichten . From 1952 he worked as a theater and music writer in Berlin-Charlottenburg. He self-published many of his writings on music and theater history. Up to 1978, 82 works on musicology are listed. His adaptation of Chinese poetry was set to music by Fritz Reuter in 1959 .

family

He was married to Käthe Schuhknecht (1906–1992) for the first time since 1930, the marriage was divorced in 1937, and from 1948 to Clara Katharina Naumann (1894–1985). The opera and concert singer Ruth Anita (* 1931) comes from her first marriage. He had no siblings.

Fonts (selection)

  • De Profano de Sacro. The ancient cultures of Insulin and East Asia , Pickert, Leitmeritz 1920. (110 pp.)
  • Sister Veronica and other stories. Press-book community, Stolle, Dresden around 1925. (124 pages)
  • Judgment on Messina. Renaissance tragedy in 3 parts. Logos, 1929. (47 pp.)
  • Christopher Columbus. Attempt at an interpretation. Pickert, Leitmeritz 1932 (31 pages)
  • Music of love. A cycle of poems. Liepsch & Reichardt, 1939. (37 pages)
  • The Dresden Opera as a world cultural site. A study. Oskar Spohr, Dresden 1942. (56 pages)
  • The jade bowl. Selected poems from ancient China. Chronos, around 1947. (16 pp.)
  • 400 years of the Saxon Court and State Orchestra 1548–1948. A historical outline on the occasion of its four hundred years of existence. (= Die Musikalische Reihe Vol. 4), music and theater publisher Euryanthe, Dresden 1948. (36 pages)
  • The music of the ancient Egyptians. A study of music history. (= The musical series, Vol. 3) Tänzel, Heldrungen 1948. (20 pages)
  • The silk curtain. A song cycle of Chinese poetry adapted by Felix von Lepel for a high voice and piano. Composition by Fritz Reuter , Kistner & Siegel, Leipzig 1959.

literature

  • Historisch-Genealogisches Handbuch des Familie v. Lepel (Lepell). Developed by Andreas Hansert and Oskar Matthias Frhr on the basis of family history sources. v. Lepel with the assistance of Klaus Bernhard Frhr. v. Lepel and Herbert Stoyan. (= German Family Archives . ), Volume 151, Degener & Co., owner Manfred Dreiss, Insingen 2008, page 186, ISBN 978-3-7686-5201-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Historisch-Genealogisches Handbuch der Familie v. Lepel (Lepell). P. 186.
personal data
SURNAME Lepel, Felix von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lepel, Harald Bruno Felix from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music critic, historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1979
Place of death Berlin