Henry E. Krehbiel
Henry Edward Krehbiel (born March 10, 1854 in Ann Arbor , Michigan , † March 20, 1923 in New York City ) was an American music critic and musicologist.
Life
Henry Krehbiel was the son of a German-born Methodist pastor. He had no college education or formal training in music; he only took private music theory and violin lessons as a child in Cincinnati. He studied law in Cincinnati from 1872 without graduating. From 1874 to 1880 he was a music critic for the Cincinnati Gazette . He then went to New York City and became a music critic for the New York Tribune . He also wrote in Scribner's Monthly and other magazines and was a leading music critic in New York in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He has published books on operas, for example, and translated operatic libretti (such as Wagner's Parsifal) and the Beethoven biography of Alexander Wheelock Thayer (which originally appeared in German). Krehbiel wrote one of the first musicological studies on African American music. He promoted the music of Richard Wagner , Johannes Brahms , Antonín Dvořák and Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski in the USA. In contrast, he criticized Gustav Mahler (both as a composer and as a conductor) and Salome von Richard Strauss . He also turned down Arnold Schönberg and Igor Stravinsky .
Beginning in 1885/86 he published Review of the New York Musical Scene with its reviews from the Tribune for five years .
literature
- E. Douglas Bomberger A tidal wave of encouragement. American Composer's concerts in the gilded age , Praeger Publishers 2002, chapter Henry E. Krehbiel. Critic
Fonts
- Notes on the cultivation of choral music and the Oratorio Society of New York , New York: E. Schuberth 1884
- Philharmonic Society of New York , New York, London 1892 (50th anniversary of foundation)
- Studies in the Wagnerian drama , New York: Harper and Brothers 1891
- How to listen to music; hints and suggestions to untaught lovers of the art , New York, Charles Scribner's 1897 ( Gutenberg , 7th edition)
- Music and manners from Pergolese to Beethoven , New York: Charles Scribner's 1898 (essays)
- Chapters of opera , New York: H. Holt 1908, 1911, Gutenberg
- More Chapters of opera , New York: H. Holt 1919
- Book of Operas , 2 volumes, Macmillan 1909, 1928
- A second book of operas , 1917, Gutenberg
- Pianoforte and its music , New York: Scribner's 1911
- Famous Songs , 4 volumes, Cincinnati 1902
- Afro-American folksongs: a study in racial and national music , New York, London: G. Schirmer 1914, New York, Ungar 1962, Archive
- Editor of Alexander Wheelock Thayer The life of Ludwig van Beethoven 1921
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krehbiel, Henry Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American music critic and musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ann Arbor , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1923 |
| Place of death | New York City |