Josef Zuth

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Josef Zuth (born November 24, 1879 in Fischern , † August 30, 1932 in Vienna ) was an Austrian music teacher, journalist and music researcher.

Live and act

After Zuth in Carlsbad and Litomerice had attended music schools, studied at the Vienna Music Academy, now the University of Music and Performing Arts , the instruments guitar and lute . Zuth studied at the University of Vienna with Adolf Koczirz (1870–1941). There he received his doctorate in philosophy in 1919 with a dissertation on Simon Molitor .

From 1902 to 1925 Zuth worked as a state railroad official, teaching guitar at the Vienna Urania from 1919 . From 1925 he taught at the Pedagogical Institute. From 1920 he was a music critic in daily newspapers, including the Reichspost .

The magazine founded by Zuth in 1921 was influential and had different names: magazine of the working group for the maintenance and promotion of guitar playing , from 1922 magazine for the guitar , from 1927 music in the house . In 1924 he started the magazine Die Mandolin .

Works

  • My guitar . Vienna, 1914
  • The artistic guitar game . Leipzig, 1915
  • The guitar. Special studies on a theoretical basis . Vienna, 1920-25
  • Popular guitar school . Carlsbad, 1921/22
  • Manual of the Lute and Guitar . Vienna, 1926–1928 ( limited preview in Google book search)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Fastl: Zuth, Josef. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
  2. ↑ Adolf Koczirzs is the author of Adolf Koczirz: Lautenmusik von Hinterleithner, at Monuments of Music in Austria , Graz 1918
  3. ↑ Zuth's dissertation: Simon Molitor and the Viennese guitarist around 1800 . Vienna 1919 (printed in 1920), online transcript ( memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Zuth, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian music teacher, journalist and music researcher
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Fishermen
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1932
Place of death Vienna