Julia Kerr
Julia Anna Franziska Kerr (born August 28, 1898 in Wiesbaden as Julia Anna Franziska Weismann ; † October 3, 1965 in Berlin ) was a German composer . She was the second wife of Alfred Kerr , with whom she had children Michael Kerr and Judith Kerr . She also used the name Julia Kerwey .
As the daughter of the Prussian public prosecutor Robert Weismann and his wife Gertrude, née Reichenheim, Julia Weismann was able to study music with Wilhelm Klatte in Berlin before she became the second wife of the theater critic Alfred Kerr in 1920. Because they were Jews, the family had to flee Germany. After a stay in Switzerland, the Kerr family moved to France and went to England in 1935. In London, Julia Kerr had to keep her poor family afloat with meager secretarial work. After the end of the war, Julia Kerr worked as an interpreter and secretary at the Nuremberg war crimes trial ; Robert Kempner mentions them in his memoirs.
The performance of Julia Kerr's opera Chronoplan , for which her husband had written the libretto , was delayed due to her emigration. In this opera it came to a time machine , the George Bernard Shaw to an encounter with Lord Byron should help. In 1947 the plans were resumed.
In addition to operas, Kerr also composed songs.
Web links
- Three famous and one opera. Shaw and Einstein at Kerr , in: Der Spiegel , January 4, 1947
- Article about the Kerrs on zeit.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ HStAMR order 925 no. 2302 registry office Wiesbaden secondary register of births 1898, p. 276
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kerr, Julia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kerr, Julia Anna Franziska (full name); Weismann, Julia Anna Franziska (maiden name); Kerwey, Julia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesbaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1965 |
| Place of death | Berlin |