Kurt Eulenburg
Kurt Albert Max Eulenburg (born February 22, 1879 in Leipzig , † April 10, 1982 in London ), son of Ernst Eulenburg , was a German music publisher who took over the publishing management of Eulenburg Musikverlag in 1911 .
Life
Kurt Eulenburg joined his father's publishing house in 1905 as a publisher with a fresh doctorate. In 1911 he took over the management of the publishing house. After the death of his father in 1926, he became the sole owner and in 1939 founded the British subsidiary Ernst Eulenburg Ltd. in London. In the same year the publishing house was expropriated by the National Socialists and Eulenburg fled into exile in Switzerland . After the end of the war, he and his family moved to London and established branches in Zurich (1947) and Stuttgart (1950). After Schott Music Ltd. took over the publishing house in 1957 . (London) Eulenburg managed the business until he left in 1968 and was responsible for the pocket score series. Eulenburg died in London at the age of 103.
Web links
- Homepage of Ernst Eulenburg GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz
- Kurt Eulenburg in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM)
Individual evidence
- ^ Deutsch-Russisches Zentrum Sachsen eV (Ed.): Journal Juden in Sachsen , Leipzig 2009, pp. 9-10 ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ISSN 1866-5853 (PDF file, 332 kB)
- ↑ Schönzeler, Hans-Hubert: Kurt Eulenburg at 100. Recollections of a Century in Music Publishing. Musical Times, 120, 1979, pp. 127-128.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eulenburg, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eulenburg, Kurt Albert Max (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1982 |
| Place of death | London |