Kurt Honolka

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Kurt Honolka (born September 27, 1913 in Leitmeritz , Bohemia ; † October 7, 1988 in Stuttgart ) was a German musicologist , journalist, and music and theater critic .

Life

After graduation Honolka studied in Prague next musicology and jurisprudence and earned his doctorate in law. Professionally, he later turned almost exclusively to the field of music. In 1939 he became a member of the NSDAP (party number 7.101.043). and has been writing for the Prague daily newspaper Der neue Tag since 1939 . Since 1941 he was a war reporter with the Wehrmacht and during this time published a. a. Fighter pilots over England. From the diary of a fighter squadron (Fels-Verlag, Essen 1942) and fellow pilots (Fels -Verlag, Essen 1944). After the end of the Second World War , these works were included in the list of literature to be sorted out in the Soviet Zone .

From 1949 to 1963 Honolka was a columnist and music critic for the daily newspaper Stuttgarter Nachrichten . He also worked as a music writer and translated numerous opera libretti , mainly from Czech and Italian, into German. He also endeavored to revive many forgotten opera works by important composers by underlaying them with new, more theatrical texts, such as for Carl Maria von Weber's Euryanthe and Franz Schubert's Alfonso and Estrella .

In 1980 Kurt Honolka was awarded the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit . In 1986 he received the Schubart Literature Prize from the city of Aalen.

Works (selection)

Books

  • The polyphonic century. 1960.
  • Music in the 20th century. 1960.
  • Daughter obedient to music. 1962.
  • Knaur's world history of music. Droemer Knaur 1968, new edition 1979, ISBN 3-426-03610-X .
  • Antonín Dvořák. With testimonials and photo documents. Rowohlt 1974. (New edition 2002, ISBN 3-499-50220-8 )
  • Bedřich Smetana in personal testimonies and photo documents. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1978, ISBN 3-499-50265-8 .
  • The great prima donnas. From the baroque to the present. Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven 1961. (New edition 1982, ISBN 3-7959-0279-7 )
  • Leoš Janáček. His life - his work - his time. Belser, Stuttgart / Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-7630-9027-4 .
  • Papageno. Emanuel Schikaneder. The great theater man of Mozart's time. 1984, ISBN 3-7017-0373-6 .
  • Thrust type. Poet and musician, journalist and rebel. His life, his work . Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3-421-06247-1
  • Hugo Wolf - his life, his work, his time. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-421-06477-6 .

Translations of libretti

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dr. jur. Kurt Honolka. In: Website of the Sudeten German Academy. P. 1 , accessed July 6, 2009 .
  2. ^ A b Fred K. Prieberg : Handbook of German Musicians 1933–1945. CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 3198.
  3. ^ Addendum to the list of literature to be sorted out, 1947 .
  4. ^ List of literature to be sorted out 1946 .

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personal data
SURNAME Honolka, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music and culture critic, writer, author
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Leitmeritz , Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1988
Place of death Stuttgart