Leopold Schmidt (music historian)
Leopold Schmidt (born August 2, 1860 in Berlin ; † April 30, 1927 there ) was a German music historian and conductor.
Life
Schmidt graduated from an academic and musical studies in Berlin, worked from 1887 as a theater conductor in various cities (u. A. 1895 to 1897 at the Municipal Theater Hall ) and in 1895 at the University of Rostock with the work History of the fairy-tale opera doctorate .
From 1900 he taught music history at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin .
As a music critic for the Berliner Tageblatt , Schmidt gained a leading role since 1897. Two collections of his reviews were published between 1908 and 1913.
Leopold Schmidt died after a long illness on April 30, 1927 at the age of 56 in a Berlin hospital. While still on the sickbed, he had been working on a paper on the 100th anniversary of Beethoven's death . He left his wife Mary nee Hagen and two daughters. The burial took place on May 4, 1927 in the Luisenstadt cemetery in Berlin-Kreuzberg .
Fonts
- On the history of the fairy tale opera. Dissertation. University of Rostock 1895. Hendel, Halle 1896 ( online )
- G. Meyerbeer . 1898.
- Joseph Haydn . 1898. 3rd edition 1914
- History of Music in the 19th Century. 1901
- As an introduction to Johann Sebastian Bach's High Mass in B minor , 1901
- Gluck's Orpheus . 1901
- The music of the modern age. 1904
- Master of music in the nineteenth century. Biographical sketches. Berlin 1908, 2nd edition 1912 ( digitized version )
- From contemporary musical life. 1908-1912
- Mozart . 1909
- Beethoven . Berlin 1924. ( digitized version )
Web links
- Literature by and about Leopold Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susanne Range (Red.): Klangspuren. 100 years of the Halle Opera House orchestra 1897–1997 . Edited by the Halle Opera House, Halle / Saale 1997, no p.
- ↑ Dr. Leopold Schmidt † . In: Berliner Tageblatt . Sunday May 1, 1927, morning edition. P. 2.
- ^ Family obituary notice. In: Vossische Zeitung . Tuesday May 3, 1927, morning edition. P. 8.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1927 |
| Place of death | Berlin |