Ludwig Karpath

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Ludwig Karpath
Ludwig Karpath's grave with the inscription he decreed in his will

Ludwig Karpath (born April 27, 1866 in Pest , † September 8, 1936 in Vienna ; also Ludwig Kárpáth ) was an Austrian music writer.

Life

Ludwig Karpath, son of Moritz Karpath and his wife Johanna, geb. Goldmark, was a nephew of the composer Karl Goldmark . He graduated from grammar school in Budapest and studied violin, composition and music history at the local conservatory . He also took singing lessons and trained as a bass baritone .

In 1885 he moved to Vienna. In 1886 he went on a study trip to America, where he worked as a musician and opera singer. In 1888 he finally settled in Vienna and worked as a music critic for various Viennese newspapers . From 1894 to 1921 he was permanent music advisor for the Neue Wiener Tagblatt and from 1914 to 1917 editor of the music magazine Der Merker . He campaigned for the nationalization of the conservatory , the founding of the Volksoper and the construction of the concert hall and was a well-known promoter of young talent. From 1923 he worked as a consultant for musical matters in the federal theater administration.

Karpath was friends with numerous composers such as Johannes Brahms , Pietro Mascagni , Giacomo Puccini , Gustav Mahler and his wife Alma , Max Reger and Siegfried and Cosima Wagner as well as musicians such as Arthur Nikisch , Hans Richter or Felix Mottl . Richard Strauss dedicated his ballet Schlagobers to him in 1924 . In several publications he devoted himself to these people, as a gourmet he also published a cookbook.

On September 10, 1936 Karpath was buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (Group 30D, Row 1, No. 170).

Awards

Works

  • Siegfried Wagner as a person and artist . Leipzig 1902, Modern Musicians series, Volume 10.
  • Siegfried Wagner's Kobold. An explanation of poetry and music . H. Seemann Nfg. Berlin / Leipzig, undated (1904).
  • On Richard Wagner's letters to a cleaner . Conversation with the cleaning lady Bertha. A contribution to the life story of Richard Wagner . Harmony, Berlin 1906.
  • Bad habits and recklessness . Knepler, Vienna 1913.
  • Richard Wagner, "The Debt Maker". With numerous, unknown and unprinted documents, invoices, promissory notes and letters . Kamoenenverlag, Vienna / Leipzig 1914.
  • Laughing musicians. Anecdotal from Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss, Franz Liszt , Brahms, Bruckner , Goldmark, Hugo Wolf , Gustav Mahler and other musicians. Experienced and retold . With a foreword by Leo Slezak . Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1929.
  • Encounter with the genius. Memorable experiences with Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Hans Richter, Max Reger, Puccini, Mascagni , Leoncavallo , Princess Marie Hohenlohe , Princess Pauline Metternich , Franz Lehár and many other important people . 2nd Edition. Fiba, Vienna 1934.
  • Everyone their own cook. 222 choice recipes with advice and a reflection on gourmet food . Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1928.
    3rd, recently expanded edition. Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1930.

Editors and forewords

  • Richard Wagner. Letters to Hans Richter . Edited by Ludwig Karpath. Zsolnay, Vienna 1924.
  • Hugo Knepler : Oh, these artists. Indiscretions of a manager . Preface by Ludwig Karpath. Fiba, Vienna 1930. (Foreword).

Posthumous publications

literature

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Karpath  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ring of honor of the City of Vienna for Hofrat Professor Karpath. In:  Wiener Zeitung , April 29, 1936, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / wrz
personal data
SURNAME Karpath, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kárpáth, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian music writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Plague (city)
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1936
Place of death Vienna