Max Herre (music writer)

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Max Herre (born 1888 ; died 1956 ) was a German music writer .

Life

After studying musicology with Adolf Sandberger in Munich, Herre received his doctorate in 1924 on the operas of Franz Danzi . In March 1926 he joined the Augsburg Music Library and became its first librarian . Under his leadership, the cataloging and systematisation of tens of thousands of pieces of music took place within 8 months. On January 3, 1927, the music library opened on Heilig-Kreuz-Straße as part of the city conservatory. With the help of Herre, the music library changed in the following years from a simple sheet music collection to a comprehensive specialist library. An incendiary bomb finally hit the music library in February 1944 and destroyed almost the entire inventory.

In addition to his work in the music library, Herre published numerous essays on Augsburg's musical life and was concerned with composing pieces of music. At the end of the 1920s, Herre was a dramaturgical adviser to the Stadttheater Augsburg under the direction of Carl Häusler .

Works

  • Franz Danzi , dissertation, Munich 1924
  • Carl Maria von Weber and his relations with Augsburg , Walch Verlag, Augsburg 1926
  • The Augsburg City Theater. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary , self-published by the city, Augsburg 1927
  • Beethoven memorial ceremony in Augsburg 1927 , self-published by the city, Augsburg 1927
  • Spatial art in the "Drei Mohren" in Augsburg , self-published by the city, Augsburg 1928
  • Sleeping Beauty , Südd. Writer Gen., Augsburg 1930
  • From the history of the Red Gate , Augsburg 1934
  • Opera studio , Böhm Verlag, Augsburg 1934
  • From the singing school teacher seminar in Augsburg , Kistner & Siegel Verlag, Leipzig 1936
  • Beethoven's "Chief Chamberlain" Nanette Streicher , b. Stein , in: Zeitschrift für Musik , vol. 103 (1936), pp. 1079-1085

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Krautwurst: Bibliography of the literature on the music history of the city of Augsburg. Schneider, 1989
  2. ^ History of the Augsburg Music Library
personal data
SURNAME Lord, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1888
DATE OF DEATH 1956