Max Wagner (composer)

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Max Moritz Paul Wagner (born January 17, 1865 in Gotha , † August 17, 1944 in Berlin ) was a German composer.

Life

Childhood and Adolescence (1865–1883)

Max Wagner was born on January 17, 1865 in Gotha. The father Johann Nicolaus Wagner (born April 1, 1798) from Crawinkel worked for the Sparkasse Gotha as an accountant, treasurer and rendant. The mother, Marie Dorothee, b. Henning (born November 23, 1833) came from Erfurt . For the father it was the second marriage; the first wife Eleonore, b. Stedler died as a result of a stroke in 1856. The parents' wedding took place on July 11, 1864 in Gotha. The wedding was carried out by Pastor Petersen. Max Wagner was baptized on March 5, 1865 in Gotha. The godparents were Pauline Hänel, b. Albrecht from Suhl and Christian Theodor Moritz Schilling Kaufmann zu Suhl. The Wagners' residential addresses in Gotha were Gartenstrasse 5 and Hauptmarkt 2.

Max Wagner attended the Ernestinum grammar school in Gotha. His father died on November 4, 1874. He was buried on November 7, 1874 in Gotha Cemetery IV . In March 1875 mother and son moved to Erfurt; from March 23, 1875 they were registered at Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz 21. In 1897 the move took place within Erfurt to Kartäuserstraße 47. On October 28, 1880 the mother died. After his mother's death, Max Wagner stayed in Erfurt and changed addresses twice, first in 1881 at Kartäuserstraße 59 and in 1882 at Kartäuserstraße 21. The entry of occupation in the population register of the city of Erfurt reads music student. On July 23, 1883, he was de-registered for Berlin.

The time in Berlin (1883–1944)

Max Wagner studied composition and piano with Franz and Philipp Scharwenka in Berlin. In July 1892 he was on vacation in Friedrichroda , where he stayed with Mrs. Ortlepp on the Cold Market. The ruins of the Schauenburg above the village probably inspired him to write his symphonic poem Von der Schauenburg op. 18, which was premiered in Berlin in 1894. On January 24, 1902, Wagner married the singer Anna Luise Johanna Gronwald (* July 29, 1877) in Jungfer in the Elbing district . Anna Luise Gronwald was a concert singer at the time. In the Berlin address book from 1910 you can find entries on Max Wagner: composer, music director. The family's address was Schönhauser Allee 55. The marriage had three children.

From 1894 to 1896 he published the magazine Moderne Tonkunst - a monthly for the music world in the publishing house B. Scheithauer Berlin.

Max Wagner died on August 17, 1944 in Berlin. His widow lived in Berlin until 1965.

plant

  • op. 3 Grand marche italienne [Heinrichshofen]
  • op. 4 Serenade [Rühle]
  • op. 5 legend for strings
  • op. 6 Ballad in A flat major for piano [Raabe & Plotow, Berlin]
  • op. 8 Burning love, song [A. Müller, Berlin]
  • op. 9 Scherzo in D major for piano [Praeger & Meier, Bremen]
  • op. 11 Melody in E minor for violin and piano [B. Scheithauer, Berlin]
  • op. 13 Reigen, instrumental piano piece [Rühle & Hunger, Berlin]
  • op. 14 Dance of the Flower Girls, ballet intermezzo for piano [ibid]
  • op. 15/2 The Disinherited, Lied [Scheithauer, Berlin]
  • op. 16 The Shepherd Evening Song for piano [Genossensch. d. Comp., Berlin]
  • op. 18 Von der Schauenburg , symphonic poem [B. Scheithauer, Berlin 1894]
  • op. 19 Souvenir de Pologne, Salon pour le Piano for 2 hands [B. Scheithauer, Berlin]
  • op. 20 Bohemian Dances (2 numbers) [Praeger & Meier, Bremen]
  • op. 21 Easter song for one voice with piano accompaniment
  • op. 26 Four Piano Pieces No. 1–4 [CA Challier & Co 1896]
  • op. 25 If I were a precious stone, poem by Hedwig Herold for a medium voice with piano accompaniment [R. Rühle, Berlin]
  • op. 27 Sketches for piano for Uhland's poem: The Young King and the Shepherdess [CA Challier & Co, Berlin 1896]
  • op. 33 Pastorale for pianoforte [R. Rühle, Berlin]
  • op. 35 Two piano pieces No. 1 and 2 [Rühle & Wendling, Leipzig]
  • op. 35/2 Spanish dance style for pianoforte in Bravour Salon album [Rühle & Wendling]
  • op. 41 Rhapsody in E minor
  • op. 49 Cavatine for violin and accompaniment [B. Scheithauer, Berlin]
  • op. 51 Fatime Scene orientale for piano [Praeger & Meier, Bremen]
  • Overture to Goethe's Götz von Berlichingen
  • Symphony No. 10

literature

Wagner in encyclopedias

  • Frank, Paul; Altmann, Wilhelm : Concise Tonkünstler Lexicon For musicians and friends of music founded by Paul Frank, revised and supplemented by Wilhelm Altmann with a foreword by Helmut Roesner. First part: Reprint of the 1936 edition, 15th edition, Heinrichhofen's Verlag Wilhelmshaven, page 663, ISBN 3-7959-0083-2
  • Müller, Erich, H. (Ed.): German Musicians Lexicon. Dresden, Limpert 1929, page 366

Wagner as an author

  • Wagner, Max: Modern Tonkunst: Monthly for the Music World Vol. 1 (1894) -3 (1896) B. Scheithauer, Berlin / New York: New York Public Library, 2000; 1 microfilm modern sound art ; Library of the Musicological Institute of the University of Zurich 1 microfilm [1]

Wagner in music magazines

  • Ludwig August (eds.): New Berlin music newspaper, weekly for the musical world . Volume 48 No. 43, October 25, 1894, page 469/470, Berlin State Library Prussian Cultural Heritage Rare Book Reading Room - Department of Early Printed [2 ]
  • Patrick Krug: Wagner, the Schauenburg composer . In: Thüringer Allgemeine from March 26, 2013 ( preview )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ StadtA Erfurt 2 / 133-7 Bd. 7 Church book of the Barfüßerkirche: mobilization for the marriage
  2. ↑ Baptismal register of the Augustinian Church Gotha, 1865, page 173 No. 11
  3. ↑ Gotha City Archives, address books for the years 1867–1874
  4. ↑ National Archives, City A Erfurt2 / 136-82, resident registration file (registration data)
  5. ^ Kurliste von Friedrichroda and Reinhardsbrunn, No. 12, Friday, July 15, 1892 No. 4211
  6. ^ Neue Berliner Musikzeitung, weekly for the musical world, Volume 48, No. 43, October 25, 1894, pages 469-470
  7. ↑ Central and State Library Berlin; Address books, Max Wagner: Tonkünstler, music director
  8. ↑ Modern Tonkunst, monthly for the music world Jg 1 (1894) - 3 (1896), Berlin B. Scheithauer UZH-MWI (Zurich) microfilm
  9. ^ Landesarchiv Berlin, death certificate Anna Luise Johanna Wagner, b. Gronwald death register number 2508/1965 registry office Berlin Lichterfelde, death notification of the undertaker Willi Hahn dated November 26, 1965

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personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wagner, Max Moritz Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Gotha
DATE OF DEATH August 17, 1944
Place of death Berlin