Otto Schumann (musicologist)
Otto Emil Schumann (born June 7, 1897 in Hanover , † June 15, 1981 in Bayreuth ) was a German musicologist and university professor. As an editor and freelance writer, he wrote a lot on music and literature.
life and work
Schumann's father was Gustav Bruno Schumann , editor-in-chief of the Volkswacht , the first social democratic daily newspaper. The mother was Anna Emilie Schumann geb. Morgner .
During the First World War Otto Schumann in 1915 was the real grammar school branch of the Council Gymnasium Bielefeld a high school. He joined the Imperial Navy and took part in the entire war as a naval officer . Dismissed after the November Revolution, he studied musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin , the Georg August University in Göttingen and the University of Leipzig . From November 1922 he headed the economic and political editorial department of the Neue Leipziger Zeitung . Later he was a music critic for her . In addition, he was a lecturer at the Newspaper Institute of the University of Leipzig from 1923 to 1934 . From 1935 he lived in Traubing and later in Stechendorf , Bayreuth district . He earned his living as a freelance writer in the fields of music , theater and literature . He also translated books from English and French .
Both during the Nazi era and in the post-war period in Germany , he followed anti-Semitic perspectives that shaped the music discourse in the young Federal Republic of Germany . The composers reviled by Schumann include Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Gustav Mahler , Paul Hindemith and Arnold Schönberg .
Schumann wrote two dozen books on opera , operetta , choral music and drama as well as orchestral , chamber and piano music . He also published a literary guide and handbook for authors . Some bestsellers achieved numerous new editions.
Fonts
- Meyer's opera book . Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1938 (reprint Berlin 1948).
- Meyer's concert guide . Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1936.
- Meyer's concert guide. Choral Music Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1938.
- History of German Music . Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1940.
- Albert Lortzing, 1801–1851 , Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig, 1941.
- Orchestral book . Hübener, Berlin 1949.
- Schumann's drama book . Hübener, Wilhelmshaven 1950.
- Schumann's chamber music book . Hübener, Wilhelmshaven 1951.
- Handbook of piano music . Hübener, Wilhelmshaven 1952.
- Schumann's Choral Music and Piano Song Book . Hübener, Wilhelmshaven 1953.
- Paths to understanding music , Fackelverlag, Stuttgart, 1963.
- The great actor . Pawlak, Herrsching 1981.
- Chamber music manual . Hübener, Wilhelmshaven 1983.
- Basics and techniques of the art of writing . Pawlak, Herrsching 1983.
- with Franz Krezdorn: The new literary guide - poetry from all over the world . Seehamer, Weyarn 1996.
Web links
- Otto Schumann (1897) in the WorldCat
- Otto E. Schumann , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 42/1977 of October 10, 1977, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Philipp Gessler: The fugue is blonde and blue-eyed , in: taz from May 13, 2009 ( Memento from May 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Birth certificate in the registry office, Hannover City Archive, call number 178-3224 / 1897.
- ↑ German Biographical Encyclopedia
- ↑ Rainer Hauptmann: This music was murdered! Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy or a history of cultural anti-Semitism in Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ Josef Wulf: Music in the Third Reich: A Documentation , S. Mohn, 1963, p. 400 ff
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schumann, Otto |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schumann, Otto Emil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1897 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1981 |
Place of death | Bayreuth |