Otto Singer junior

Otto Singer junior (born September 14, 1863 in Dresden , † January 8, 1931 in Leipzig ) was a German Kapellmeister , composer and author of piano reductions .

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Otto Singer spent his childhood and youth in the United States of America . His musical training began at the Cincinnati College of Music, where his father Otto Singer senior taught from 1873 to 1892. Returning to Germany, Otto Singer junior studied in Leipzig with Hubert Léonard , in Berlin with Joseph Joachim and Friedrich Kiel and in Munich with Joseph Rheinberger . He took the violin , piano and composition subjects .

In 1888 he was musical assistant at the Bayreuth Festival, 1888/89 conductor of the Heidelberger Musikverein and 1890–92 conductor of the Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein . In Cologne he was Heinrich Zöllner's successor as a teacher of theory and sight reading at the Cologne Conservatory . From 1897 he switched to the Stern Conservatory for Music in Berlin. After various intermediate stops (including in Breslau, Munich and Kufstein), he finally settled in Leipzig from 1922.

His Concerto for Piano and Orchestra , A major , op. 8, was premiered on October 21, 1905 in Ferruccio Busoni's Berlin concert series with José Vianna da Motta as the soloist. Carl Halir and Henri Petri had his concert piece for violin and orchestra, op. 6, in their repertoire.

Today Otto Singer is mostly known only as a “ piano dodger ”, especially from the works of Richard Strauss , who had assigned him this task almost exclusively since 1891. In addition, Richard Strauss also valued him as an employee on various projects. Otto Singer took over the musical rehearsals for concerts of the Berlin Tonkünstler Orchestra, supported Richard Strauss in the processing and editing of Berlioz's instrumentation theory , arranged the accompanying music for the silent film version of the Rosenkavalier together with Carl Alwin and orchestrated Schumann's Carneval on the initiative of Richard Strauss Time as director of the Vienna Opera for Heinrich Kröller's Ballet Carneval: dance scenes to Schumann's music. Richard Strauss's letters to Otto Singer were auctioned in Munich in 1987. Some letters from Richard Strauss to Otto Singer can be found today in the Kurt Taut Collection of the Leipzig University Library. The correspondence between Ferruccio Busoni and Otto Singer is in the estate of Ferruccio Busoni at the Berlin State Library.

Otto Singer's brother was the art historian Hans Wolfgang Singer .

Catalog of works (selection)

Original compositions

• Andante with variations for two pianos, op.1 (1884)
• Concert piece for violin with orchestra, op.6 (1893)
• Musical chats: 7 piano pieces for 4 hands, op.7
• Concerto for piano and orchestra, A major, op.8
• Three piano pieces, op. 9: No. 1 Burletta, No. 2 Rêverie fantastique, No. 3 Bohemian
• When my kids dance All sorts in two and three quarters time op.10 for pianoforte for 4 hands
• Four small performance pieces for pianoforte, op. 11: No. 1. Elegy, No. 2. Länders, No. 3. Notturno, No. 4. Minuet
• Piano quintet in one movement, op.12
• Concert for violin with orchestra accompaniment, op.13
• Two performance pieces, op.14, for violoncello (or violin) and pianoforte: No. 1. Canzonetta, No. 2. Gavotte, (No. 2. Gavotte also for clarinet and pianoforte)
• Three performance pieces, op. 17, for violin and pianoforte: No. 1. Serenata, No. 2. Aria, No. 3. Scherzoso
• Three pieces, op.19, for flute and pianoforte: No. 1. Rigaudon, No. 2. Minuetto, No. 3. Capriccio, (No. 3. Also for violin and pianoforte)
• Two humoresques, op. 20, for pianoforte: In the village pond, beach fleas
• The music box, op. 21, piano piece for the concert performance

Piano fantasies

• Fantasy from "Revolution Wedding" by Eugen d'Albert
• Fantasy from "The Black Orchid" by Eugen d'Albert
• Fantasy on motifs from “Carmen” by Georges Bizet
• Fantasy from the play opera “Die Sutlerin” by Engelbert Humperdinck
• Fantasy on motifs from "Hoffmanns Tales" by Jacques Offenbach
• Paraphrase about the musical "Legend Palestrina" by Hans Pfitzner
• Paraphrase on the play opera “Das Christelflein” by Hans Pfitzner
• Potpourri from “Feuersnot” by Richard Strauss
• Fantasy from "Elektra" by Richard Strauss
• Waltz from "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss
• Fantasy from “The Citizen as a Nobleman” by Richard Strauss
• Fantasy from “Ariadne auf Naxos” by Richard Strauss
• Fantasy from "The Woman Without a Shadow" by Richard Strauss
• Fantasy from "Josephs Legende" by Richard Strauss
• Fantasy on "Rienzi" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "The Flying Dutchman" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "Tannhäuser" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "Tristan" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy about "The Mastersingers" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "Rheingold" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "Die Walküre" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "Siegfried" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy about "Götterdämmerung" by Richard Wagner
• Fantasy on "Parsifal" by Richard Wagner
• Christmas carols fantasy in brilliant style

Fantasies for violin and piano

• Inner voices. 8 melodies for violin and pianoforte to piano pieces by JS Bach a. JB Cramer (Bach, JS: 1st Small Prelude (C minor). - 2nd Small Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier (F major). - 3rd Small Prelude from the Well-Tempered Clavier (D flat major). - Cramer, JB, 4th Etude (B major). 5th Etude (G major). 6th Etude (C major). 7 Etude (B flat major). 8th Etude (G major))
• Pearls of old masters for violin and pianoforte in free arrangement. 1. Gluck, Chr. W. v., Gavotte (A major). M 1.50. - 2. Handel, G. Fr., Air à la Bourree (G major) - 3. Scarlatti, D., Sonata (D major) - 4. Scarlatti, D., Sonata (G major) - 5. Scarlatti, D., Sonata (D major). - 6. Rameau, J. Ph., L'Agaçante. - 7th Bach, JS, Prelude (A major) ad well-temp. Piano. 11 1.20. - 8th minuet (B minor) ae French. Suite. - 9. Prelude a. Fugue (G major) ad good temp. Piano. - 10. Rameau, J. Ph., Gavotte, et al. Var. (A minor.)
• Two fantasies in brill. Style No. 1 Silent Night, Holy Night. No. 2. 0 you happy
• Fantasy on "Lowlands" by Eugen d'Albet
• A meditation based on Liszt's Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude.
• Fantasies about Richard Wagner's operas (The Flying Dutchman. Rienzi. Tannhäuser)

Arrangements for voice (s) and piano for 2 hands

• Adam, Adolphe
  • Christmas song: "O hehre Nacht" for solo (lower voice), male and boy choir

• d'Albert, Eugene
  • Ghismonda: Opera in three acts (using Immermann's dramatic poem).
  • Cain: musical tragedy in one act; Seal by Heinrich Bulthaupt
  • The improviser: opera in three acts.
  • Tiefland: musical drama in one foreplay and two acts
  • Izeÿl: music drama in three acts (four images)
  • The woman given away: comic opera in three acts; based on a design by F. Antony. Text by Rudolf Lothar
  • The dead eyes: a stage poem by Hanns Heinz Ewers and Marc Henry
  • Revolution wedding: opera
  • Mareike von Nymwegen: Legend game in three acts, a prelude and an aftermath
  • The Golem: musical drama in three acts

• Beethoven, Ludwig van
  • The ruins of Athens: a festival of dances and choirs; Music with partial use of the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus. Newly edited and edited by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss

• Cornelius, Peter
  • The Barber of Baghdad: comic opera in 2 acts. Adapted from the original score by Felix Mottl

• Delius, Frederick
  • Appalachia: Variations of an old slave song with final chorus.
  • A fair of life. Words from So spoke Zarathustra by Fr. Nietzsche

• Enna, August
  • Cleopatra: Opera in three acts plus a prelude; Danish text by Einar Christiansen (based on Rider Haggard)

• Luck; Willibald
  • Orpheus and Euridice. Edited from the French score by Alfred Dörffel

• Hindemith, Paul
  • Cardillac: Opera in three acts (four pictures) by Ferdinand Lion

• Humperdinck, Engelbert
  • The Sutler: a German play opera in two acts by Robert Misch
  • Gaudeamus: Scenes from German student life; Play opera in three acts by Robert Misch

• Kormann, Hanns Ludwig.
  • Belcanto. Comical opera in one act (two images) using Riehl's novella "Ovid at Court" by Carl Willnau

• Lendval, Erwin
  • Five sonnets by Louise Labé, op. 33: song cycle

• Rudolf Mengelberg
  • Vintage, op. 17: Cantata for tenor solo, mixed choir and orchestra. Text by Wolf Graf Kalckreuth; based on a poem by Paul Verlaine.

• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  • Idomeneo: Opera seria in three acts; after the Italian of Abbate Giambatt Varesco; KV 366 complete Revised by Lothar Wallerstein u. Richard Strauss.

• Neustadtl, Victor
  • The inner light: a mystery game in three acts, written and set to music by Victor Neustadtl

• Noelte, A. Albert
  • Francois Villon. Opera.

• Piechler, Arthur
  • The white peacock: opera in three acts
  • Sursum corda (Hymns to the Church), op. 18, by G. v. Lefort

• Schoeck, Othmar
  • Don Ranudo: comic opera in four acts; based on a comedy by Holberg by Armin Rüeger

• Sekles, Bernhard
  • Variations on Prinz Eugen based on a ballad by Johann Nepomuk Vogl, op.32.

• Summer, Hans
  • Riquet with the forelock, op. 38: a fairy tale game in three acts by Eberhard König
  • Der Waldschratt, op. 42: a play in three acts by Eberhard König

• Strauss, Richard
  • Guntram, op. 25: Opera in three acts
  • Vier Gesänge, op.33: No. 3 Hymn, No. 4 Pilger Morgenlied
  • Two larger chants for a lower voice, op. 44: No. 2 Nocturnal walk: "The flags flutter in the midnight storm"
  • Feuersnot, op. 50: a singing poem in one act by Ernst von Wolzüge
  • Two songs, op. 51: No. 1 Das Thal: "How do you want to reveal yourself to me"
  • Taillefer, op. 52: Choral cantata
  • Salome, op. 54: Drama in one act based on Oscar Wilde's poem of the same name; in German translation by Hedwig Lachmann
  • Bard song from the "Hermannsschlacht" by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, op. 55.
  • Elektra, op. 58: Tragedy in one act by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
  • Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Comedy for music in three acts by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
  • The citizen as nobleman and Ariadne at Naxos Opera in an act by Hugo v. To play Hofmannsthal after the citizen as nobleman of Molière, op.60
  • Ariadne auf Naxos, op. 60: Opera in one act plus a prelude by Hugo v. Hofmannsthal; New processing.
  • The Citizen as Nobleman, op 60: Comedy with dances by Molière; free stage processing in three elevators.
  • The woman without a shadow, op. 65: Opera in three acts by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
  • Three hymns by Hölderlin, op.71
  • Intermezzo, op. 72: a bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes in two acts
  • The Egyptian Helena, op. 75: Opera in two acts
  • The times of day of J. v. Eichendorff, op. 76: a song cycle for male choir
  • Austria, op. 78: Where the Eternal Snow is, Austrian song by A. Wildgans

• Wagner, Richard
  • The prohibition of love: comic opera in two acts
  • Rienzi: tragic opera in five acts
  • The Flying Dutchman: romantic opera in three acts
  • Tannhäuser and the singer's war on the Wartburg: romantic opera in three acts
  • Lohengrin: romantic opera in three acts
  • Tristan and Isolde: Action in three acts
  • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Opera in three acts
  • Rheingold: Eve of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • Die Walküre: first evening of the Ring des Nibelungen
  • Siegfried: second evening of the Ring des Nibelungen
  • Götterdämmerung: third evening of the Ring des Nibelungen
  • Parsifal: stage dedication festival

• Wetzler, Hermann Hans
  • The Basque Venus, op. 14: Opera in five pictures freely based on Prosper Mérimée by Lini Wetzler

• Wolf-Ferrari, Ermano
  • La vita nuova, op. 9, after words by Dante Alighieri

Arrangement for voice, violin and piano for 2 hands

• Strauss, Richard
  • Two larger chants for a lower voice, op. 44: No. 1 Notturno: "The moon hung high"

Arrangements for solo instrument and piano for 2 hands

• Brahms, Johannes
  • Concerto No. 1 in D minor for Pianoforte, Op. 15th
  • Concerto No. 2 in B flat major for piano, Op. 83

• Delius, Frederick
  • Piano Concerto in C minor

• Hindemith, Paul.
  • Chamber music No. 4 (violin concerto): Op. 36. No. 3

• Singer, Otto
  • Concert piece in D major for violin, op.6.
  • Concerto in A major for pianoforte, op.8

Arrangements for piano for 2 hands

• d'Albert, Eugene
  • Cinderella, op.33: small suite

• Bizet, Georges
  • Carmen

• Blumer, Theodor
  • Finale ..., op. 31: Carnival Capriccio

• Brahms, Johannes
  • Piano quintet, op.34
  • Symphonies No. 1 - 4, opp. 68, 73, 90 & 98
  • String quartets No. 1 - 3, opp. 51 & 67

• Bruckner, Anton
  • Selected movements from symphonies

• Elgar, Edward
  • Cockaigne (In London Town)

• Franckenstein, Clemens v.
  • Festive Music, op.35

• Gounod, Charles
  • fist

• Kaun, Hugo
  • Maria Magdalena, op.44: symphonic prologue

• Liszt, Franz
  • The legend of St. Elizabeth
  • Transferring collected songs for pianoforte. (Mignon's song, There was a king in Thule, Who are you from heaven, Joyful and sorrowful, Who never ate his bread with tears, Above all peaks there is peace ', The fisherman's boy, The shepherd, The alpine hunter, The Loreley, Im Rhine in the beautiful river, my songs are poisoned, you are like a flower, at first I almost wanted to despair, in the morning I get up and ask, a spruce tree stands lonely (2), how to avoid danger? Dream, Is there a green lawn where ?, My child, if I were king, The winds rustle, Where does he stay? Take a ray of the sun, levitate, levitate, blue eye, the father's crypt, angels held in curly gold, ring 'Quiet, my song, It must be a wonderful thing, The violet, The cowslips, Let me rest, How the lark sings beautifully, In love, I want to go, Nonnenwerth, youthful happiness, I want to meet you again, flower and Scent, I love you, The silent water rose, I part, The three gypsies, Farewell !, What is love ?, The dead nightingale, Are you !, prayer, once I wanted to wind a wreath for you, To Edlitam, And say, The fisherman's daughter, Shut up, The lucky one, you bells of Marling, Leave !, I lost my strength and my life

• Mahler, Gustav
  • Symphony No. 5

• Mozart, WA
  • A Little Night Music

• Maszynski, Pietr
  • Lullaby

• Strauss, Richard
  • Festival march, op.1
  • Serenade, op.7
  • Don Juan, op.20: symphonic poetry
  • Death and Transfiguration, op. 24: tone poem
  • Guntram, op. 25: Opera in three acts with added text and scenic remarks
  • Till Eulenspiegel's funny pranks, op. 28: tone poem
  • Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: tone poem
  • Lullaby, op. 41: song
  • Feuersnot, op. 50: A song poem with the addition of the song text and the scenic notes
  • Symphonia domestica, op.53
  • Salome's dance from "Salome"
  • Two military marches, op.57
  • Der Rosenkavalier, op. 59: Comedy for music with the addition of the lyrics and the scenic notes
  • Ariadne auf Naxos op. 60: Opera. New arrangement with the addition of the lyrics and the scenic notes
  • The citizen as nobleman, op. 60: Comedy with dances by Molière with the addition of the text and the scenic remarks
  • The citizen as a nobleman. Orchestral suite.
  • Festive Prelude, op.61
  • Josephs-Legende, op. 63: Action in one act by Harry Graf Kessler and Hugo von Hofmannsthal
  • An Alpine Symphony, op.64
  • Die Frau ohne Schatten, op. 65: Opera with the addition of the lyrics and the scenic remarks
  • Schlagobers, op. 70: cheerful Viennese ballet in two acts
  • Intermezzo, op. 72: A bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes in two acts with the addition of the text and the scenic notes
  • The Egyptian Helena, op. 75: Opera in 2 acts by H. v. Hofmannsthal. with deliberate text

• Tchaikovsky, Peter
  • Symphony No. 4, op.36
  • Capriccio Italy, op.45
  • Symphony No. 6 pathetique, op.74

• Wagner, Richard
  • Rienzi: tragic opera in five acts
  • The Flying Dutchman: romantic opera in three acts
  • Tannhäuser and the singer's war on the Wartburg: romantic opera in three acts
  • Lohengrin: romantic opera in three acts
  • Tristan and Isolde: Action in three acts
  • The Mastersingers of Nuremberg: Opera in three acts
  • Rheingold: Eve of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • Die Walküre: first evening of the Ring des Nibelungen
  • Siegfried: second evening of the Ring des Nibelungen
  • Götterdämmerung: third evening of the Ring des Nibelungen
  • Parsifal: stage dedication festival

• • Homage march
  • Imperial march
  • Great festival march
  • Siegfried idyll
  • Thunderstorm magic u. Entry of the gods into Valhalla from "Rheingold"
  • Siegfried's Rhine trip from "Götterdämmerung"
  • Song of the Rhine daughters from "Götterdämmerung"

• Weinberger, Carl
  • Land of plenty: comical opera with the addition of the lyrics

Arrangements for piano for 4 hands

• d'Albert, Eugene
  • Quartet No. 2 (E flat major) for 2 violins, viola a. Violoncello, op.11

• Berlioz, Hector
  • Symphonie Fantastique
  • Three movements from "Romeo and Juliet"

• Bizet, Georges
  • L'Arlesiénne. Two suites

• Brahms, Johannes
  • Two rhapsodies, op.79
  • String Quintets, opp. 88 & 111
  • String sextets, opp. 18 & 36

• Caetani, Roffredo
  • Preludes symphoniques, opp. 8 & 11
  • Suite, op.10
  • Quartetto, op.12

• Gounod, Charles
  • fist

• Hanisch, M.
  • The Christmas Bells, op.84

• Horn, chamomile
  • First Symphony in F minor.

• Kahn, Robert
  • Quartet (B minor), op.14

• Kool, Jaap
  • Danse celeste

• Mahler, Gustav
  • Symphony No. 5

• Mozart, WA
  • A Little Night Music

• Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
  • Piano trios, opp. 49 & 66

• Perosi, Lorenzo
  • Tema variato

• Pfitzner, Hans
  • Preludes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd 3rd elevator from Palestrina. Musical legend

• Reger, Max
  • A comedy overture, op.12
  • Variations and Fugue on a Funny Theme, op.100

• Sour, Emil
  • Polka de concert
  • Les Délices de Vienne

• Schumann, Robert
  • Trios, opp. 63, 80 & 110

• Sinding, Christian
  • Quintet, op.5.

• Strauss, Richard
  • Atmospheric pictures, op.9
  • Death u. Transfiguration, Op. 24: tone poem
  • Thus spoke Zarathustra, Op. 30: Tone poem freely based on Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Don Quixote, Op. 35: Fantastic variations
  • A hero's life, Op. 40: tone poem
  • Symphonia domestica, op.53
  • Two military marches, op.57
  • King's March
  • An Alpine Symphony, op.64

• Stravinsky, Igor
  • Fireworks, op. 4: a fantasy

• Thomas, Ambroise
  • Mignon: opera

• Tchaikovsky, Peter
  • Quatuor, op.11
  • Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op.64
  • Symphony No. 6 B minor (Pathétique), op.74

• Wagner, Richard
  • Siegfried idyll

• Weingartner, Felix
  • King Lear, op.20: symphonic poetry
  • Symphony (G major), op.23

• Witt, Friedrich
  • Symphony (C) (formerly incorrectly attributed to Beethoven) According to old voices from the Academic Concert "in Jena, edited by Fritz Stein.

Arrangements for 2 pianos for 4 hands

• Bach, Johann Sebastian
  • Imagination Fugue in G minor
  • Prelude and Fugue in A minor
  • Prelude and Fugue in D major
  • Prelude a. Fugue in E flat major
  • Prelude a. Fugue in G major
  • Toccata et al. Fugue in D minor

• Beethoven, Ludwig van
  • Symphonies (No. 1 - No. 9)
  • Overtures (Egmont, Coriolan, Fidelio, Leonore III)

• Berlioz, Hector
  • Overture Le Carnaval romain, op.9
• Three movements (No. 1. Grande Fête chez Capulet, No. 2. Scène d'Amour, No. 3. La Reine Mab ou La Fée des Songes) from Romeo et Juliette, op.17: Symphonie dramatique.
  • Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, op.23

• Bruckner, Anton
  • Symphonies No. 1 - No. 9

• Elgar, Edward
  • Cockaigne (In London Town)

• Goldmark, Carl
  • Three movements (No. 1. Bridal Song, No. 2. Serenade, No. 3. Dance) from the symphony “Rural Wedding”, op. 26

• Massenet, Jules
  • Marsch, Air de Ballet and Angelus from the Scènes pittoresques suite

• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
  • Symphony No. 40 (G minor)
  • Symphony No. 41 (C major)

• Rubinstein, Anton
  • Dance of lights by the Kashmiri Brides from Feramors

• Schubert, Franz
  • Symphony in B minor
  • Symphony in C major

• Strauss, Richard
  • Don Juan, op.20: tone poem
  • Macbeth, op. 23: tone poem
  • Death and Transfiguration, op. 24: tone poem
  • Prelude to Act 1 and Prelude to Act 2 from the opera Guntram, op.25
  • Till Eulenspiegel's funny pranks, op.28
  • Thus spoke Zarathustra, op. 30: tone poem freely based on Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Don Quixote, op. 35: Fantastic Variations
  • Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: tone poem
  • Symphonia domestica, op.53
  • An Alpine Symphony, op.64

• Suppé, Franz von
  • Overtures (poet and farmer. The beautiful Galathé. Ten girls and no man. Fleet lad. Light cavalry. The woman master)

• Tchaikovsky, PJ
  • Symphony No. 6 (pathetique), op.74

• Wagner, Richard
  • Homage march
  • Prelude to "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg"
  • Siegfried's Rhine trip

Arrangements for 2 pianos for 8 hands

• Humperdinck, Engelbert
  • Prelude and dream pantomime from "Hansel and Gretel"
• Strauss, Richard
  • Ein Heldenleben, op. 40: tone poem

• Wagner, Richard
  • Preludes to Lohengrin to Act 1 a. 3.
  • Tannhauser Overture
  • Meistersinger Overture
  • Valkyries ride
  • Funeral march from Götterdämmerung

Arrangements for violin and piano

• Bizet, Georges
  • Carmen: (Street Boys Choir, Habanera, Duet (Don José and Micaela), Seguidilla, Interlude I, Dance of Carmen and Cavatine of Don José, Interlude II, Interlude III, March)
  • L'Arlesiénne. Two suites

• Koschat, Thomas.
  • Op. 4. No. 1. I am left. Carinthian song

• Tchaikovsky, Peter
  • Chant sans Paroles (op.2, No 3), Romance (op.5), Mazurka de Salon (op.9 No. 3) Nocturne (op.10 No. 1), Humoreske (op.10 No. 2), Feuillet d'Album (op.19 No. 3)

• Wagner, Richard
  • "At the silent hearth" from "The Mastersingers of Nuremberg"
  • Quintet from “Die Meistersinger v. Nuremberg"

Arrangement for male choir

• "Alt Heidelberg du Feine" based on the melody by A. Zimmermann

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by Otto Singer in the International Music Score Library Project
• Literature by and about Otto Singer junior in the catalog of the German National Library

literature

• Martina Steiger: Singer, Otto . In: Richard Strauss - Karl Böhm. Correspondence 1921–1949 . Schott, Mainz 1999, ISBN 978-3-7957-0377-6 , pp. 447 .
• Christine Wassermann Beirão (Ed.): Ferruccio Busoni - José Vianna da Motta. Correspondence from 1898 to 1921 . Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2004, ISBN 978-3-7959-0833-1 , pp. 25th ff., 160 .
• Gabriele Strauss: Dear College! Richard Strauss in correspondence with contemporary composers and conductors . Ed .: Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft (=  publications of the Richard-Strauss-Gesellschaft . No. 14 ). Henschel, Berlin 1996, ISBN 978-3-89487-241-0 .
• Ferruccio Busoni: Letters to Henri, Katharina and Egon Petri . Ed .: Martina Weindel (=  pocket books on musicology . No. 129 ). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 1999, ISBN 3-7959-0755-1 , pp. 320 .
• Singer, Otto . In: Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana . tape 56 , 1927, pp. 632 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ M. St. Pietschmann: “I must flee from your realms! O queen, goddess! Let me go! ”Wagner's works at the Rostock City Theater, p. 141
2. ↑ Signals for the musical world, issue 56, p. 888 (1900)
3. ↑ Correspondence between Busoni and Singer
4. ^ Hartung & Karl: Catalog 54 (May 12-25, 1987)