Paul von Waldersee
Count Paul Hermann Otto von Waldersee (born September 3, 1831 in Potsdam , † June 14, 1906 in Königsberg in Franconia ) was a German musicologist .
Life
Paul von Waldersee came from the Prussian officer family Waldersee . His parents were the officer Eduard Graf von Waldersee (1793–1867) and his wife Laurette Emma von Alvensleben (1803–1875). Following family tradition, he joined the Prussian military in 1848 after finishing school.
In 1871 he finished his military career with the rank of major . For the rest of his life he occupied himself with musicological studies, especially as an editor for the Breitkopf & Härtel publishing house in Leipzig. From 1888 he lived in Königsberg in Franconia. His best-known works are the series of musical lectures he edited and the second edition of the Köchel catalog of Mozart's works .
Publications (selection)
- (Ed.): Collection of musical lectures . 5 series, Breitkopf & Härtel 1880–1884.
- Ludwig Ritter von Köchel : Chronological-thematic directory of all of Wolfgang Amade Mozart's music works. In addition to an indication of the lost, started, transferred, dubious and superseded compositions of the same. 2nd edition, edited and supplemented by Paul Graf von Waldersee. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1905.
literature
- Richard Schaal: Waldersee, Paul von. In: Friedrich Blume (Hrsg.): The music in past and present (MGG). First edition, Volume 14 (Vollerthun - Zyganow). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 1968, DNB 550439609 , column 146
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| SURNAME | Waldersee, Paul von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Waldersee, Paul Hermann Otto von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1906 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg in Franconia |