Viktor Lederer (music writer)

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Viktor Lambert Lederer (born October 7, 1881 in Prague , † October 12, 1944 when deported from the Theresienstadt ghetto to the Auschwitz concentration camp ) was an Austrian music writer and journalist of Jewish origin.

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Lederer finished his law and philology studies at Charles University in Prague in 1904 . In addition, he had completed a violin training with Otakar Ševčík . Due to a nervous problem, he could not take the path of professional musician. He received his doctorate as Dr. jur. and also to the Dr. phil.

He became music editor of the Prager Tagblatt . From 1904 to 1907 he worked as a music editor for the Leipziger Neuesten Nachrichten . In 1907 he moved to Vienna and at times headed the music literary papers . From 1932 he worked as a correspondent for various newspapers in Prague.

Lederer's work On Home and Origin of the Polyphonic Art of Music (Leipzig 1906) assumes a significant influence of an old Celtic musical culture from the 15th century on the development of European music.

Lederer published partly under the pseudonym Siegward Gerber .

Lederer was deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt camp on August 18, 1944 . He died during the deportation transport (Eq on October 12, 1944) from the Theresienstadt ghetto to the Auschwitz concentration camp .

literature

  • Wilibald Gurlitt , Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Lederer, Viktor. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1961, p. 43 (first edition: 1882).
  • Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Lederer, Viktor. 12th completely revised edition. 5. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1975, p. 30 (first edition: 1882).
  • Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Walter de Gruyter. 2011. ISBN 9783110949001 . Volume 1. Page 802. Article "Lederer Victor (Viktor)"

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ death declaration by Riemann, 1975, after Peter Sühring: Riemann music lexicon, Book Review, 2012: "After October 12 1944".
  2. ↑ a b c holocaust.cz, database of victims, Viktor Lambert Lederer: Date of death October 12, 1944.
  3. ↑ a b c Riemann Musiklexikon, 1961.
  4. ↑ a b Riemann Musiklexikon, 1975.
personal data
SURNAME Lederer, Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lederer, Vicotr Lambert (full name); Gerber, Siegward (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian music writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1944
Place of death between the Theresienstadt ghetto and the Auschwitz concentration camp