Werner Wolff (conductor)
Werner Wolff (born October 7, 1883 in Berlin ; died November 25, 1961 in Rüschlikon , Switzerland ) was a German conductor and writer.
Life
Werner Wolff was born in 1883 as the son of the Berlin concert agent Hermann Wolff . Until 1928 he worked at the Hamburg Opera together with his wife Emmy Land (1889–1955). In 1938 he fled to the USA , where he founded an opera in Chattanooga , Tennessee. Wolff was also active as a writer, so he wrote a book about Anton Bruckner : Anton Bruckner - Genie und Einfalt. Atlantis-Verlag, Zurich, 1948 (new version by Anton Bruckner - Rustic Genius. EP Dutton, New York, 1942).
literature
- German stage yearbook. Theater history year and address book , Berlin, vol. 71 (1963), p. 78.
- Wolff, Werner , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 393
- Wolff, Werner , in: Werner Röder; Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945 . Volume 2.2. Munich: Saur, 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 1264
Web links
- Literature by and about Werner Wolff in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolff, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 1961 |
| Place of death | Rüschlikon , Switzerland |