Wilhelm Klatte

Certificate from the Stern Conservatory from 1920 with the signature of Wilhelm Klatte (right)

Wilhelm Klatte (born February 13, 1870 in Bremen , † July 25, 1930 in Berlin ) was a German music theorist , teacher , journalist and conductor .

Life

After studying music in Leipzig , Wilhelm Klatte began his professional career as a musician at the Weimar Court Theater with Richard Strauss . During this time he also worked as a conductor on various occasions. In 1897 he became the first music advisor at the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger . From 1904 Klatte also taught music theory at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, where he was appointed professor in 1919 . Since 1925 he also had a teaching position for theory at the State Academy for Church and School Music .

Wilhelm Klatte also held a number of honorary positions. He held functions as a board member in the General German Music Association (from 1909) and as a representative of the musical art in the Provisional Reich Economic Council (from 1925).

Works (selection)

• On the history of program music , 1905
• Franz Schubert , 1907
• Exercises for simple counterpoint , 1915
• Basics of the polyphonic movement (harmony theory) , 1922
• The Stern Conservatory of Music in Berlin , 1925

literature

• Hugo Riemann : Music Lexicon . 11th edition, edited by Alfred Einstein . Max Hesse Verlag, Berlin 1929, p. 899
• Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon . Volume II, Hurka – Pallenberg. De Gruyter, Berlin [et al.] 1960, page 1007. ISBN 978-3-907820-28-5 (accessed from De Gruyter Online).

Web links

• Works by and about Wilhelm Klatte in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Wilhelm Klatte  in the German Digital Library