Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli
Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli , actually Wolfgang Alexander Thomas , (born September 18, 1874 in Badenweiler ; † June 17, 1918 in Baden-Baden ) was a German musicologist, music critic, violist and music writer.
Life
The eldest son of the doctor Hermann Julius Thomas and his wife Jacobine geb. Simons first attended the community school in Müllheim (Baden) , then the Freiburg Berthold grammar school and grammar schools in Lörrach and Stuttgart . From 1894 he studied law, philosophy and history at the universities of Freiburg , Bonn , Munich and Marburg . 1898 doctorate he attended the University of Freiburg in Jura and married in St Petersburg coming concert pianist and accompanist Helene San-Galli (1861-1938), born Bertoldy. She married Emil Carl Alexander San Galli on December 30, 1881 in Peterhof and had a son in 1885.
During his studies he was a music advisor for the Freiburg newspaper , and he also wrote for the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik and the Musikalische Wochenblatt .
He had already taken violin lessons as a child and studied violin and viola with a student of Hans Sitt . From 1899 to 1903 he headed the Freiburg Conservatory , where he founded the South German String Quartet , of which he was a violist until 1908. That year he moved to Cologne, where he became editor and editor of the Rheinische Musik- und Theaterzeitung . He then lived in Berlin.
He published numerous books, mainly about musicians, which were reprinted several times.
Thomas-San-Galli took part in the First World War as a soldier; he died in 1918 at the age of 43 as a result of his war injuries.
Publications (selection)
- A contribution to the theory of ideal competition . Speyer & Kärner, Freiburg 1898. (Dissertation)
- Johannes Brahms. A music psychological study in five variations . Heitz and Mündel, Strasbourg 1905
- Duties of the music writer. In: Musikalisches Wochenblatt , vol. 40, no. 38 of December 16, 1909, p. 545 f. ( Digitized version )
- Letters. With a picture of Beethoven and a facsimile . Hendel, Halle 1910
- Beethoven and the Immortal Beloved : Amalie Sebald , Goethe , Therese Brunswik and others , Munich 1910
- Ludwig van Beethoven . Piper, Munich 1913
- Mona Lisa. A Novella Suite, Op. 12 . Costenoble, Jena 1913
- Beethoven's letters to beloved women . Xenien-Verlag, Leipzig around 1913
- Musical essays . With a picture of Beethoven by Wilhelm Haller , d. Make Sigrid Arnoldsons ue previously unpublished. Mazurka Chopin's. Hendel, Halle around 1913
- Music and culture. Reflections and discussions for laypeople, music lovers and artists ; with a foreword and a picture of the author. Hendel, Halle around 1913
- Goethe. The pyramid of his existence . Hertz, Munich 1914
- Diplomats ahead! Hertz, Munich 1915
literature
- Friedrich Jansa: German sound artists and musicians in words and pictures. 2nd edition, Jansa, Leipzig 1911
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia , 2nd Edition, Saur, Munich 2008, p. 14, preview in the Google book search
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Curriculum vitae in the dissertation ( A contribution to the theory of ideal competition. Speyer & Kärner, Freiburg 1898)
- ↑ Helene Thomas-San-Galli: Preface to 6-8. Edition In: Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli: Ludwig van Beethoven , R. Piper & Co, Munich 1920, p. XI, preview in the Google book search
- ↑ Details on Bertha Helene Bertoldy. In: Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833–1885. FamilySearch.org, accessed November 14, 2016 (Russian State Historical Archive, St. Petersburg; FHL microfilm 1,883,186.).
- ↑ Details on Alfred Emil Franz San-Galli. In: Russia Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917. FamilySearch.org, accessed November 14, 2016 (Sanktpeterburg, Russia, reference p133-49; FHL microfilm 1,897,692.).
- ^ Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia , 2nd Edition, Saur, Munich 2008, p. 14, preview in the Google book search
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas-San-Galli, Wolfgang Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thomas San Galli, Wolfgang Alexander; Thomas, Wolfgang Alexander; Thomas-San Galli, Wolfgang Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist, music critic, violist and music writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Badenweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1918 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |