Wolfgang Graeser

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Wolfgang Graeser (born September 7, 1906 in Zurich , † June 13, 1928 in Berlin ) was a Swiss - German violinist , music researcher and mathematician .

At the time, Wolfgang Graeser was regarded as one of the great European leaders in music analysis. The search for the symmetry of the art of the fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, which he began, continues after his death to this day.

origin

Wolfgang Graeser's parents were Carl Graeser, who was director of the German-Swiss Hospital in Naples from 1894 to 1917, and Lily Graeser nee. Obenaus, who was born in Naples as a German and studied violin at the Leipzig Conservatory. In addition, Wolfgang had a brother named Hans Graeser.
The mother, Lily Graeser, gave up her artistic career after her marriage, but encouraged the young Wolfgang in artistic matters. As a result, he had a connection to music very early on.

Youth and Studies

Wolfgang Graeser learned to play the violin at the age of ten. In 1917 he attended the German-Swiss School in Naples and in 1921 the Theresien-Gymnasium in Munich . In 1923, at the age of 17, he received his Abitur in Berlin, where he began studying music, mathematics, physics and oriental languages ​​(Chinese, Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic).

Wolfgang Graeser and the art of the fugue

By chance, Wolfgang Graeser encountered the art of fugue in an antiquarian bookshop (probably 1922–1923). She shouldn't let go of him until the end of his life. Wolfgang Graeser has probably been working on an orchestral version of the Art of Fugue since attending school in Berlin. The New Bach Society published this version in their Bach Yearbook 1924. In 1927 his was then Art of Fugue by Karl Straube in Leipzig Thomas Church premiered. Wolfgang Graeser had reached the height of his fame.

In June 1928, he committed suicide in Berlin suicide .

Works

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: [BWV 1080] The art of the fugue. After the reorganization by Wolfgang Graeser for two pianos arranged by Erich Schwebsch. [2. Edition], Wolfenbüttel, Möseler 1950.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Graeser's estate in the music department of the Zurich Central Library
personal data
SURNAME Graeser, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss-German violinist, music researcher and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1928
Place of death Berlin