Karl Laux
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German musicologist (1896–1978)
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Karl Laux (middle) 1954 after a concert in conversation with David Oistrach (right) and Generalmusikdirektor Franz Konwitschny.
Karl Laux's grave at the Trinitatisfriedhof [de] in Dresden.
Karl Laux (26 August 1896 in Ludwigshafen – 27 June 1978 in Dresden) was a German musicologist, music critic and rector.
Selected publications
[edit ]- Joseph Haas. Portrait eines Künstlers – Bild einer Zeit. Mainz: Schott 1931.[1]
- Musik und Musiker der Gegenwart, I. volume: Deutschland. Mit 15 Porträtzeichnungen von Kurt Weinhold, Essen: Spael 1949.
- Die Musik in Russland und in der Sowjetunion. Berlin: Henschel 1958.[2]
- Nachklang. Autobiographie. Berlin: Verlag der Nation [de] 1977. (Numerous other publications of books and larger articles by the author are listed in the appendix of the book Nachklang.)
Further reading
[edit ]- Marion Demuth: Karl Laux: Autor, Kulturpolitiker, Rektor, in Dresden und die avancierte Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Part II: 1933–1966, edited by Matthias Herrmann and Hanns-Werner Heister, Laaber 2002, p. 325–336 (Musik in Dresden 5), ISBN 3-89007-510-X
- Siegfried Köhler (1982). "Laux, Karl". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 13. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 742–743. (full text online).
- Laux, Karl on Torsten Musical
References
[edit ]- ^ Joseph Haas. Portrait eines Künstlers – Bild einer Zeit on WorldCat
- ^ Die Musik in Russland und in der Sowjetunion on WorldCat
External links
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- Literature by and about Karl Laux in the German National Library catalogue
- Online-Ansicht des Findbuchs Nachlass Laux, Karl (1896-1978) at Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
Categories:
- 1896 births
- 1978 deaths
- People from Ludwigshafen
- People from the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany members
- Cultural Association of the GDR members
- Members of the 3rd Volkskammer
- German music critics
- German music journalists
- 20th-century German writers
- Musik und Gesellschaft editors
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp)
- 20th-century German musicologists