Leopold Reichwein
Leopold Reichwein (16 May 1878 – 8 April 1945) was a German conductor and composer.
Life
Born in
Vienna Court Opera. With Wilhelm Furtwängler he was concert director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna from 1921 to 1927. From 1926 to 1938 he conducted the Bochumer Symphoniker. Under his direction, the modern compositions of Paul Hindemith, Ernst Krenek, Erwin Schulhoff and Anton Webern, which had been cultivated by this orchestra until then, took a back seat to the repertoire in favour of classical-romantic music. When in 1932 he published the article Die Juden in der deutschen Musik in the party newspaper of the NSDAP Völkischer Beobachter, which was based on Richard Wagner's anti-Semitic pamphlet Das Judenthum in der Musik, he drew the wrath of the Bochum citizens, who were still willing to resist.[1]
Reichwein was a convinced Nazi and belonged to the
NS. Wiener Tonkünstler Orchester
anew.
Towards the end of the Second World War, Reichwein chose suicide at age 66 in Vienna.
His works include operas, operettas, stage music and songs.[2]
Further reading
- Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950, volume 9 (delivery 41), pages 37f.
- Kater, Michael H. (1997): The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich[4] New York. 327 p. Oxford University Press.
References
- ^ Annkatrin Dahm: Der Topos der Juden : Studien zur Geschichte des Antisemitismus im deutschsprachigen Musikschrifttum. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2007, p. 327
- ^ a b c d Fred K. Prieberg: Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933-1945, CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 5.653-5.654.
- ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, p. 477 reprinted.
- ^ The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich on WorldCat
External links
- Werke von und über Leopold Reichwein in the German National Library catalogue
- Literaturliste in Online Catalog of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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