Leichtentritt, Hugo
Variant namesMaterials consist of two manuscripts: one is apparently the first version of the overture (24 p.); the second is the revised and completed version (52 p.).--Cf. Fleisher Collection.
From the description of Ouverture zu einem Trauerspiel : für grosses Orchester / H. Leichtentritt. 1898. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 77499610
Biographical Note
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1874, Jan. 1:
Born in the province of Posen, Prussia -
1891 -1894 :Attended Harvard University -
1894 -1895 :Continued musical studies in Paris -
1895 -1898 :Attended the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin -
1898 -1901 :Ph.D., in Philosophy, Berlin University; dissertation entitled Reinhard Keiser in seinen Opern -
1901 -1924 :Taught at the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory in Berlin -
1901 -1933 :Gave private composition lessons and wrote music criticism for various German and American publications -
1933:
Left Germany to lecture at Harvard University -
1940:
Retired from Harvard University -
1940 -1944 :Lecturer, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. and New York University -
1951, Nov. 13:
Died, Cambridge, Mass.
From the guide to the Hugo Leichtentritt Papers, 1888-1972, (bulk 1890-1933), (Music Division Library of Congress)
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associatedWith | Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Koussevitzky, Serge, 1874-1951 | person |
correspondedWith | Moldenhauer, Hans, collector. | person |
correspondedWith | Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 | person |
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Overtures |
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Birth 1874-01-01
Death 1951-11-13
Germans