Hugo Kaun papers 1882-1980

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Hugo Kaun papers 1882-1980

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Hugo Kaun, composer and choral conductor, was born in Berlin Germany on March 21, 1863. Following his father’s death in 1886, he went to the USA and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he worked as a teacher, composer and choral conductor. He returned to Berlin in 1902, and by the 1920s his fame as a composer had spread throughout German-speaking Europe. In 1912 he was elected a member of the Academy of Arts and from 1922 taught at the Berlin Conservatory. His operas are Wagnerian in style, and the Wagnerian harmonic language pervades all of his larger compositions. The many choral works enjoyed great popularity. Hugo Kaun died on April 2, 1932 in Berlin Germany.

2.5 linear feet; 5 boxes

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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Kaun, Hugo, 1863-1932

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Anders, Erich, 1883-1955

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