Max Kowalski Collection 1909-1978

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Max Kowalski Collection 1909-1978

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This collection holds materials documenting the life and work of the composer and singer Max Kowalski, who was alsoactive as a lawyer. He left Germany in 1939 and immigrated to London, where he died in 1956. The bulk of this collection consists of correspondence with various friends, fellowmusicians, and other artists. Also included are concert programs, reviews, biographical articles and obituaries.

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Kowalski, Max, 1882-1956

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Max Kowalski was born in Kowal, Poland on August 10, 1882. A year later he moved to Germany, where he was educated; in addition to his musical studies (composition with Bernhard Sekles and singing with Alexander Heinemann), he earned a law degree from the University of Marburg. As a singer-composer, Kowalski naturally specialized in the composition of Lieder. Under the Nazi regime, he was imprisoned in Buchenwald, but he was released in 1939. He then moved to England, where he remained until his...