Caroline V. Kerr was an American journalist and translator who in the latter years of her life lived in Berlin, where she died on November 11, 1927. She is perhaps best known as the translator into English of the correspondence between

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

and

Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philology, classical philologist, turning to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, Nietzsche bec ...

(for which

H. L. Mencken Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, ...

provided an introduction) and also of Wagner's letters relating to the

Bayreuth Festival The Bayreuth Festival () is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special ...

. She wrote frequently on music and the visual arts, and was also the English translator of ''The Ninth of November'' by Bernhard Kellermann and several other German novels. At an earlier stage in her career she worked in

musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatre, theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, ...

, and (as C.V. Kerr) collaborated with R. H. Burnside on the book and lyrics for the 1914 musical ''The Dancing Duchess''.

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Costumes for ''The Dancing Duchess''Music from ''The Dancing Duchess''The Bayreuth Letters of Richard WagnerThe Nietzsche-Wagner CorrespondenceA Visit in 1916 to Elizabeth Foerster-Nietzsche
Caroline V. Kerr in the magazine The Open Court
Nietzsche, France, and England
Elizabeth Foerster-Nietzsche (translated by Caroline V. Kerr) in The Open Court
Comment on Art Shows and Sales in Germany
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