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Karl Laux (26 August 1896 in
Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...
– 27 June 1978 in
Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
) was a German
musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...
,
music critic '' The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of m ...
and rector.


Selected publications

* ''Joseph Haas. Portrait eines Künstlers – Bild einer Zeit''. Mainz: Schott 1931. * ''Musik und Musiker der Gegenwart, I. volume: Deutschland. Mit 15 Porträtzeichnungen von Kurt Weinhold'', Essen: Spael 1949. * ''Die Musik in Russland und in der Sowjetunion''. Berlin: Henschel 1958.''Die Musik in Russland und in der Sowjetunion''
on WorldCat * ''Nachklang. Autobiographie''. Berlin: 1977. (Numerous other publications of books and larger articles by the author are listed in the appendix of the book ''Nachklang''.)


Further reading

* Marion Demuth: ''Karl Laux: Autor, Kulturpolitiker, Rektor'', in ''Dresden und die avancierte Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Part II: 1933–1966'', edited by
Matthias Herrmann Matthias Herrmann (born 14 October 1955) is a German musicologist and university professor. Life Born in Mildenau, Herrmann became a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conducted by Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger, later Martin Flämig. He then s ...
and
Hanns-Werner Heister Hanns-Werner Heister (born 14 June 1946) is a German musicologist. Life and career Born in Plochingen, (Baden-Württemberg), Heister studied musicology, German literature and linguistics in Tübingen, Frankfurt a. M. and Berlin, received his doc ...
, Laaber 2002, (''Musik in Dresden'' 5), *
Laux, Karl
on Torsten Musical


References


External links

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Online-Ansicht des Findbuchs Nachlass Laux, Karl (1896-1978)
at
Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in ), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library () for the German State of Saxony as well as the academic library for the Dresden Universit ...
(SLUB). Retrieved 25 September 2024. {{DEFAULTSORT:Laux, Karl 1896 births 1978 deaths People from Ludwigshafen People from the Kingdom of Bavaria Socialist Unity Party of Germany members Cultural Association of the GDR members Members of the 3rd Volkskammer German music critics German music journalists 20th-century German writers Musik und Gesellschaft editors Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit (honor clasp) 20th-century German musicologists