Karl Laux (26 August 1896 in
Ludwigshafen
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– 27 June 1978 in
Dresden
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) 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
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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
*
Online-Ansicht des Findbuchs Nachlass Laux, Karl (1896-1978)
at (SLUB). Retrieved 25 September 2024.
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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