Ludwig Karpath (27 April 1866 – 8 September 1936) (also ''Ludwig Kárpáth'') was an Austrian

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 ...

Life

Born in Pest, Karpath, son of Moritz Karpath and his wife Johanna, ''née'' Goldmark, was a nephew of the composer

Karl Goldmark Karl Goldmark (born Károly Goldmark, Keszthely, 18 May 1830 – Vienna, 2 January 1915) was a Hungarian-born Viennese composer. Peter Revers, Michael Cherlin, Halina Filipowicz, Richard L. Rudolph The Great Tradition and Its Legacy 2004; , p ...

. He graduated from high school in Budapest and studied violin, composition and music history at the conservatory there. He also took singing lessons and trained as a bass-baritone. In 1885 he moved to Vienna. In 1886 he undertook a study trip to America, where he worked as a musician and opera singer. In 1888 he finally settled in Vienna and worked for various Viennese newspapers as

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. From 1894 to 1921 he was permanent music consultant for the ''

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'' and from 1914 to 1917 editor of the music magazine ''Der Merker''. He advocated the nationalization of the

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, the founding of the

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and the construction of the Konzerthaus and was a well-known promoter of young talent. From 1923 he worked in the Bundestheater administration as a consultant for musical matters. Karpath worked with numerous composers, including

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...

Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece '' Cavalleria rusticana'' caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the ...

Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for List of compositions by Giacomo Puccini#Operas, his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he ...

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

and his wife

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Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (19 March 187311 May 1916) was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Paulinerkirche, Leipzig, Leipzig University Chu ...

and

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and

Cosima Wagner Francesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner (; 24 December 1837 – 1April 1930) was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult. She became the second wife of the German composer Richard ...

as well as musicians, such as

Arthur Nikisch Arthur Nikisch (12 October 185523 January 1922) was a Hungary, Hungarian conducting, conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London, Leipzig and—most importantly—Berlin. He was considered an outstanding interpreter ...

, Hans Richter and

Felix Mottl right Felix Josef von Mottl (between 29 July/29 August 1856 – 2 July 1911) was an Austrian conductor and composer. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant conductors of his day. He composed three operas, of which ''Agnes Bernauer'' (Weima ...

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...

dedicated his ballet ''Schlagobers'' to him in 1924. In several publications he dedicated himself to these persons. As

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he also published a cookbook. Karpart died in Vienna at age 70. On 10 September 1936, Karpath was buried in an honorary tomb at the

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(group 30D, series 1, No. 170).

Awards

* Title

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(1926) * (28. April 1936). * Officer's Cross of the * Knight's Cross of the Swedish

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, 1 Classe * Titel

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Work

* ''

Siegfried Wagner Siegfried Helferich Richard Wagner (6 June 18694 August 1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer and the artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival from 1908 to 1930. Life Siegfried Wagner ...

als Mensch und Künstler''. Leipzig 1902, Reihe Moderne Musiker, vol. 10. * ''Der Kobold von Siegfried Wagner. Eine Erläuterung der Dichtung und Musik''. H. Seemann Nfg. Berlin/Leipzig, o. J. (1904). * '' Zu den Briefen Richard Wagners an eine Putzmacherin. Unterredung mit der Putzmacherin Bertha. Ein Beitrag zur Lebensgeschichte Richard Wagners''. Harmonie, Berlin 1906. * ''Unarten und Rücksichtslosigkeiten''. Knepler, Vienna 1913. * ''Richard Wagner, "Der Schuldenmacher". Mit zahlreichen, unbekannten und ungedruckten Dokumenten, Rechnungen, Schuldscheinen und Briefen''. Kamoenenverlag, Vienna/Leipzig 1914. * ''Lachende Musiker. Anekdotisches von Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss,

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

, Brahms,

Bruckner Joseph Anton Bruckner (; ; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets. The symphonies are considered emblematic of the final ...

, Goldmark,

Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...

, Gustav Mahler und anderen Musikern. Erlebtes und Nacherzähltes''. With a foreword by

Leo Slezak Leo Slezak (; 18 August 1873 – 1 June 1946) was an Austrian dramatic tenor. He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's ''Otello''. He is the father of actors Walter Slezak and Margarete Slezak ...

. Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1929. * ''Begegnung mit dem Genius. Denkwürdige Erlebnisse mit Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Hans Richter, Max Reger, Puccini, Mascagni,

Leoncavallo Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 18579 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs but it is his 1892 opera ''Pagliacci'' that remained his lasting co ...

, Fürstin Marie Hohenlohe, Fürstin Pauline Metternich,

Franz Lehár Franz Lehár ( ; ; 30 April 1870 – 24 October 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is '' The Merry Widow'' (''Die lustige Witwe''). Life and career L ...

und vielen anderen bedeutenden Menschen''. 2. Auflage. Fiba, Vienna 1934. * ''Jedermann seine eigene Köchin. 222 auserlesene Kochrezepte mit Ratschlägen und einer Betrachtung über Feinschmeckerei''. Knorr & Hirth, München 1928.
3., neuerlich erweiterte Auflage. Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1930. Editions and forewords * ''Richard Wagner. Briefe an Hans Richter''. Edited by Ludwig Karpath. Zsolnay, Vienna 1924. * : ''O, diese Künstler. Indiskretionen eines Managers''. foreword by Ludwig Karpath. Fiba, Vienna 1930. (foreword). Posthumous publications * ''Österreich tafelt''. With a short dinner speech by

Felix Salten Felix Salten (; 6 September 1869 – 8 October 1945) was an Austrian author and Literary criticism, literary critic. His most famous work is ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'', which was adapted into an animated feature film, ''Bambi'', by Walt Disne ...

and a portrait of the host by

Hilde Spiel Hilde Spiel (19 October 1911 – 30 November 1990) (pseudonyms: Grace Hanshaw and Jean Lenoir) was an Austrian writer and journalist who received numerous awards and honours. Biography Youth in Vienna Hilde Spiel was born in Vienna in October 19 ...

. Prestel, Munich 1973, . * ''Kalbsschnitzel "Casa Mahler". Ein sehr wienerisches Kochbuch aus der Rezeptensammlung berühmter Persönlichkeiten''. Metroverlag, Vienna 2008, .

Literature

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Salomon Wininger Salomon Wininger (; 13 December 1877, Gura Humora, Bukovina – December 1968, in Ramat Gan, Israel) was an Austrian-Jewish biographer. He has been called one of the greatest Jewish biographers of all time. Before World War I, Wininger lived in ...

: ''Große Jüdische National-Biographie''. (Band 3). Czernowitz 1928, . *

Felix Czeike Felix Czeike (21 August 1926 – 23 April 2006) was an Austrian historian and popular educator. He was an author and partly also editor of numerous publications on the history of Vienna and was the director of the . His main work is the six-volume ...

(ed.): ''Historisches Lexikon Wien''. Volume 3, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1994, , . * Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: ''Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer Herkunft 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert.'' Volume 2: ''J–R.'' edited by the Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Saur, Munich 2002, , . *

Rudolf Flotzinger Rudolf Flotzinger (born 22 September 1939) is an Austrian musicologist. Career Born in Vorchdorf (Austria), Flotzinger graduated from the where he was a student from 1951 to 1958.

(ed.): ''

Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. (, ) is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was offic ...

''. (volume 2). Edition of the

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, Vienna 2003, . * Helmut Brenner, Reinhold Kubik: Mahlers Menschen. Freunde und Weggefährten. St. Pölten – Salzburg – Vienna 2014, , .

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