Karl Laux

Karl Laux (26 August 1896 in Ludwigshafen – 27 June 1978 in Dresden) was a German musicologist, music critic and rector.

Karl Laux (middle) 1954 after a concert in conversation with David Oistrach (right) and Generalmusikdirektor Franz Konwitschny.
Karl Laux's grave at the Trinitatisfriedhof in Dresden.

Compositions

  • Musik und Musiker der Gegenwart, I. volume: Deutschland, 1958
  • Die Musik in Russland und in der Sowjetunion[1]
  • Joseph Haas. Portrait eines Künstlers – Bild einer Zeit.[2] Mainz, 1931.
  • Nachklang, Rückschau auf sechs Jahrzehnte kulturellen Wirkens, Verlag der Nation Berlin, 1977.
  • Numerous other publications of books and larger articles by the author are listed in the appendix of the book Nachklang.
  • Die Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden, SLUB has a special catalogue for Nachlass put online by Prof. Dr. Karl Laux.

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 and Hanns-Werner Heister, Laaber 2002, p. 325–336 (Musik in Dresden 5), ISBN 3-89007-510-X
  • Siegfried Köhler (1982), "Laux, Karl", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 13, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 742–743; (full text online)
  • Laux, Karl on Torsten Musical
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References

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