You are bidding on one handwritten, signed letter the musicologist and librarian Peter Wackernagel (1897-1981).

DatedBerlin-Spandau, Ev. Johannisstift, 3. February 1976 (the envelope, however, with its fixed address in Berlin-Schlachtensee).

addressed to the pianists, composers, writers and music critics Erwin Kroll (1886-1976) in Berlin. -- Address censored only on the photos.

Regards Congratulations on his 90th Birthday.

Excerpts: "Dear Mr. Kroll, from [...] the barren Christian shore, to which my wife's serious illness has brought me, I think of you with gratitude and with the great respect that I have always felt for you as one of the few . May it be destined for you to endure the time allotted to you in good things and peacefully."

Signed "With love, your Peter Wackernagel."

Written in an original, calligraphic script.

Scope: one written on four pages (20.8 x 14.8 cm); Attached is the original envelope.

Condition: paper slightly stained and somewhat creased; Envelope slightly damaged.BPlease note also the pictures!

Internal note: Kroll 21-12-15 autograph autograph

OverPeter Wackernagel and Erwin Kroll (source: wikipedia):

Peter Wackernagel (* 26. July 1897 in Breslau; † 17 May 1981 in Berlin) was a German musicologist and librarian.

Life:Wackernagel was born the son of the Breslau pastor Paul Wackernagel. In Breslau he studied history, German and philosophy and received his doctorate in 1921. phil. He passed the exam to become a teacher for secondary schools. He worked as a trainee at the University Library in Breslau and continued his music education by attending relevant seminars. i.a. he was also a student of Max Schneider. His piano playing was perfected through private lessons. In accordance with his skills and recommendations from his library director, in 1924 he accepted an offer from Wilhelm Altmann to move to Berlin to take up a position in the music department of the State Library. He was responsible for the area of ​​manuscripts. He also became a music consultant for the German daily newspaper. He is the author of various music analyzes for the concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic, for facsimile and music editions, book publications and essays. From 1. April 1928 he was library councilor and after the death of Georg Schünemann on 2. On January 1, 1945, he was put in charge of the music department, which he remained in charge until January 31, 1945. exercised in August 1950.

Works (selection)

book releases

Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concertos: Introductions, (1938), - 31 S,

Berliner Rundfunk / Magistrate of Greater Berlin, Dept. for popular education: 16. March – 13 April 1947, Berlin Bahms Festival on the occasion of i.e. 50 anniversary of the death of Johannes Brahms on 3. April 1947: 12 symphony and chamber concerts [introduction of PW], Berlin, (1947),

70 years of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. [pref. by] Joachim Iiburtius. - Berlin, - above page.

Wilhelm Furtwangler: The programs d. concerts with d. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1922-1954. Zsgest. by PW - Wiesbaden, (1958). - 48 p.

The Nikish Era. Lecture. - Berlin, (1968), - 15 pages (annual edition of the Society of Friends of the Berlin Philharmonic 1968),

The Furtwangler era: Lecture given on the occasion of d. 85 birthday d. Conductors, Berlin, (1971), - 18 p. (annual edition of the Society of the Berlin Philharmonic 1971)

Articles in magazines and collective works

25 years German music collection, in: German daily newspaper, 30. March 1931

Text criticism of Guido von Arezzo, in: Critical contributions to the history of the Middle Ages. Festschrift for Robert Holtzmann on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Birthday. - Berlin (1933), pp. 54–63, 1 plate.

The music manuscripts of the State Library, in: Atlantis vol. 6 (1934), pp. 657–664 with 11 facsimiles of autographs by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann,

Sounding fonts. Treasures of the music department at the Prussian State Library, in: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 4. August 1941,

Johannes Wolf in memory. speech before d. work colleagues d. public Wiss. library at 3. July 1947, in: ZfB 61 (1947), pp. 205-207.

Manuscripts of Chopin, in: Chopin Almanac: 100. The anniversary of the death of Fryderyk Chopin. ed. by the Chopin Committee in Germany. - Potsdam, (1949), pp. 125–133.

A precious collection of manuscripts (review of the catalog of the Louis Koch music autograph collection), in: Musica 8 (1954), pp. 308-209.

Observations on the autograph of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, in: Festschrift Max Schneider for his 80th birthday. Birthday: in verb With ... ed. by Walter Vetter, Leipzig (1955), pp. 129–145.

Wilhelm Furtwängler and the Berlin Orchestra, in: Wilhelm Furtwängler in the judgment of his time, Zurich (1955), pp. 179-194.

From happy times of the Prussian State Library. Memories of colleagues and friends from the past, in: Festschrift for Friedrich Smend on his 70th birthday. Birthday, offered by friends and students.- Berlin (1963), pp. 61-65

Review of memorable performances from the past, in: Singakademie zu Berlin: Festschrift for the 175th anniversary. ed. by Werner Bollert. - Berlin (1966), pp. 29–31.

Wilhelm Furtwängler, essence and work, in Philharmonic Sheets (1974/75) H. 2, pp. 4-7.

Facsimile Editions

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Fantasia Super Come Holy Spirit. F. Organ (BWV 651). facsimile edition with permission Words by PW ed. for the 100th anniversary of Ed. Merseburger, Leipzig, 21. September 1949, 8 sheets; and the Bach Year 1950. - Berlin (1950)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concertos (orch.) (BWV 1046-51). facsimiles after ... Autograph (with text attachment. from PW) Part.-Leipzig: Peters (1950), 85 sheets, 8 pages.

Music Editions

Bach, Johann Sebastian: New Bach Book. 15 easy piano pieces selected and introduced by PW, London, Bonn: Boosey & Hawkes (1952), 31 p.

Mozart, WA: A Musical Fun. <Village musicians sextet>(KV 522), new rev. output by PW, Berlin-Lichterfelde: Lienau (1952), 40 pp. + 6 pcs.

Weber, Carl Maria v. : Trio for fl., violc. and clav. (JV 259) op. 63. after d. original edition rev. by PW Part. and St., Berlin-Lichterfelde: Lienau (1953), 21 p. + 3 p. (selected chamber music)

Erwin Kroll (* 3. February 1886 in Deutsch Eylau; † 7 March 1976 in Berlin) was a German pianist, composer, writer and music critic. Like his friend Otto Besch, Kroll was a tone poet from East Prussia.

Life: Around 1900 Kroll came to Königsberg i. Pr. and attended the royal hoof high school with Otto Besch. He studied philology and music at Albertus University. He received his doctorate from ETA Hoffmann, who had always been revered in Königsberg. phil. and went to school.

In 1919 he devoted himself entirely to music and continued his studies in Munich, which he had begun with Otto Fiebach and Paul Scheinpflug. There he found an important teacher, above all in Hans Pfitzner, to whom he later dedicated a highly acclaimed book. In addition to his studies, Kroll was a répétiteur at the Munich State Opera and secretary of the Hans-Pfitzner-Verein für Deutsche Tonkunst, which Thomas Mann had called for to found.

In 1925 Kroll returned to East Prussia and became a music critic for the Hartungsche Zeitung, and from 1930 its features editor. From 1934 he worked in Berlin as a critic and writer on music. After the Second World War he headed the music department of the Northwest German Broadcasting Corporation in Berlin until 1953.

With his book, Kroll erected a monument to the (forgotten) importance of Königsberg as a music city.[3]

See also: Music in Koenigsberg

factories

East Prussian homeland - orchestral work

Violin Sonata in B flat major

Sonatina in F major

East Prussian Dances

Der Adebar - Fantasy on East Prussian folk tunes for large orchestra

Vocal works and song arrangements

Songs for solo voices and choral songs

writings

Music city Koenigsberg

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman. Breitkopf & Haertel, Leipzig 1923.

Hans Pfitzner. Three masks publishing house, Munich 1924.

The theater. Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the municipal theater in Dortmund. The Theater, Berlin 1930.

Carl Maria Weber. Athenaion, Potsdam 1934.

Music city Koenigsberg. Atlantis, Freiburg i. brother 1966.

Honors

Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (27. January 1956)

Culture Prize of the East Prussian Association (1960)