You are bidding on one typewritten, signed letter of the music teacher Heribert Grüger, brother of the illustrator Johannes Grüger (1906-1992).
1927 brought both of them the "Song Primer" which was a great success and is still being reissued to this day.
Works by Heribert Grüger (all illustrated by Johannes Grüger):
Song primer, Breslau 1927 (2. ed. 1930; 3. ed. 1933)
Magician Klumpedump, Breslau 1928
Children's musical instruments, Dresden 1932
A little melody experiences adventures, Stuttgart 1938
The mysterious egg, Honnef/Rh. 1959
Europe primer, Düsseldorf 1973
Christmas carol primer, Düsseldorf 1976
The Golden Song Primer, Düsseldorf 1977
The goodnight song primer, Düsseldorf 1978
Be funny, be happy, tralalala!, Düsseldorf 1979
The animal song primer, Düsseldorf 1979
Let's sing, dance and jump, Düsseldorf 1980
DatedBerlin, the 9th January 1931.
Aimed at a “madam”, i.e Lisbeth Kroll, b. Radok (*1890), wife of Pianist, composer, writer and music critic Erwin Kroll (1886-1976) in Königsberg.
She ran the weekly children's program "Rhythmic-musical impromptu game for children" on Ostmarken-Rundfunk (with guest broadcasts on almost Allen German stations), with physical-musical exercises based on ideas the Swiss composer and music educator Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950).
Transcription:"Dear Madam, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interesting lecture yesterday at the Central Institute for Education. I hope that I will soon be able to use my device to receive your afternoon broadcasts here in Berlin. With the greatest respect, your very devoted Heribert Grüger."
Scope:one page typescript carbon copy (28.5 x 22.7 cm), signed by hand.
Without envelope.
Condition: Paper browned and slightly wrinkled, with a small tear at the bottom right. bPlease also note the pictures!
Internal note: Kroll 2021-12-12
About the brother Johannes Grüger and the recipient Erwin Kroll (source: wikipedia):
Johannes Grüger (* 12. February 1906 in Breslau; † 9. April 1992) was a German illustrator.
Life:Johannes Grüger was the son of the calligrapher and urban surveyor Max Grüger. From 1926 to 1929 Johannes Grüger attended the theater class at the Breslau Arts and Crafts Academy where the set designer Hans Wildermann was his teacher. From 1929 to 1931 Grüger worked as a set designer, and from 1935 to 1939 he worked as a restorer for the Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau. In 1934 he married the actress Erika Fricke; The marriage resulted in three children. From 1939 to 1945, Grüger took part in the Second World War as a soldier in the Wehrmacht; All of his graphic work created up to that point was destroyed in Breslau due to the effects of the war. After the end of the war and return from captivity, Johannes Grüger initially lived with his family in Aiterhofen near Straubing. From 1951 he was based in Düsseldorf. There he initially worked as a commercial artist and later as a freelance illustrator.
Work: Johannes Grüger first came to prominence in 1927 with the innovative musical representations for a “song primer” that his brother, the music teacher Heribert Grüger, had written. The work and its two follow-up volumes were a great sales success. In the 1930s, Johannes Grüger also began illustrating novels and stories. After 1945 he worked for the Brentan publishing house run by his friend, the publisher Viktor Kubczak, and later mainly for the publishing houses Schwann and Patmos-Verlag. Grüger particularly illustrated Bible editions, catechisms, saints' stories, narrative children's books for a Catholic reading audience and other songbooks for children. The works of the author Josef Quadflieg that he illustrated were particularly successful. For his illustrations, Grüger used a folk, colorful painting style that was based on traditional models (antique mosaics, medieval panel and wall paintings). Grüger is considered one of the most successful German book illustrators of the post-war period, having sold several million copies of the works he illustrated. In addition, Grüger designed a series of Bible murals for religious education and was involved in the interior design of churches in the first post-war years.
Awards
1957 Austrian State Prize
1957 Youth Book Prize of the City of Vienna
In 1958 in the shortlist for the German Youth Book Prize: The Heinzelmännchen together with its author August Kopisch
1959 One of the most beautiful books in Austria: The Sternenmühle together with its author Christine Busta
In 1967 in the shortlist for the German Youth Book Prize: The Pumpkin Children together with its author Kathleen Arnott
bibliography
Independent book editions
Graphics, Düsseldorf 1981
The big colorful song primer, Düsseldorf 1989
Illustrated book editions
Novels and stories
Sophie Reinheimer: The Silent Zoo, Berlin [among others] 1938
Children's and young adult literature
Heribert Grüger: Lieder primer, Breslau 1927 (2. ed. 1930; 3. ed. 1933)
Heribert Grüger: Magician Klumpedump, Breslau 1928
Sophie Reinheimer: Funny gifts for girls and boys, Leipzig 1928
The colorful Easter book, Leipzig 1929
Sophie Reinheimer: All sorts of household servants, Leipzig 1930
Sophie Reinheimer: In the Rainbow, Leipzig 1930
Sophie Reinheimer: Little meadow people, Leipzig 1930
Sophie Reinheimer: Fir Children, Leipzig 1930
Minni Grosch: Kunterbunt, Stuttgart [among others] 1931
Heribert Grüger: Children's musical instruments, Dresden 1932
Adelheid Stier: Quirlefitsch and other stories, Stuttgart [among others] 1933
Anni Geiger-Hof: Marli, Stuttgart 1934
Friedl Hohenstatt: In happy crowds throughout the year, Stuttgart [among others] 1934
Anni Geiger-Hof: Christmas Night in the Snow, Stuttgart 1935
Hertha Grudde: Old fairy tales and stories from the spinning room, Königsberg Pr. 1935
Hertha Grudde: Once upon a time..., Königsberg 1935
Hertha Grudde: About amber and other old fairy tales and stories from the spinning room, Königsberg 1935
Anni Geiger-Hof:Schlschler, Stuttgart 1936
Gertrud Bohnhof: The Sunday children in the forest, Stuttgart 1936
Paula Knüpffer: The Kunterbuntbuch for the very little ones and their mothers, Stuttgart [among others] 1936
Gertrud Bohnhof: The Sunday children in the small town, Stuttgart 1937
Paula Knüpffer: The children from Buschmühlenweg, Stuttgart [among others] 1937
Gertrud Bohnhof: The Sunday children in the village, Stuttgart 1938
Heribert Grüger: A little melody experiences adventures, Stuttgart 1938
Ludwig Bechstein: Fairy Tales, Stuttgart 1937
Maria Batzer: The first snow, Stuttgart 1939
Paula Knüpffer: Rudi and his siblings, Stuttgart 1939
Josef Pietsch: Two boys experience Germany, Breslau 1940
Martha Fromme: Anita, the circus rider, Stuttgart 1950
Anni Geiger-Hof: The Maidi from Brunnenhof, Stuttgart 1951
Josef Bey: Ear of Grain Primer, Düsseldorf 1952
Dina Schaefer: My little measuring book, Essen 1952
Hilde Roth: Fidelius and the Vagabond, Stuttgart 1953
Silesian children's and household fairy tales, Stuttgart 1953
Peter Louis: Christ in the jungle, Kevelaer 1954
Jean Plaquevent: Children's Imitation of Jesus Christ, Einsiedeln [among others] 1954
Josef Quadflieg: The book of the holy patron saints, Düsseldorf 1954
August Kopisch: The Heinzelmännchen, Honnef/Rhine 1955
Felix Krajewski: The Street of Miracles, Kevelaer 1955
Josef Quadflieg: Pious stories for little people, Düsseldorf 1956
The Bremen Town Musicians, Honnef/Rh. 1956
Elsa Steinmann: The Gondolier's Son, Freiburg 1956
Rudolf Söllner: Maria, our mother, Nuremberg 1957
Josef Quadflieg: The Book of the Twelve Apostles, Düsseldorf 1957
Josef Bey: Grain harvest, Düsseldorf 1957
The Child of God, Düsseldorf 1957
Jakob Ecker: Small Catholic school Bible, Düsseldorf 1957
Sing along, high school, Munich 1957
Fritz Steuben: And God created heaven and earth, Freiburg 1958
Elsa Steinmann: Lia and the red carnations, Freiburg i.Br. 1958
Marielis Robert: Peter and Francesca and the great city of Rome, Freiburg i.Br. 1958
Picture Bible, Düsseldorf 1958
Heribert Grüger: The mysterious egg, Honnef/Rh. 1959
Christine Busta: The Sternenmühle, Salzburg [among others] 1959
Felix Krajewski: The Life of Jesus, Kevelaer 1959
Hans Hümmeler: The children's book from the church year, Düsseldorf 1959
Jesus I am yours, Düsseldorf 1960
Bernhard Niklas: The holy God in the golden chalice, Kevelaer 1960
Paula Walendy: The song tree, Gütersloh 1960
How Jesus came into the world, Düsseldorf 1961
Josef Quadflieg: New pious stories, Düsseldorf 1961
Josef Quadflieg: The big book about the holy patron saints, Düsseldorf 1962
Elsa Steinmann: Remo and the steppe shepherds, Freiburg i.Br. [among others] 1962
Faith booklet for the 2nd School year, Munich 1962
Lene Hille-Brandts: The little violinist, Munich 1962
Käthe Hirsch: The story of the foal that went backwards, Hanover 1962
Good news, Freiburg i.Br. 1963
Karl Rauch: The journey to Sister Sonne, Freiburg i.Br. [among others] 1964
Seumas MacManus: The Queen of Tinkers, Freiburg i.Br. [among others] 1965
Walter Wiese: Pictures of the Bible for children, New Testament, Lahr 1966
Kathleen Arnott: The Pumpkin Children, Freiburg i.Br. [among others] 1966
Hans Hoffmann: Pictures for children from the life of Jesus, Düsseldorf 1966
Visit to Rome and other stories, Düsseldorf 1966
The singing mussel, Freiburg i.Br. [among others] 1967
Georg Opitz: Remember them, Munich 1968
Evelyn Sibley Lampman: Do some magic, Ms. Hopdaisy, Stuttgart 1969
Käthe Recheis: Mia Maria and the Painter, Vienna [among others] 1970
Inge Ott: Off to Homuleila, Stuttgart 1970
Alfons Hayduk: Heaven of Joy, Munich 1971
Gudrun Pausewang: Behind the House the Aquarius, Düsseldorf 1972
Josef Guggenmos: On a star called Moritz, Freiburg im Breisgau [among others] 1972
Do you know how many little stars there are?, Freiburg im Breisgau [among others] 1972
Heribert Grüger: Europe primer, Düsseldorf 1973
Traud Gravenhorst: Homesickness of the heart. Travel to Sagan. Beloved Valley, Munich 1974
God's Word for our Children, Munich 1975
Heribert Grüger: Christmas carol primer, Düsseldorf 1976
Heribert Grüger: The Golden Song Primer, Düsseldorf 1977
Heribert Grüger: The good night song primer, Düsseldorf 1978
Heribert Grüger: Let's sing, dance and jump, Düsseldorf 1980
Heribert Grüger: Be funny, be happy, tralalala!, Düsseldorf 1979
Heribert Grüger: The animal song primer, Düsseldorf 1979
Hänschen Klein, Freiburg im Breisgau [among others] 1981
The new song primer, Düsseldorf 1982
The song primer kunterbunt, Düsseldorf 1983
The song primer “Sing with us”, Düsseldorf 1987
Josef Quadflieg: The little book about the holy patron saints, Düsseldorf 1997
Erwin Kroll (*3. February 1886 in Deutsch Eylau, East Prussia; † 7. March 1976 in West Berlin) was a German pianist, composer, writer and music critic. Like his friend Otto Besch, Kroll was an East Prussian composer.
Life:Around 1900 Kroll came to Königsberg i. Pr. and attended the Royal Hufengymnasium with Otto Besch. At the Albertus UniversityHe studied philology and music. With a doctoral thesis on ETA Hoffmann, who has always been revered in Königsberg, he received his Dr. phil. received his doctorate, he went into teaching. In 1919 he turned 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, especially in Hans Pfitzner. He later dedicated a highly acclaimed book to him. In addition to his studies, Kroll was an accompanist at the Munich State Opera and secretary of the Hans Pfitzner Association for German Music, which Thomas Mann had called for to be founded. In 1925 Kroll returned to East Prussia and became music critic for the Hartungsche Zeitung, and from 1930 onwards it was its features editor.Since 1934 he worked in Berlin as a critic and music writer. After the Second World War he headed the music department of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk in Berlin until 1953. With his book, Kroll has created a monument to the (forgotten) importance of Königsberg as a music city.
factories
East Prussian homeland - orchestral work
Violin Sonata in B major
Sonatina in F major
East Prussian dances
The Adebar - fantasy about East Prussian folk tunes for large orchestra
Vocal works and song arrangements
Songs for solo voices and choir songs
Fonts
Music city Koenigsberg
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1923.
Hans Pfitzner. Three Masks Verlag, Munich 1924 .
The theater. Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Dortmund Municipal Theater. The theater, Berlin 1930.
Carl Maria Weber. Athenaion, Potsdam 1934 .
Music city Königsberg. Atlantis, Freiburg i. Br. 1966.
Honors
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Cross of Merit on Ribbon (27. January 1956)
Cultural Prize of the East Prussian State Team (1960)