Adolph Kullak (23 February 1823 – 25 December 1862) was a German pianist and music writer.
Life
Born in Międzyrzecz, Kullak, the brother of the founder of the New Academy of Music, Theodor Kullak, is still significant today through his writings on music theory. His main works are Das Musikalisch-Schöne, ein Beitrag zur Ästhetik der Tonkunst and Die Ästhetik des Klavierspiels. (1860). He also worked as a piano teacher and as an author for the Neue Berliner Musikzeitung.
Kullack died in Berlin at the age of 39.
Works
Kullak, Adolph: The Aestetics of Pianoforte Playing, trans.1893, reprint N.Y. 1972, ISBN 9781498038614
Secondary literature
Gerig, Reginald: Famous Pianists and Their Technique (Washington 1976) ISBN 0-88331-066-X
Ydefeldt, Stefan: Die einfache runde Bewegung am Klavier: Bewegungsphilosophien um 1900 und ihre Auswirkungen auf die heutige Klaviermethodik, (Augsburg 2018): Wissner Verlag orig. Schwedisch, ISBN 978-3-95786–136-8
References
- Das Musikalisch-Schöne, ein Beitrag zur Ästhetik der Tonkunst on WorldCat
- Die Ästhetik des Klavierspiels on WorldCat
- Adolph Kullak: Ästhetik des Klavierspiels (Berlin, 2/1876)
- Kullak, Adolf on Encyclopedia. com
External links
- Literature by and about Adolph Kullak in the German National Library catalogue
- Free scores by Adolph Kullak at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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