Wilhelm Klatte (13 February 1870 – 25 July 1930) was a German music theoretician, pedagogue, journalist and conductor.
Life
Born in Bremen, after studying music in Leipzig, Klatte began his professional career as a musician first at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar with Richard Strauss. During this time he was also active as a conductor on various occasions. In 1897 he became the first music consultant at the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger. From 1904 Klatte also taught music theory at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, where he was appointed professor in 1919. His students there included Else Schmitz-Gohr. Since 1925 he had also held a teaching position for theory at the Royal Music Institute of Berlin.
Klatte also held several honorary posts. He was a member of the board of directors of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein (from 1909) and representative of the musical arts in the Vorläufiger Reichswirtschaftsrat [de] (from 1925).
Klatte died in Berlin at the age of 60.
Work
- Zur Geschichte der Programm-Musik, 1905
- Franz Schubert, 1907
- Aufgaben für den einfachen Kontrapunkt, 1915
- Grundlagen des mehrstimmigen Satzes (Harmonielehre), 1922
- Das Sternsche Konservatorium der Musik zu Berlin, 1925
Further reading
- Hugo Riemann: Riemann Musiklexikon 11th edition, edited by Alfred Einstein. Max Hesse Verlag, Berlin 1929, p. 899
- Wilhelm Kosch (edit.): Deutsches Theater-Lexikon. Volume II, Hurka–Pallenberg. De Gruyter, Berlin 1960, p. 1007. ISBN 978-3-907820-28-5 (retrieved via De Gruyter Online).
References
- Wilhelm Klatte on Geni
- Zur Geschichte der Programm-Musik on WorldCat
- Aufgaben für den einfachen Kontrapunkt on WorldCat
- Grundlagen des mehrstimmigen Satzes (Harmonielehre) on WorldCat
- Das Sternsche Konservatorium der Musik zu Berlin on WorldCat
External links
- Werke von und über Wilhelm Klatte in the German National Library catalogue
- Works by and about Wilhelm Klatte in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
