Kurt Schindler
Illustration — Kurt Schindler in 1917 Kurt Schindler (17 February 1882 – 16 November 1935) was a German-born American composer and conductor.
Kurt Schindler
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- Born
- 1882 · Germany.
- Died
- 1935 · New York City.
- Nationality
- German Empire
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · ethnomusicologist · director · musicologist · répétiteur · musician
- Fields
- music · conducting
- Languages
- German · English
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Illustration — Kurt Schindler in 1917 Kurt Schindler (17 February 1882 – 16 November 1935) was a German-born American composer and conductor.
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He was born on 17 February 1882. He came to the United States in 1905 to serve as an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, and founded the MacDowell Chorus. He was married to the singer, writer and editor Ursula Greville. He died on 16 November 1935.
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1882
Kurt Schindler was born on 17 February 1882.
1935
Kurt Schindler died on 16 November 1935.
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Much of his choral output consisted of folksong arrangements, though he composed original pieces as well. Folk Music and Poetry of Spain and Portugal/Música Y Poesía Popular De España Y Portugal by Kurt Schindler was published by the New York Hispanic Institute in the US in 1941.
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- 1.Olarte Martínez informa de que al parecer sólo hay dos entradas muy breves sobre Kurt Schindler, en el Diccionario de Música Española e Hispanoamericana y en el New Grove (ambas aportadas por Israel J. Katz).
- 2.Enciclopedia Espasa, suplemento de 1936-39, primer tomo, págs. 547-548; ISBN 84-239-4585-5
- 3.Copia archivada.
- 4.Schindler conoció a Vera durante sus trabajos de campo en Odessa, recopilando el rico folclore sefardita ruso que editó en la Casa Editorial Schirmer de Nueva York, entre 1911 y 1919.
- 5.Schindler recopiló cerca del millar de melodías en sus estancias de 1929, 1930 y 1932, visitando en total 150 localidades españolas y 8 portuguesas. Su primer viaje, en su mayor parte por la provincia de León, duró siete meses (otoño/invierno de 1929). En el total de la obra fueron sin embargo Soria, Cáceres y Ávila las provincias españolas con mayor número de canciones publicadas.http://webs.ono.com/labrana05/cschindler.html
- 6.Kurt Schindler: Folk music and poetry of Spain and Portugal: Música y poesía popular de España y Portugal, edición de Georg Olms Verlag (1941). En e-boock.http://books.google.es/books?id=4VJKQfeexwEC&dq=kurt+schindler+soria&hl=es&source=gbs_navlinks_s Consultado en sept. 2014
- 7.Weissberger, Sancho de las andanzas quijotescas de Schindler, fue otro prototipo del hispanista americano. Hombre de negocios, filántropo, residente simultáneo en Madrid y Nueva York, donó una colección de pintura europea del XVIII al Museo del Prado antes del fin de la guerra civil española. Así mismo, durante y tras el conflicto bélico, Weissberger fue uno de los principales recaudadores en Estados Unidos de dinero y ayuda para los niños españoles exiliados en refugios y campos habilitados en la zona republicana. La cuestación se acompañó de una exposición colectiva de dibujos de estos niños exiliados
- 8.Su presidente Huntington, que le pagaba por recopilar y comprar bibliografía de ediciones de música española y fotografías de sus trabajos de campo en España.
- 9.Olarte Martínez, Matilde. “Apuntes de Sevilla a través de intrépidas jovencitas americanas de los años 30: Bienvenido Mr. Schindler”. Lo andaluz popular, símbolo de lo nacional. Granada, Editorial de la Universidad / CDMA, 2009, pp. 95-111; ISBN 978-84-338-5051-5
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Kurt Schindler is recorded with the occupation ethnomusicologist. Recorded as composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, director and musicologist.
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