Karl Straube (1873–1950): Germany’s Master Organist in Turbulent Times PDF
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Karl Straube (1873–1950) Published online by Cambridge University Press Eastman Studies in Music Ralph P. Locke, Senior Editor Eastman School of Music Additional Titles of Interest Anton Heiller: Organist, Composer, Conductor Peter Planyavsky Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist’s Guide Joel Speerstra Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lübeck Kerala J. Snyder Lies and Epiphanies: Composers and Their Inspiration from Wagner to Berg Chris Walton Mendelssohn, the Organ, and the Music of the Past Edited by Jürgen Thym Narratives of Identity in Alban Berg’s “Lulu” Silvio dos Santos Opera and Ideology in Prague: Polemics and Practice at the National Theater, 1900–1938 Brian S. Locke Pierre Cochereau: Organist of Notre-Dame Anthony Hammond Widor: A Life beyond the Toccata John R. Near Widor on Organ Performance Practice and Technique John R. Near Published online by Cambridge University Press Karl Straube (1873–1950) Germany’s Master Organist in Turbulent Times Christopher Anderson Published online by Cambridge University Press The University of Rochester Press gratefully acknowledges generous support from the General Publications Fund of the American Musicological Society, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Copyright © 2022 Christopher Anderson All rights reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation, no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded, or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 2022 University of Rochester Press 668 Mt. Hope Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620, USA www.urpress.com and Boydell & Brewer Limited PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK www.boydellandbrewer.com ISBN-13: 978-1-64825-038-5 (hardback) ISBN-13: 978-1-80010-470-9 (ePDF) ISSN: 1071-9989 ; v. 182 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Anderson, Christopher, 1966 July 13– author. Title: Karl Straube (1873–1950) : Germany's master organist in turbulent times / by Christopher Anderson. Other titles: Eastman studies in music ; 182. Description: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2022. | Series: Eastman studies in music, 10719989 ; 182 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2021047942 (print) | LCCN 2021047943 (ebook) | ISBN 9781648250385 (hardback) | ISBN 9781800104709 (ebook other) | ISBN 9781800104716 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Straube, Karl, 1873–1950. | Organists—Germany—Biography. Classification: LCC ML416.S78 A67 2022 (print) | LCC ML416.S78 (ebook) | DDC 339.7/622338209758724—dc24 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021047942 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021047943 Cover image: Portrait of Karl Straube by Walter Tiemann (1940), oil on canvas. Reproduced with permission from the Thomasschule Leipzig. Published online by Cambridge University Press To Christoph Krummacher, in gratitude and friendship Published online by Cambridge University Press Published online by Cambridge University Press Contents Acknowledgments ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 Part I. Berlin 1873–1897 1 Headwaters 7 2 Mentors 17 3 Liftoff 31 Part II. Wesel 1897–1902 4 New Beginnings 49 5 Reger 59 6 “I’d like finally to get on with it!” 75 Part III. Leipzig 1903–1918 7 A Berliner in (Little) Paris 91 8 Off the Organ Bench 106 9 Trouble in Paradise 119 10 “In my naïveté” 132 11 Emmi Leisner 149 12 Deaths and Transfigurations 157 Part IV. Intermezzo: Leipzig 1918–1920 13 Decision Point 173 14 Portraits in Ambivalence 189 Part V. Leipzig 1920–1929 15 On the Road and at the Negotiating Table 209 16 Politics I 222 17 “When the days of darkness come” 232 Published online by Cambridge University Press viii contents ❧ 18 Colleagues 242 19 The Treadmill 253 20 Movements in Time 266 21 “God preserve Karl Straube” 278 Part VI. Leipzig 1930–1939 22 Bach on Air 291 23 Politics II 303 24 Praeceptor Germaniae 325 25 The Spring of Our Discontent 339 26 Beyond the Rhine 355 27 Deceptive Cadence 368 28 Tempelreinigung 384 Part VII. Leipzig 1940–1950 29 The Franciscan Way 415 30 Perils 430 31 Götterdämmerung 1943 443 32 Gone with the Wind 459 33 Reckonings 478 34 “Like sand through the fingers” 500 Epilogue: Musical Offering 523 Bibliography 529 Index 543 Published online by Cambridge University Press Acknowledgments This book punctuates a project begun about thirteen years ago, over which time I have benefited from the goodwill and expertise of many persons. Chief among these are the dedicatee Christoph Krummacher, former director of the Kirchenmusikalisches Institut (Leipzig); Stefan Altner, former managing director and historian of the Thomanerchor (Leipzig); and Maren Goltz, for- mer librarian and archivist at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” (Leipzig). For generous access to the sources, I am grateful to the several libraries and archives listed elsewhere, especially those on which I inflicted myself for long periods: the Bach-Archiv, Sächisches Staatsarchiv, and Stadtarchiv (Leipzig); the Bachhaus (Eisenach), and the Staatsbibliothek (Berlin). Thanks also to the virtuosic interlibrary loan department at Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University (Dallas), for having acted so promptly upon my requests for sometimes exotic materials, and to my research assistants, Christopher Rios and Daniela Müller, for their industry and insights. Stephen Palmer (Sydney) deserves particular recognition for remarkable research into his family’s history and his generosity in sharing it. Like him, others with direct connections to the Straube narrative have dedicated much energy in invaluable dialogue with me, often for hours at a time, in person and in correspondence. These have included Dieter Ramin (Ingelheim), Prof. Heinrich Fleischer (Minneapolis), and Ursula Thomm (Leipzig), all now deceased. For countless wide-ranging conversations extending deep into the night, fueled by wine and sheer passion for the topic, I will always remem- ber gratefully David Backus (Schwangau), likewise since deceased. For their kindnesses, insights, and encouragements I thank Jürgen Schaarwächter and the staff of the Max-Reger-Institut (Karlsruhe), Michael Marissen (New York), David Rumsey (Basel), and Peter Williams (Gloucester), the latter two deceased. And I owe much to the staying power of the University of Rochester Press, particularly Sonia Kane and Ralph Locke, for having put up with me over the long arc of this project. The keen insights of my copy edi- tor, Ingalo Thomson, have led to invaluable improvements in the text. Published online by Cambridge University Press x acknowledgments ❧ Finally and most fundamentally, the work would not be conceivable with- out the unwavering support of my wife Lisa and our daughter Erica, who have repeatedly rearranged their lives to accommodate mine. If this book can be viewed as a collaborative project, it is with them as partners. Published online by Cambridge University Press
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