Korn’gold

Erich Wolfgang, b. Briinn, May 29, 1897; composer and pianist; son of Julius K., Viennese mus. critic; at early age showed remarkable prowe as a comp.; at a concert in Berlin, March, 1911, his trio in D Major, op. I., composed at the age of 13, was played; also portions of two piano sonatas, and a series of “Fairy Pictures’; he c. a ballet given at the Royal Opera and elsewhere; trio (Rosé Quartet, Berlin); serenade and pantomime, “‘The Snowman’? (London, 1912); his one-act operas, “Violante” and “Cer Ring des Polykrates,” were given in Munich, (kés’-ma-lé), Karl, 1812— Stettin, 1893; teacher, conductor and writer. 1916; the former work was sung at the Met. Op., 1928, and the latter prod. by the Phila. Civic Op. 192728; a marked succ. was won by his K6stlin (kést’-lén), (1) K. Rheinhold, Urach, Wiirtemberg, 1819—1894; prof. and writer. (2) H. Ad., b. chief réle), this work showing a some- Tiibingen, Sept. 4, 1846—Kannstadt, June 4, 1907; preacher; 1875 he united the choirs of three towns, “Die tote Stadi” (Hamburg, 1920; Met. Op. Co., 1921, with Jeritza in what modernistic idiom; his opera “Das Wunder der Heliane’” (1927) was sung on a number of Central Eur. stages; K. was a cond. in 191920 at the Hamburg Stadttheat.; and for a time after 1927 taught at the Akad. fiir Tonkunst; a number of Johann Strau operettas and cond. them in Berlin and elsewhere; after 1934 he was active as comp. for motion pictures in Hollywood; c. also incid. music to ““Much Ado about Nothing’’; Sinfonietta; string sextet; 2 piano sonatas; piano trio; vln. sonata, etc. Kort’schak, Feb. Hugo, b. Graz, Austria, 24, 1884; violinist, conductor; grad. Prague Cons., studied with Sevcik; début, Prague, 1904; mem. Berlin Philh., Frankfort Museum Quartet, Chicago Symph., founded Kortschak Quartet (later reorg. as Berks hire String Quartet), which played at Berks hire Fests., also appeared as soloist; prof. vln., Yale Univ. School of Mus. Koschat (k6’-shat), Thos., Viktring, near Klagenfurt, Aug. 8, 1845— Vienna, May 19, 1914; studied science at Vienna; joined the ct.-opera chorus, soon became leader; 13874, joined cath.-choir; 1878, the Hofkapelle. 1871, he began the pub. of original poems in Car int hi an dialect, which he set to music for male quartets; these had great popularity; 1875, founded the ‘‘Karnthner Quintett”’; prod. 4-act “‘Volk tiick mit Gesang,” ‘‘Die Rosenthaler Nach tig all,’ succ. ‘‘Singspiel” ‘‘Der Burger meister von St. Anna,” etc. (ka’-zé-lits), H., Annaberg, Saxony, 1854—1918; pupil of Richter, Leipzig Cons. and Nietzsche, Basel, lived in Italy; under the name ‘sPeter Gast” prod. opera, ‘Die Heimliche Ehe’’ (Danzig, 1891), etc. Kosleck (kés’-lék), Julius, Neugard, Pomerania, Dec. 1, 1825—Berlin, Nov. 5, 1905; trumpet and cornet virtuoso; member of the royal band, Berlin; teacher. which became in 1877 the Wiirtemberg Evangelical ‘‘Kirchengesangverein,’ and which he cond.; r8or1, Darmstadt; writer.: