Hugo Leichtentritt

Hugo Leichtentritt (1 January 1874, Pleschen, Polish: Pleszew, nearby Posen, Province of Posen – 13 November 1951, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a German-Jewish musicologist and composer who spent much of his life in the USA. Composer Erich Walter Sternberg was one of his pupils.

Literary works

Dates provided are primarily publication dates, not dates of authorship.

• R. Keiser in seinen Opern, 1901
• contributor of "Allgemeine Musikzeitung"
• contributor to "Die Musik"^[1]
• Geschichte der Motette, published 1908 by Breitkopf und Härtel^[2]
• Claudio Monteverdi als Madrigal Komponist, 1908-9^[3]
• Musikalische Formenlehre, 1911
• Erwin Lendvai: Kompositionen, 1912^[4]
• Music, History and Ideas, 1938
• Music of Western Nations, 1956

References

1. See (just e.g.) this article from the July 1928 issue (German) @ Internet Archive.
2. OCLC 3383995
3. OCLC 843569601. Many editions by Leichtentritt of Monteverdi madrigals can be found in library catalogs- see Worldcat here also.
4. OCLC 24916045. Library of Congress copy inscribed by Mr. Lendvai to Hugo Leichtentritt with many thanks, Oliva, July 3, 1912.

External links

• Free scores by Hugo Leichtentritt at the International Music Score Library Project