Kurt Singer Collection
Scope and Contents
The file contains various materials pertaining to Kurt Singer.
Dates
- undated, 1919-1980
Creator
- Singer, Kurt, 1885-1944 (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in German and English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
The collection has been digitized.
Biographical / Historical
Kurt Singer was born 1885 and died in 1944 in Theresienstadt. He was a neurologist and a musicologist and lived in Berlin, where he founded the Berliner Ärztechor in 1912 (or perhaps 1913) and became director of the Städtische Oper in Berlin. In 1933 Singer founded the Jüdischer Kulturbund after many Jewish artists were dismissed from their posts. He wrote a book titled Richard Wagner, Blätter zur Erkenntnis seiner Zunft und seiner Werte.
Extent
4 Folders
Abstract
The file contains various documents pertaining to Kurt Singer.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in 1 series.
- Author
- Processed by Meirav Reuveny
- Date
- © 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
