Ferdinand Pfohl (; 12 October 1862, Elbogen, Bohemia,

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), was a German music critic, music writer and composer. Pfohl studied law at Prague, then in Leipzig he studied music as private pupil of

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and attended courses in philosophy at the university, worked as music critic at Leipziger Tageblatt and Königlich-Leipziger Zeitung; from November 1892 to 1931 he was music editor of Hamburger Nachrichten, since 1913 to 1934 teacher and co-director of Vogt Conservatory in Hamburg (Thompson - Slonimsky - Sabin, ). Prof. h.c., Dr. phil. h.c., author of many books on music, e.g. a biography on famous Hungarian conductor

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and on Richard Wagner. Pfohl was amongst the most highly regarded music critics in Germany; his opinions carried a great deal of weight. Amongst music circles he was particularly well known as a writer and composer (Willscher in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 2005). His compositions include a lot of lieder, some piano pieces and works for orchestra. The Pfohl-Woyrsch-Society, Pfohl-Woyrsch-Gesellschaft e.V.

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is going to revive his music and to inform about his musical and literary works.

References

*Andreas Willscher, Ferdinand Pfohl—Ein Böhme in Hamburg, 2001. Publisher: Editio Baerenreiter Praha, 144 pages, *Rudolf Hayo Pfohl, Ferdinand Pfohl—Ein "Leib- und Seeleneigener der Musik" in the Pfohl-Woyrsch-Society's 1999 Newsletter (“Mitteilungen”), pp. 6–36 *Ferdinand Pfohl, Leben und Schaffen, Autobiographical sketches and memoirs, in Zeitschrift für Musik Bd. 109, 1942, *Ferdinand Pfohl, Wie ich Musikkritiker wurde, Zeitschrift für Musik Bd. 99, 1932, *Kurt Stephenson, F. Pfohl at his 75. birthday, four living pictures with a prologue and reflections, Zeitschrift für Musik 1937, pages 1103-1105 *Thompson - Slonimsky - Sabin, The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians, 1964, (English) *Andreas Willscher, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG), 2002, volume 13, * Helmut Brenner/ Reinhold Kubik: Mahlers Menschen. Freunde und Weggefährten. St. Pölten - Salzburg - Wien 2014, , . *Articles in other encyclopedias, newspapers and magazines.

External links

Pfohl-Woyrsch-Society

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