Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli (real name ''Wolfgang Alexander Thomas''; 18 September 1874 – 17 June 1918) was a German

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

, music critic,

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and music writer.

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Thomas-San-Galli was born in

Badenweiler Badenweiler (High Alemannic: ''Badewiler'') is a health resort and spa in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel, 10 kilometer ...

the eldest son of doctor Hermann Julius Thomas and his wife Jacobine ''née'' Simons. In 1898 he received his doctorate in law from the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisg ...

and married the concert pianist and accompanist Helene ''née'' Bertoldy (1861–1938) from Saint Petersburg. He had already enjoyed violin lessons as a child and studied violin and viola with a pupil of

Hans Sitt Hans Sitt (born Jan Hanuš Sitt on 21 September 1850, Prague – 10 March 1922, Leipzig), was a Bohemian violinist, violist, teacher, and composer. During his lifetime, he was regarded as one of the foremost teachers of violin. Most of the orchest ...

. From 1899 to 1903 he headed the

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

and founded the ''Süddeutsche Streichquartett'' there, to which he belonged as a violist until 1908. That same year, he moved to Cologne, where he became editor and writer of the ''Rheinische Musik- und Theaterzeitung''. Thomas-San-Galli took part in the First World War as a soldier. He died in 1918 in

Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...

at the age of 43 from the consequences of his war injuries.

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* ''Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von der Idealkonkurrenz''. Speyer & Kärner, Freiburg 1898. (Dissertation) * ''Johannes Brahms. Eine musikpsychologische Studie in fünf Variationen''. Heitz und Mündel, Strassburg 1905 * ''Aufgaben des Musikschriftstellers.'' In ''Musikalisches Wochenblatt'', year 40, Nr. 38 date 16 December 1909, p. 545 f.
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* ''Briefe. Mit einem Bilde Beethovens und einem Faksimile''. Hendel, Halle 1910 * ''Beethoven und die Unsterbliche Geliebte: Amalie Sebald,

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treat ...

Teréz Brunszvik Countess Therese onBrunsvik (in Hungarian Teréz Brunszvik, sometimes referred to in English as Therese Countess von Brunsvik or Brunswick) (July 27, 1775, Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary – September 23, 1861, Pest, Hungary, Pest, Kingdom of H ...

und anderes'', Munich 1910 * ''Ludwig van Beethoven''. Piper, Munich 1913 * ''Mona Lisa. Eine Novellen-Suite, Op. 12''. Costenoble, Jena 1913 * ''Beethovens Briefe an geliebte Frauen''. Xenien-Verlag, Leipzig 1913 * ''Musikalische Essays''. Mazurka Chopins. Hendel, Halle 1913 * ''Musik und Kultur. Betrachtungen und Gespräche für Laien, Musikfreunde und Künstler''. with a foreword and the picture of the author. Hendel, Halle 1913 * ''Goethe. Die Pyramide seines Daseins''. Hertz, Munich 1914 * ''Diplomaten vor!''. Hertz, Munich 1915

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