Hugo Kuntz

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History

Hugo Kuntz of Karlsruhe was active from 1894 until around 1914, when it was taken over by Karl Hochstein of Heidelberg.

It published a variety of works: male voice choir works by local composers such as Ludwig Baumann, some violin pieces, and especially several works by Friedrich Klose (1862–1942).

Kuntz published Klose's Ilsebill, dramatic symphony, vocal score (1907), Präludium und Doppelfuge for organ, arranged for piano (1908), and Festzug for orchestra full score (1913, later published by Universal). The reason some of Klose's works were published in Karlsruhe, even though he lived mainly elsewhere (Munich, Basel), was that Karlsruhe was his home town, and his first composition teacher, the arch-conservative Vinzenz Lachner (1811–1893) lived there from 1863 to his death. More significantly, the Wagnerian conductor and supporter of Klose Felix Mottl (1856–1911) was the opera conductor there from 1881 to 1903.

Editions

Imprints, Addresses, Agencies

Imprints

• Hugo Kuntz

Addresses

• Karlsruhe

Plate Numbers

Authority Control

Sources Consulted

• KVK
• HMB