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Ernst C. Krohn | |
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| Born | Ernst Christopher Krohn December 23, 1888 New York City, New York |
| Died | March 21, 1975 Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Occupation(s) | Musicologist, collector, and professor |
Ernst C. Krohn (December 23, 1888 — March 21, 1975) was a professor, musicologist, archivist, and collector with a research focus on the music of Missouri. He also wrote and published multiple books, articles, reviews, dictionary entries, and piano works. Krohn was a music professor at Washington University from 1939 to 1953 and St. Louis University from 1953 to 1963. In 1966, he sold over 10,000 items from his personal music collection to the Washington University library.
Early life
[edit]Ernst Christopher Krohn was born December 23, 1888 in New York City, New York.[1] He began learning piano in New York City from his father and a neighborhood teacher.[1] In 1899, Krohn and his family moved to St. Louis, Missouri.[2] Due to family financial troubles, Krohn dropped out of high school, with his freshman year being his last in formal education.[2][3] His father began the Krohn School of Music in 1909, where Krohn started teaching full-time.[1]
Career
[edit]In 1914, Krohn was offered a job as an assistant to Ottmar Moll at Lenox Hall.[1] This occupation then developed into a job teaching music at Ottmar Moll Piano School.[1] Krohn taught privately until he began teaching at Washington University in 1939, ten years before the school's music department was created.[1] He continued to teach there until 1953, when he became the head of the music department at St. Louis University.[2] He retired in 1963, though his work in archiving and musicology continued until his death.[2]
Krohn held a key part in establishing the rare books and scores collections at the Gaylord Music Library of Washington University.[1] Krohn cataloged and sold over 10,000 volumes from his musicology collection to the library, bolstering its collection and allowing for the proper preservation of a multitude of musical archives.[2]
Death
[edit]Krohn passed away on March 21, 1975, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[3] He moved from St. Louis to Santa Fe with his sister and niece in 1974.[2] At the time of his death, he was working on a manuscript about the history of music publication in St. Louis, which was later posthumously published in 1988 by the College Music Society.[2]
Works
[edit]Krohn published over sixty books, articles, reviews, and dictionary entries, as well as over a dozen piano works.[1] A complete bibliography of Ernst C. Krohn's writings and compositions can be found in the reprint of Krohn's book, Missouri Music, published by Da Capo Press in 1971.[4]
Awards
[edit]- In 1959, Krohn was awarded a citation of special merit by the Missouri Historical Society for his research and publications relating to musicology.[5]
- In 1966, Krohn was named Honorary Curator by Washington University after he sold his musicology collection to the university.[1]
- In 2015, Krohn was posthumously inducted into the Missouri Music Hall of Fame under the category "Academics and Musicology."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Music Rare Books and Scores". library.wustl.edu. Washington University. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Wierzbicki, James (November 20, 1988). "A History Of Music Publication In St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. pp. 3F, 12F. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ a b Peters, Frank (March 30, 1975). "E. C. Krohn: Music Historian". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 5C. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ Krohn, Ernst C. (1971). Missouri Music. New York City, New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-70932-5. Archived from the original on January 6, 2020.
- ^ Singer, James W. (January 15, 1969). "Collector of Musicology Worthy of Note". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. pp. 9N, 14N. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ Gaug, Andrew (November 12, 2015). "Top 5 column". St. Joseph News-Press. St. Joseph, Missouri. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
Category:Academics from Missouri Category:20th-century American musicologists Category:People from New York City Category:People from St. Louis Category:Washington University in St. Louis faculty Category:Saint Louis University faculty