Erwin Schulhoff
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- "Zum Einschlafen gibt's genügend Musiken"
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Born in Prague of Jewish-German origin, Schulhoff was one of the brightest figures in a generation of European musicians whose successful careers were prematurely terminated by the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany. The contributions made by many of these musicians, including Schulhoff, have largely languished in obscurity ever since, despite their pivotal importance to the development of classical music during the early 20th century. In his youth, Schulhoff studied composition and piano in Pr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Prague
- Place of death
- Wülzburg
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Religion
- irreligion
- Student of
- Max Reger
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Austro-Hungarian Army
- Image
- Schulhoff Mayerova 1931.jpg
- Work location
- Ostrava
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- relative
- Julius Schulhoff
- pseudonym
- Lu Gaspar
- Commons category
- Erwin Schulhoff
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1894-01-01
- date of death
- 1942-01-01
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Erwin Schulhoff
- name
- Ervín Schulhof
- subject has role
- Holocaust victim
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Erwin Schulhoff, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Goin'to ride up in de chariot [Going to ride up in the chariot] : Negro spiritual](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F022100%2Ffon_snp_a_022100_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
