Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli Explained

Wolfgang Alexander Thomas-San-Galli (real name Wolfgang Alexander Thomas; 18 September 1874 – 17 June 1918) was a German musicologist, music critic, violist and music writer.

Life

Thomas-San-Galli was born in Badenweiler the eldest son of doctor Hermann Julius Thomas and his wife Jacobine née Simons.[1] In 1898 he received his doctorate in law from the University of Freiburg and married the concert pianist and accompanist Helene née Bertoldy[2] (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. From 1899 to 1903 he headed the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg 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 at the age of 43 from the consequences of his war injuries.

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  1. vgl. Lebenslauf in der Dissertation (Ein Beitrag zur Lehre von der Idealkonkurrenz. Speyer & Kärner, Freiburg 1898)
  2. https://www.geni.com/people/Bertha-San-Galli/6000000022678709830 Bertha Helene San-Galli
  3. https://archive.org/details/johannesbrahmsei00thom/page/1 Johannes Brahms. Eine musikpsychologische Studie in fünf Variationen
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246684963 Briefe. Mit einem Bilde Beethovens und einem Faksimile
  5. https://www.amazon.de/Beethoven-die-unsterbliche-Geliebte-Thomas-San-Galli/dp/B07MR2J1N3 Beethoven und die Unsterbliche Geliebte: Amalie Sebald, Goethe, Teréz Brunszvik und anderes
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45218403 Mona Lisa. Eine Novellen-Suite, Op. 12
  7. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16246013-beethovens-briefe-an-geliebte-frauen Beethovens Briefe an geliebte Frauen
  8. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/718772855 Musikalische Essays
  9. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42053457 Musik und Kultur. Betrachtungen und Gespräche für Laien, Musikfreunde und Künstler
  10. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1045597243 Goethe. Die Pyramide seines Daseins
  11. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/219753159 Diplomaten vor!
  12. https://dp.la/item/66614b8294f8e32bdc3a788b3d7b78ed Deutsche Tonkünstler und Musiker in Wort und Bild