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Here is the email address of the municipal archive. Strangely enough, I don't recall contacting them during my research, but I guess it could be a good place to look for Herold's music... Please let us know if you have any answer.

stadtarchiv@stadt.wuppertal.de

The Vier Klavierstücke are available at the Musik Akademie Basel, Switzerland.

https://www.swissbib.ch/Record/105582328

HMB also lists
"Herold, Curt, 2 Gavotten f. Pfte. No. 1. Kindliche Liebe. No. 2. Jubiläums-Gavotte. Leipzig, Kahnt" (pub.1881);

"Herold, C., Op. 10. Zwei Lieder ohne Worte f. V. m. Pfte. No. 1. Frühlingslied. No. 2. Herbstlied. Leipzig, Kahnt à Mk 1,50. | November 1882. | Page 343."

and a few more piano pieces besides -

Op.11 Waldesflüstern. Idylle f. Pfte. Leipzig, Kahnt (pub.1883)
Op.12 Das erste Veilchen. Klavierstück. Leipzig, Kahnt (pub.1883)
Op.15 Ein Frühlingsmorgen. Idylle f. Pfte. Leipzig, Kahnt (pub.1883)

I had seen these, but the publishing dates confuse me... Could a 18-year-old pianist have at least 15 opus numbers published? Unless the birth year given by RISM is wrong?

Regarding Piano Concero in E minor, I can confirm that it was actually orchestrated, according to the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. I'm removing the note in list of compositions.

Do you know if he was killed during the WWl or was his death from natural causes.

I have no idea at this moment. The part of his obituary to which I have access online doesn't mention anything, not even where he died. Here is the obituary in the Signale für die musikalische Welt :

http://books.google.ca/books?id=lx85AAAAIAAJ&q=%22curt+herold%22+karlsruhe&dq=%22curt+herold%22+karlsruhe&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=a3GaU9CyNMKTyASgnILYCA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAQ

Are the Piano Concertos extant, does anyone know?

I have only located the manuscripts of the Symphonies and the Albumblatt. In the end of his life, Herold worked in Elberfeld, a municipal subdivision of the city of Wuppertal. I understand that a large part of Wuppertal was destroyed during WW2, so let's hope that his manuscripts were kept in a safe place and are still waiting to be rediscovered.

For those interested, I can provide references to the list of compositions. I also have found some reviews, but my German isn't very good, so if anyone here could help with this, it would be nice (some reviews seem very positive from what I can understand).

[Kurt (Curt) Herold]

Note: This is a preliminary biography and list of works, based on what I have found in various online periodicals. Any additional information will be very welcome.

Kurt (Curt) Herold Born ?.?.1866 Died 06.07.1916

German composer, pianist and teacher. He was described as a passionate admirer of Brahms and as an eclectic composer in the classical trend (original French version : "éclectique à tendance classique").

Teached harmony, counterpoint, fugue and composition at the Großherzoglichen Konservatorium in Karlsruhe.

Later was piano and theory teacher at the Potthof-Zimmermann Konservatorium in Elberfeld.

Orchestral

Symphony in C major
Symphony in F major
(One of these symphonies was performed at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Concerts. Both manuscripts available at the Fürstliche Hofkapelle, Sondershausen, according to RISM)
Piano Concerto in B-flat major
Piano Concerto in E minor
Piano Concerto in D minor

Chamber

Piano Trio in A minor
Piano Trio in B-flat minor
String quartet (unspecified key)
Trio for piano, oboe and horn
Violin Sonata in C-sharp minor
Cello Sonata in C major

Piano

Albumblatt
Vier Klavierstücke

Song

Lieder (unspecified)

Voval

"Per aspera ad astra", Symphonic Prologue for Orchestra, Chorus and solo Baritone

Yes of course, it might be a possibility. Unfortunately, Godfrey Arkwright's effects seem to have been spread across the UK...

University of Birmingham
http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=Catalog&id=XMS443

University of Oxford
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/modern/arkwright/arkwright.html

And even France
http://www.royaumont-bibliotheque-francois-lang.fr/opacwebaloes/index.aspx?IdPage=261

So this might be a nice puzzle...

There is though, at Durham University, a collection named "Durham University Music exercises".

http://reed.dur.ac.uk/xtf/view?docId=ead/mus/dumusic.xml

Under "Mus. Bac. 1895", one can read :

Arkwright, M.N. (Sic!), Atalanta in Calydon.

I guess it must be a misreading of Miss Arkwright's first name.

Some of her papers are held at the Berkshire Record Office.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=005-dex10301100&cid=48-7#48-7

I wrote them a few months ago, but unfortunately they didn't seem to have any music manuscripts by Arkwrigt, according to the searchroom assistant who answered me. If anybody knows where could those manuscripts be found, I would be very glad to learn more about her music.

Dear Mrs Braun,

Thank you for your reply and welcome on this forum! It is great to hear from you. Do you know any interesting biographical detail about Herr Laurischkus? Are you aware of any library keeping his manuscripts? Or are they still kept by your family?

Thank you!

The Österreichische Nationalbibliothek also owns, among some music manuscripts by Frühling, his biography (unfortunately it does not seem to be available online).

A list of opus numbers up to op. 17 is available in the Universal-Handbuch der Musiklitteratur, vol. 11, p. 211-212
https://archive.org/details/universalhandboo11pazd

Back to Laurischkus and his music, I got in touch a year ago with members of Max Laurischkus family, namely the wife of his brother's grandson. Unfortunately, she couldn't provide any information about his music at the time, or location of his manuscripts.

Hi,

I'm might not understand to whole thing, but according to Jaroslav di Zielinski article "The Poles in Music" in "Modern Music and Musicians Vol. 3" (1918, p. 365), there's a short description of this competition (or is it another one?). Lachner is given first, but it is Josef Strauss (1793-1866) which came second, and Dobrzynski third/honourable mention. See here:
http://www.forgottenbooks.org/download_pdf/Modern_Music_and_Musicians_v3_1000062915.pdf

On the other hand, Josef Strauss Wikipedia article gives Strauss as third.
http://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Strauss_(Musiker)

And then John's first post mentioned that Otto Nicolai was second.

So who's right? Am I missing something?

Thanks!

Simon

You can hear an excerpt of the finale movement (from the same recording) available on YouTube :

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzh7h-Gfahg