Kopfermann, Albert (1846-1914). German librarian and curator. He joined the Royal Library, Berlin in 1878, and was made Professor and Director of its Music Division in 1908, a post which he held until 1914 (when succeeded by Wilhelm Altmann). (Georg Kinsky became his assistant at the Library in 1908, and then in 1909 became curator at the Heyer Musikhistorisches Museum in Cologne.) He edited several previously unknown compositions, a Beethoven Adagio for Mechanical Clock, WoO 33 No. 1 (1902) and the spurious Mozart violin concerto in D, K. 271a/271i (1907). He published relatively little, and had a reputation for kindness and for tireless efforts on behalf of other scholars that is reflected in Schenker's own remarks about him to other people. The correspondence between Schenker and him concerned entirely the Beethoven source materials in the Library's collections, and particularly the obtaining of photographic copies (some of which are preserved in OC). The letters from Kopfermann to Schenker survive as: OC B/174–179 (October 31, 1912 to December 22, 1913)--consult under calendar for "Librarians, Archivists, Curators"). Kopfermann at one point wrote a letter to Schenker that the latter planned to use as a supporting letter in his application to the Heyer Museum re: Beethoven Op.111. Kopfermann is mentioned in: OJ 1/11, p. 263, October 31, 1912 (Diary entry by Schenker) OJ 1/11, p. 263, November 2, 1912 (Diary entry by Schenker) OJ 1/12, p. 435, October 5, 1913 (Diary entry by Schenker) OJ 1/12, p. 449, October 20, 1913 (Diary entry by Schenker) OJ 1/12, p. 452, October 23, 1913 (Diary entry by Schenker) WSLB 186, undated (between October 30 and November 2, 1913) (Schenker to Hertzka) WSLB 203, April 15, 1914 (Schenker to Hertzka) WSLB 204, April 18, 1914 (Schenker to Hertzka) OC 52/441, April 20, 1914 (Hertzka to Schenker) WSLB 205, April 22, 1914 (Schenker to Hertzka) WSLB 213, May 17, 1914 (Schenker to Hertzka) |
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| Kopfermann, Albert (1846-1914). German librarian and curator. He joined the Royal Library, Berlin in 1878, and was made Professor and Director of its Music Division in 1908, a post which he held until 1914 (when succeeded by Wilhelm Altmann). (Georg... | |