While most of Reger’s letters have long been available in print and have already been annotated in an excellent edition by Susanne Popp (which means that their transfer into digital form is carried out here as an introductory exercise), the correspondence with Frieda Kwast-Hodapp has remained virtually unnoticed until now (even Antony Beaumont’s selected edition does not contain any of Busoni’s 15 Kwast-Hodapp letters, which have only been preserved as transcripts in typescript). An internationally renowned pianist, Kwast-Hodapp was closely associated with Max Reger, notable as the dedicatee and premiere performer of his Piano Concerto. From 1905, she worked as a piano professor at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, alongside her husband and former teacher James Kwast. Her correspondence with Busoni, which is more extensively documented for the last years of his life, focusses is on questions of compositional and pianistic creativity, preparation, and interpretation.
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<p><date when-iso="2025-04/2025-09">Im Sommersemester 2025</date> findet wieder ein gemeinsames Hybrid-Seminar der <orgName key="E0600132">Humboldt-Universität zu <placeName key="E0500029">Berlin</placeName></orgName> und der <orgName key="E0600218">Hochschule für Musik</orgName> <placeName key="E0500207">Karlsruhe</placeName> zur digitalen Briefedition statt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen <ref target="#E010015">die 15 erhaltenen Briefe</ref> <persName key="E0300097">Max Regers</persName> an <persName key="E0300017">Ferruccio Busoni</persName> (die Gegenbriefe sind verschollen) sowie der <ref target="#E010016">27 Korrespondenzstücke umfassende Briefwechsel</ref> <persName key="E0300017">Busonis</persName> mit der Pianistin <persName key="E0300701">Frieda Kwast-Hodapp</persName>.</p>
<p>Während die meisten der <persName key="E0300097">Reger</persName>-Briefe seit langem gedruckt vorliegen und auch bereits <rs key="E0800425">in einer hervorragenden Edition durch Susanne Popp</rs> kommentiert wurden (so dass ihre Übertragung ins Digitale hier im Sinne einer Übung zum Einstieg erfolgt), ist <ref target="#E010016">der Briefwechsel</ref> mit <persName key="E0300701">Frieda Kwast-Hodapp</persName> bisher praktisch unbeachtet geblieben (auch <rs key="E0800060">Antony Beaumonts Auswahlausgabe</rs> enthält keinen der 15 Briefe <persName key="E0300017">Busonis</persName>, die nur als Abschriften im Typoskript überliefert sind). Die international renommierte Pianistin war eng mit <persName key="E0300097">Max Reger</persName> verbunden, u. a. als Widmungsträgerin und erste Interpretin von dessen <title key="E0400804">Klavierkonzert</title>. <date from-iso="1905">Seit 1905</date> wirkte sie als Klavierprofessorin am <orgName key="E0600012">Stern’schen Konservatorium</orgName> in <placeName key="E0500029">Berlin</placeName>, gemeinsam mit ihrem Ehemann und vorherigem Lehrer <persName key="E0300536">James Kwast</persName>. Im Austausch mit <persName key="E0300017">Busoni</persName>, erst für dessen letzte Lebensjahre durch <ref target="#E010016">den Briefwechsel</ref> umfangreicher dokumentiert, stehen Fragen des kompositorisch-pianistischen Schaffens, der Einstudierung und Interpretation im Vordergrund.</p>
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<p><date when-iso="2025-04/2025-09">In the summer term of 2025</date>, <orgName key="E0600132">Humboldt University</orgName> in <placeName key="E0500029">Berlin</placeName> and the <placeName key="E0500207">Karlsruhe</placeName> <orgName key="E0600218">University of Music</orgName> will once again hold a joint hybrid seminar on digital correspondence editions. The focus will be on <ref target="#E010015">the 15 surviving letters</ref> from <persName key="E0300097">Max Reger</persName> to <persName key="E0300017">Ferruccio Busoni</persName> (the return letters are missing) and <ref target="#E010016">the 27 letters</ref> exchanged between <persName key="E0300017">Busoni</persName> and the pianist <persName key="E0300701">Frieda Kwast-Hodapp</persName>.</p>
<p>While most of <persName key="E0300097">Reger’s</persName> letters have long been available in print and have already been annotated <rs key="E0800425">in an excellent edition by Susanne Popp</rs> (which means that their transfer into digital form is carried out here as an introductory exercise), the correspondence with <persName key="E0300701">Frieda Kwast-Hodapp</persName> has remained virtually unnoticed until now (even <rs key="E0800060">Antony Beaumont’s selected edition</rs> does not contain any of <persName key="E0300017">Busoni’s</persName> 15 <persName key="E0300701">Kwast-Hodapp</persName> letters, which have only been preserved as transcripts in typescript). An internationally renowned pianist, <persName key="E0300701">Kwast-Hodapp</persName> was closely associated with <persName key="E0300097">Max Reger</persName>, notable as the dedicatee and premiere performer of his <title key="E0400804">Piano Concerto</title>. <date from-iso="1905">From 1905</date>, she worked as a piano professor at the <orgName key="E0600012">Stern Conservatory</orgName> in <placeName key="E0500029">Berlin</placeName>, alongside her husband and former teacher <persName key="E0300536">James Kwast</persName>. <ref target="#E010016">Her correspondence</ref> with <persName key="E0300017">Busoni</persName>, which is more extensively documented for the last years of his life, focusses is on questions of compositional and pianistic creativity, preparation, and interpretation.</p>
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