Lorenz, Alfred Ottokar#
b. Vienna, July 11, 1868, d. Munich, Germany, Nov. 20, 1939, composer, conductor and musicologist, son of Ottokar Lorenz. Conductor at various German opera houses, from appr. 1920 increasingly turned to musicology and gained important insights into the oeuvre of R. Wagner and 17th century opera.
Works#
Gedanken und Studien zur Formgebung in R. Wagners "Ring des Nibelungen", 1922; Das Geheimnis der Form bei R. Wagner, 4 vols., 1924-33; A. Scarlattis Jugendoper, 1927.Literature#
Oesterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon; Neue Deutsche Biographie