Kurt Singer (musicologist)

Kurt Singer (11 October 1885 – 7 February 1944) was a German neurologist, musicologist, conductor and chairman of the Jüdischer Kulturbund.

From 1923 to 1932, Singer was head of the medical advisory service at the Academy of Music and gave lectures on occupational diseases of musicians.

From 1927 to 1931, he was temporarily deputy and then director of the Deutsche Oper Berlin[4] At the Academy of Music, he was dismissed in Autumn 1932 because of alleged financial difficulties.

When, after the Machtergreifung in 1933, numerous musicians of Jewish origin lost their jobs in accordance with the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, he founded the "jüdischen Kulturbund".

[7] Articles: in Gemeindeblatt der Juedischen Gemeinde zu Berlin: in the Sozialistische Warte [de]:

Berliner Gedenktafel: Kurt Singer und der Kulturbund Deutscher Juden
Kurt Singer conducts Judas Maccabaeus with the Orchestra of the Jüdischer Kulturbund in the Berliner Philharmonie , Bernburger Straße, 7 and 8 May 1934