Wilhelm Klatte
# Wilhelm Klatte

Wilhelm Klatte (13 February 1870 – 25 July 1930) was a German music theoretician, pedagogue, journalist and conductor.

## Life

Born in Bremen, after studying music in Leipzig, Klatte began his professional career as a musician first at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar with Richard Strauss. During this time he was also active as a conductor on various occasions. In 1897 he became the first music consultant at the Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger. From 1904 Klatte also taught music theory at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, where he was appointed professor in 1919. His students there included Else Schmitz-Gohr. Since 1925 he had also held a teaching position for theory at the Royal Music Institute of Berlin.

Klatte also held several honorary posts. He was a member of the board of directors of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein (from 1909) and representative of the musical arts in the Vorläufiger Reichswirtschaftsrat [de] (from 1925).

Klatte died in Berlin at the age of 60.

## Work

* Zur Geschichte der Programm-Musik, 1905
* Franz Schubert, 1907
* Aufgaben für den einfachen Kontrapunkt, 1915
* Grundlagen des mehrstimmigen Satzes (Harmonielehre), 1922
* Das Sternsche Konservatorium der Musik zu Berlin, 1925
