Background
Thomas Edmund Konrad was born on July 28, 1928, in Vienna, the First Austrian Republic (present-day Vienna, Austria). He is the son of Leopold and Friederike (Wiener) Konrad.
(A former tutor to the aristocracy and knight of the Austr...)
A former tutor to the aristocracy and knight of the Austrian Empire, Köchel set out in 1851 to locate, collate, authenticate and place in chronological order all of Mozart's existing compositions. The Köchel Register, the result of eleven years of research and compilation, became the backbone of Mozart scholarship. He similarly assembled works by other noted Austrian composers and lectured extensively on music and other subjects. Tracing Köchel's life and professional career, this work aims to introduce the general music lover to Köchel and to demonstrate that his achievements in musicology and other fields are worthy of recognition, with or without his extensive Mozart collection. The original book, Weltberühmt doch unbekannt: Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, der Verfasser des Mozartregisters, was published in 1998.
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2001
Thomas Edmund Konrad was born on July 28, 1928, in Vienna, the First Austrian Republic (present-day Vienna, Austria). He is the son of Leopold and Friederike (Wiener) Konrad.
Thomas Konrad graduated from high school in Budapest, Hungary.
Thomas Konrad began his career in 1947 as an administrator and journalist for London Musical Events in London, England, and worked in these capacities till 1950. Then he moved to Hungary and was a technical worker at Forgácsoló Sz. Gy. in Budapest from 1951 till 1954.
His successful writing career began in 1954 when he joined the German language Budapest weekly, Freies Leben, as a staff journalist. He held the same position at Romanian daily Neuer Weg and served as a London correspondent for the Neuer Pester Lloyd. He contributed articles, short stories, and reviews to Hungarian periodicals.
Konrad also devoted many years to Montague R. Jason (Toys) Limited in London, England, working as managing director from 1957 till 1986. Besides, he was director of various entities in the Steelworth Group.
In 1998 Konrad published his book Weltberühmt doch unbekannt: Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, der Verfasser des Mozartregisters (K for Köchel: The Life and Work of Ludwig Ritter Von Köchel, Cataloguer of Mozart). The author did admirable work in bringing the obscure details of Köchel's life to light, and he thoroughly documented the creation of the Mozart catalog and Köchel's other work as educator, botanist, and mineralogist.
(A former tutor to the aristocracy and knight of the Austr...)
2001Konrad married Judith Weisz on October 16, 1948. The marriage produced three children: Angela, Steven, and Veronica Shaw.