Konrad Wölki

Konrad Wölki (27 December 1904 – 5 July 1983) was a German composer, mandolinist and music educator who contributed to the musically critical appreciation of the Zupforchesters (German mandolin orchestras—may also include other plucked string instruments or conventional orchestral instruments). Historian Paul Sparks labeled Wölki "the founding father of modern German plucked-string music."

He was a senior member of the German Mandolin and Guitar Player Federation (D.M.G.B.) until he was forced out in 1935 and replaced with a Nazi party member. In 1961 he helped create the (League of German plucked instrumentalists, BDZ), with members from his own D.M.G.B. and the German Workers Mandolinists Federation (D.A.M.B.), another mandolin organization closed down under the Nazis). He found that the classical music of the period that used mandolin had been played without tremolo.

Life and work Konrad Wölki was born in 1904 in Moabit (Berlin). Mandoline, Gitarre, Laute, Berlin : H. Ragotzky, 1936 Das Studienwerk für Gitarre, Berlin N 65, Swakopmunder Str. 12 : Ragotzky, 1939. Das goldene Akkordeon-Buch, Berlin : Globus Verlag, 1939. Instrumentationslehre für Zupfinstrumente, Berlin : Ragotzky, 1948. Melodisches Gitarrenspiel, Berlin[-Lichterfelde] : Apollo-Verlag, 1960 Gitarre allein, Berlin : Apollo-Verlag, 1966. Musiklehre für Gitarrenspieler, Berlin : Ries und Erler, 1970 Gitarrenspiel am Anfang, Berlin : Apollo-Verlag, 1971. 50 Jahre Berliner Lautengilde, Hamburg : Trekel, 1984. Der Akkordeon-Musikant, Berlin[-Lichterfelde] : Apollo-Verlag (3 volumes) Deutsche Schule für Gitarre, Berlin N 65, Swakopmunder Str. 12 : Ragotzky Deutsche Schule für Mandoline, Berlin N 65, Swakopmunder Str. 12 : Ragotzky Flötentöne, Berlin-[Lichterfelde] : Apollo-Verlag Gitarre zum Lied, Berlin[-Lichterfelde] : Apollo-Verlag Schule für Mandoline, Berlin : Apollo-Verlag Wölki-Schule für Akkordeon, Berlin : Curtius