Charles Paul Moor (March 3, 1924 in El Paso, Texas † October 11, 2010 in Berlin) was a German writer, photographer and music critic of American origin, who lived in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, published in German and English and is seen as a mediator between American and German culture. Among Aaron Copland's love affairs were ones with photographer Victor Kraft, artist Alvin Ross, pianist Paul Moor, dancer Erik Johns, composer John Brodbin Kennedy,[117] and painter Prentiss Taylor.
Paul Moor was born in El Paso, TX. Paul Moor was considered a musical prodigy in his youth. He studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music and the University of Texas and graduated at the age of 19. However, he abandoned his plan to pursue a career as a concert pianist in 1947 and turned to journalism. In 1948 he published his first three articles for Harper's Magazine, including an article on Leonard Bernstein. Later followed publications in The New Yorker, Holiday, The Saturday Review, The Saturday Evening Post and many others. In 1949 he moved to Paris and in 1951 to Munich. He now worked as an art critic for the New York Times; photo series created by him were published. In Munich he began to deal intensively with the "Third Reich". (He later published the results of his research in the book "Die Freiheit zum Tode. Euthanasia and Ethics".) He also worked on various other reports for various magazines, including the German student fraternities. Enthusiastic about the corps, he joined the Corps Franconia Munich in 1954. Recipated in 1955, he remained a member until his death.[1] In 1953 he published a photo reportage about Pablo Casals and the Casals Music Festival. In the next few years he worked mainly as a photojournalist. In 1956 he moved from Munich to Berlin and from then on reported on Berlin's cultural life, among others for the Financial Times, The Times, International Herald Tribune and Musical America. He became a regular contributor to Time Life and made numerous trips on behalf of the Time Life publishing house. In 1972 he published the book "Das Selbstporträt des Jürgen Bartsch". His subsequent work included the translation of Beethoven's notebooks into English and a television documentary about a concentration camp doctor. Scientific texts were also translated by Moor, in 1988 he translated the study "Homosexuality, Heterosexuality, Perversion" by the Swiss psychoanalyst Fritz Morgenthaler into English. In 2004, Paul Moor was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. With this award, the then Federal President Johannes Rau honored Moor's contribution to the german-American cultural relations. On August 23, 2007, Moor had renounced his U.S. citizenship in Berlin and received the citizenship certificate of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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