Max Kowalski (1882–1956) was a full-time lawyer who never gave up on his passion for music: singing lessons during his law studies, conducting and counterpoint classes, among others, at Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium in addition to his work at his own law office in Frankfurt. While studying, he already published his first works; 15 song cycles were published until 1933. In the years that followed, the Jewish-born Kowalski was restricted in working both as a lawyer and as a composer due to his persecu...

• Sechs Lieder auf Gedichte von Friedrich Hölderlin (1950): Hälfte des Lebens
• Sonnenuntergang
• Der Frühling
• Abbitte
• Menschenbeifall
• An die Parzen
• Sieben Geisha-Lieder (1951): Heut sah ich im Spaziergang
• Eine Pfirse steht am Weg
• Jener Jüngling
• Ich fühle, wie von Ferne
• Der Kessel singt
• Einst lief meine Sehnsucht
• Ach ich arme kleine Geisha