Josef Hutter

Josef Hutter (born February 28, 1894 in Prague ; † December 2, 1959 there ) was a Czech musicologist and teacher.

Hutter began to study musicology at the Charles University in 1913 . After only two semesters, he was drafted as a soldier when the First World War broke out. In 1918 he continued his studies with Zdeňek Nejedly and Otakar Zich and in 1920 he already presented a dissertation on Bohemian instrumental music of the 17th century. From 1927 until the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, he taught musicology at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University.

During the occupation, Hutter was active in the resistance movement and was imprisoned from July 1944 to May 1945. He then immediately began teaching musicology again and in 1947 became a full professor at Charles University. After the February revolution in 1948, he was one of the first professors to leave the university, and his two daughters also lost their places at university. In 1950 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison in a political trial. In a second trial in Pilsen in 1952, he was sentenced to 24 years for alleged treason with loss of property and citizenship. Bad health, he was released due to an amnesty in 1956, but was unable to continue his scientific work.

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SURNAME	Hutter, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech musicologist and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	2nd December 1959
Place of death	Prague