Othmar Wessely

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Othmar Wessely (born October 31, 1922 in Linz , Upper Austria ; † April 20, 1998 in Vienna ) was an Austrian musicologist .

Career

Othmar Wessely studied musicology at the University of Vienna with Erich Schenk . From 1963 to 1971 he was a university professor at the Karl-Franzens University in Graz , and from 1972 to 1992 he was the successor of his teacher Schenk at the University of Vienna.

From 1974 Wessely was head of the publications of the monuments of music art in Austria (DTÖ). From 1982 to 1998 chairman of the commission for music research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and scientific director of the Anton Bruckner Institute Linz .

Wessely was married to the musicologist Helene Wessely-Kropik (1924-2011) since 1951. Both were buried in a grave at Döblinger Friedhof (group 32, row 4, number 25). (Tombstone fell over).

Publications (selection)

Grave of Othmar Wessely
  • Music in Upper Austria , Linz 1951.
  • The musical instrument collection of the Upper Austrian State Museum , Linz 1952.
  • Johannes Brassicanus , Linz 1948 a. 1954.
  • Arnold von Bruck , habilitation thesis , Vienna 1958 (1961).
  • Music , Darmstadt 1972.
  • Bruckner Studies , Vienna 1975.
  • The older libretti in the library of the Institute for Musicology at the University of Vienna , Vienna 1998.

Honors

literature

personal data
SURNAME Wessely, Othmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz , Upper Austria
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1998
Place of death Vienna