Theophil Antonicek

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Theophil Antonicek (born November 22, 1937 in Vienna ; † April 19, 2014 there ) was an Austrian musicologist .

Career

Theophil Antonicek studied musicology at the University of Vienna with Erich Schenk , receiving his doctorate in 1962 and his habilitation in 1978. Until his retirement he was a university lecturer at the University of Vienna.

Antonicek had been a corresponding member of the philosophical-historical class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 1984 and a real member since 1995, and from 1998 editor of the Monuments of Music in Austria . In addition, from 1998 to 2010 he was in charge of the publication series “Studies in Musicology”. As a co-founder of the Austrian Society for Musicology, he headed it from 1973 to 1983. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, he was honored by a symposium.

On May 5, 2014 Theophil Antonicek was buried in the romantic cemetery in Maria Enzersdorf .

Publications (selection)

  • Ignaz von Mosel (1772–1844). Biography and relationships with contemporaries , typescript. Dissertation, University of Vienna 1962.
  • The music archive of the parish church of St. Karl Borromeo in Vienna . Vienna 1968 a. 1973.
  • Music in the ballroom of the Austrian Academy of Sciences . Vienna, Cologne, Graz 1972.
  • Studies on Viennese musical life during the classical and Biedermeier periods . Vienna 1978.
  • Anton Bruckner and the Viennese court music band . [With tab.] Graz: Academ. Pressure u. Publishing house 1979.
  • Theophil Antonicek and Elisabeth Hilscher: Vivaldi . Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt , Graz 1997. ISBN 3-201-01677-2 .
  • Theophil Antonicek (Ed.): Musicology as cultural studies: then and now; international symposium (1998) on the anniversary of the establishment of the institute at the University of Vienna 100 years ago . (Viennese publications on musicology; Vol. 40) Tutzing 2005.

Honors

  • Award of the professional title of extraordinary university professor by the Federal President (based on the resolution of the Federal President in Federal Law Gazette II No. 2008/49, the professional title of university professor may be used since 2008 )
  • Awarded an honorary doctorate from Masaryk University in Brno in 2000
  • Elisabeth Theresia Hilscher (Ed.): Austrian Music - Music in Austria. Contributions to the music history of Central Europe. Theophil Antonicek on his 60th birthday. Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1998
  • Awarded the golden doctoral degree from the University of Vienna in 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honorary doctorate from Masaryk University in Brno

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personal data
SURNAME Antonicek, Theophil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 2014
Place of death Vienna