Alfons M. Duration

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Alfons Michael Dauer (born April 16, 1921 in Bamberg ; † October 27, 2010 in Graz ) was a German musicologist and ethnologist .

From 1941, Dauer studied musicology, English and ethnology (African studies) in Erlangen , Cologne and Mainz . In 1960 he received his doctorate in Mainz (ethnogenesis of the Mangbetu ). He went on research trips to Ghana , Zimbabwe and Senegal . From 1965 to 1976 he was head of the ethnology section at the Institute for Scientific Film in Göttingen , where he was in charge of editing over 400 ethnomusic films. From 1976 to 1991 he held the professorship for Afro-American studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz .

Duration is particularly known for examining the African roots of African American music (such as jazz, blues), as set out in his book The Jazz - Its Origins and Development , first published in 1956. He was co-editor of Knaur's Jazz Lexikon (1957). In 1969 he helped found the International Society for Jazz Research in Graz .

Works

  • Jazz - its origins and its development , Erich Röth Verlag, Kassel 1977 (first edition 1956)
  • with Stephen Longstreet Knaurs Jazz Lexikon , Munich 1957 (further edition 1959)
  • Studies on ethnogenesis at the Mangbetu Mainz 1960 (dissertation)
  • Jazz - the magical music Bremen, Carl Schünemann Verlag 1961
  • How the blues is sung in Janheinz Jahn (Ed.) Blues und Worksongs , Fischer Bücherei 1964
  • Improvisation - about spontaneous design in jazz , Jazzforschung Vol. 1, Vienna 1970
  • "Southwest Europe, Andalusia. Flamenco gitano." - Encyclopedia Cinematographica (Ed .: G [otthard] Wolf ). Göttingen: Institute for Scientific Film 1971.
  • On the syntagmatic of ethnographic documentary films . Vienna-Föhrenau, Stiglmayr 1980
  • Blues from 100 years, 43 examples of the typology of vocal blues forms. Texts and sheet music with accompanying chords , Fischer paperback 1983, ISBN 3-596-22952-9
  • Kinesis and Katharsis - on the interpretation of African rhythms and musical landscapes in Africa in Artur Simon (Ed.) Music in Africa , Berlin 1983
  • Tradition of African wind orchestras and the development of jazz , contributions to jazz research, Vol. 7, Graz, Academic Printing and Publishing Company 1985
  • Ragtime - draft of a genesis and a musical development history , Jazzforschung Vol. 18, 1986

literature

  • Bernd Hoffmann , Helmut Rösing (Hrsg.): .. and jazz does not last - aspects of Afro-American music , Coda Musikverlag, Graz 1998 (Festschrift for the 75th birthday)
  • Reclam's Jazz Lexicon

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personal data
SURNAME Duration, Alfons M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duration, Alfons Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist (jazz, blues) and ethnologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 2010
Place of death Graz