Arnfried Edler

Arnfried Edler (born March 21, 1938 in Lüdenscheid ) is a German musicologist and university professor in Kiel and Hanover.

Life

Arnfried Edler studied school music, German literary history and philosophy in Saarbrücken and Kiel and also passed the A-exam for Protestant church music at the Cologne University of Music in 1964 . After receiving his doctorate in historical musicology in 1968 and completing his legal clerkship for teaching at grammar schools, he worked from 1969 as a research assistant, head of the student choir and university organist in Kiel, while also teaching at the Lübeck University of Music .

After his habilitation in 1978 he became professor for historical musicology at the University of Kiel . From 1989 to 2003 he worked at the Hanover University of Music and Drama .

Edler focuses on the music history of the 18th and 19th centuries, the social, mentality and genre history of music (especially for keyboard instruments) as well as the history of musical aesthetics and music education. He has worked many times as an editor and co-author on scientific monuments and complete editions ( Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , Robert Schumann ) as well as on congress and project reports.

Publications (selection)

• Studies on the understanding of ancient music myths in the 19th century (= Kieler Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft. Vol. 20, ZDB -ID 504075-9 ). Bärenreiter, Kassel et al. 1970 (at the same time: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1968).
• The North Elbian organist. Studies on social status, function and compositional production of a musician profession from the Reformation to the 20th century (= Kieler Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft. Vol. 23). Bärenreiter, Kassel et al. 1982, ISBN 3-7618-0636-1 (also: Kiel, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1978).
• Robert Schumann and his time (= great composers and their time ). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1982, ISBN 3-921518-71-7 (3rd, revised and expanded edition. Ibid. 2008, ISBN 978-3-89007-653-9 ; in Italian as: Schumann e il suo tempo. EDT , Turin 1991, ISBN 88-7063-137-0 ).
• Genres of music for keyboard instruments (= handbook of musical genres. Vol. 7, part 1–3). 3 volumes. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1997-2004;
  • Part 1: From the beginnings to 1750 , XIII / 463 pages with 209 illustrations and 251 music examples, 1997, ISBN 3-89007-130-9
  • Part 2: From 1750 to 1830 , VII / 384 pages with 60 illustrations and 65 music examples, 2003, ISBN 3-89007-286-0
  • Part 3: From 1830 to the present , VIII / 392 pages with 78 illustrations and 64 music examples, 2004, ISBN 3-89007-595-9
    • extended new edition: History of piano and organ music , 3 volumes, Laaber 2007.
• Music between mythology and social history. Selected articles from the years 1972 to 2000 (= publications of the Hanover University of Music and Theater. Vol. 13). Edited by Wolfgang Horn and Günter Katzenberger . Wißner, Augsburg 2003, ISBN 3-89639-379-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Arnfried Edler in the catalog of the German National Library