Christoph-Hellmut Mahling

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Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (born May 25, 1932 in Berlin ; † February 13, 2012 in Mainz ) was a musicologist and professor at various universities.

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Mahling studied musicology from 1957 to 1962 at the Universities of Tübingen and Saarbrücken with Walter Gerstenberg , Georg Reichert, Joseph Müller-Blattau and Walter Salmen .

In 1962 he was promoted to Dr. phil. (Dissertation: Studies on the History of the Opera Choir ) and became an assistant at the Musicological Institute of the Saarland University in Saarbrücken in 1963. In 1972 he completed his habilitation there under Walter Wiora for the subject of musicology (Habil. Writing: orchestra and orchestra musicians in Germany from 1700 to 1850 ). In the same year he was appointed Scientific Councilor and Professor. Since 1981 he had a professorship at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz ; until March 2000 he was head of the musicological institute there. From 1987 to 1992 Mahling was President of the International Musicological Society . Mahling also worked as one of the leading pioneers of a complete edition of Gaspare Spontini's letters , which has been published by Hainholz Verlag ( Göttingen ) since 2013 .

Recent publications (selection)

  • Richard Wagner and his "teachers": Report of the conference at the Musicological Institute of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 6./7. June 1997; Egon Voss for his 60th birthday / ed. by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling […]. Mainz: Are-Musik-Verl., 1999
  • On harmony music and its history / Villa Musica. Edited by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling, Kristina Pfarr, Karl Böhmer. Colloquium. Villa Musica  ; 2 (Engers Castle, Neuwied): 1998.10.30-31. Mainz: Villa Musica, c 1999
  • Music theater in the field of tension between tradition and experiment (1960 to 1980) / ed. by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling and Kristina Pfarr. Tutzing: Schneider, 2002
  • Aspects of historical and systematic music research: on the symphony in the 19th century, on questions of music theory, the perception of music and others; [Annual meeting of the Society for Music Research, ... 1997 at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ...] / ed. by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling and Kristina Pfarr. Mainz: Are-Ed., 2002
  • Chamber music on the Rhine and Main: Contributions to the history of the string quartet; Christoph-Hellmut Mahling on his 75th birthday / ed. by Kristina Pfarr. With the participation of the jubilee. Mainz: Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate, 2007
  • Chamber music in the transition from baroque to classical / ed. by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling. Mainz: Villa Musica, 2009
  • Kurmusik in Kreuznach and Münster am Stein in the 19th and early 20th centuries / Heinz Koch . Edited posthumously by Wolfgang Birtel and Christoph-Hellmut Mahling. Bad Kreuznach: District Administration, 2009
  • Musicians on the move: Contributions to cultural transfer in the 18th and 19th centuries / edited by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling on behalf of the German Mozart City of Augsburg. - Augsburg: Wißner, 2011

Festschriften for Christoph-Hellmut Mahling

  • Axel Beer , Wolfgang Ruf and Kristina Pfarr (eds.): Festschrift Christoph-Hellmut Mahling for his 65th birthday . (= Mainzer Studien zur Musikwissenschaft , 37) 2 vols. - Tutzing : Hans Schneider 1997. [With illustration and note examples] XXIII, 1618 p. 8 °
  • Wolfgang Birtel (author), Ursula Kramer (ed.): Choirs and choral singing: Festschrift for Christoph-Hellmut Mahling on his 75th birthday (= writings on musicology , 16) Mainz: Are Musik, 2009.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph-Hellmut Mahling at ripm.org ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Mahling, Christoph-Hellmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 2012
Place of death Mainz