Eckehard Kiem
Eckehard Kiem (born September 12, 1950 in Berka vor dem Hainich ; † December 29, 2012 ) was a German music theorist , university professor and composer . Kiem also founded the Dufay Ensemble.
In his main areas of study he concentrated - in addition to a practical and analytical examination of vocal polyphony in the Renaissance - above all on the work and life of Richard Wagner .
Life
Eckehard Kiem studied school music , music theory with Peter Förtig and composition with Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber, as well as German and musicology in Mannheim and Freiburg.
In 1980 he became professor of music theory at the Freiburg University of Music . In the early 1990s he founded the Dufay Ensemble Freiburg, a vocal ensemble specializing in undiscovered or rarely performed music from the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance , and was a member of it until his death.
From 1998 to 2000 he was on the advisory board of the Stuttgart State Opera . He was co-editor of the magazine Musik und Ästhetik and author of numerous publications. Among other things, Kiem published the specialist literary treatise Richard Wagner and his time together with Ludwig Holtmeier (also professor for music theory and current rector of the Freiburg University of Music) .
Web links
- Literature by and about Eckehard Kiem in the catalog of the German National Library
- Eckehard Kiem at the Freiburg University of Music ( Memento from March 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Re-publication of Eckehard Kiem's writings by the Freiburg University Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Classical: Inquiring Musician - badische-zeitung.de January 3, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiem, Eckehard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music theorist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berka in front of the Hainich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 2012 |