Ekkehard Kreft

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Ekkehard Kreft (born July 14, 1939 in Sagan , Upper Silesia; died December 27, 2015 in Krefeld ) was a German music teacher and professor of musicology and music education at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster.

Life

After completing his music teacher studies in 1964, Ekkehard Kreft initially worked as a music teacher in the school service. In 1969 he received his doctorate at the University of Münster on the subject of Beethoven's late quartets - substance and substance processing . In 1972 he moved to the University of Education in Westphalia-Lippe as an academic senior counselor . In 1974 he completed his habilitation and in 1979 was given an extraordinary professorship . In 1980 he was appointed full professor at the Westphalian Wilhelms University (WWU). For several years he headed the Institute for Music Education there and was involved in setting up the music therapy diploma course in music therapy. In 2004 he retired from active service at the university.

In addition to questions of harmony , he was particularly interested in the composer Edvard Grieg . Together with Joachim Dorfmüller , he founded the Edvard Grieg Research Center at the University of Münster in 1995, which was relocated to the University of the Arts in Berlin after he left Münster University . In 1996 he was elected Vice President of the German Edvard Grieg Society. In 1997 he became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences . From 2007 to 2012 he was President of the International Edvard Grieg Society.

Works (selection)

  • Parallel chord. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2005 ISBN 978-3-6315-4603-1
  • Harmony in transition: chord types and formations from the 18th to the 20th century (contributions to European music history) Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003 ISBN 978-3-6315-1703-1
  • Grieg's harmony. Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2000 ISBN 978-3-6313-5995-2
  • Harmonious processes in the change of epochs (3 volumes). Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1994–1999

literature

  • Walter Lindenbaum, Hildegard Junker (ed.): Music is a phenomenon of our life - a writing for Ekkehard Kreft . Junker Verlag 2004 ISBN 978-3-9376-2804-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Münstersche Zeitung of January 16, 2016 , accessed on April 17, 2019
  2. ↑ Obituary music therapy WWU Münster ( memento from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 22, 2017
  3. ^ Edvard Grieg Research Center at the UdK Berlin , accessed on October 5, 2017
  4. ^ Deutsche Edvard-Grieg-Gesellschaft , accessed on April 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Kreft, Ekkehard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German music teacher, musicologist and university teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Sagan , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 2015
Place of death Krefeld