Franz Krieger (musicologist)

Franz Krieger (* 1963 in Wagna ) is an Austrian jazz researcher and jazz musician.

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At the age of six, Krieger received lessons on the piano, but also on guitar and accordion. In 1975 he was already working as an organist. After graduating from high school in 1981, he studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz (music education with a major in piano) and the University of Graz (history and social studies). After the graduation ceremony for master's, he deepened his studies in piano (classical) and jazz. He wrote a musicological dissertation on the subject of investigations into the style change in jazz solo piano playing using the example of selected body and soul recordings between 1938 and 1992 (1995). Between 1991 and 1999 he was a university assistant at the Institute for Jazz Research at the University of Art in Graz, where he was appointed professor and deputy head of the institute in 2000. In addition, he did a dissertation on the topic of structuring and musical qualification , which he successfully completed in 2003, and he also qualified as a professor in popular music .

In addition to the history and current development of the jazz piano, his main research interests are the transcription and (comparative) musical analysis of music titles. In 2002, his musicological achievements were recognized as exceptional with the Josef Krainer Prize .

Krieger is co-editor of the series of publications Jazzforschung / Jazz Research , Contributions to Jazzforschung / Studies in Jazz Research and Jazz Research News . In addition, Krieger is also active as a musician and plays a. a. in the Swing Quartet Graz .

Publications (selection)

• Society blues. On the history and analysis of the first black jazz recordings in Jazzforschung / Jazz Research 24 (1992)
• Jazz solo piano. On the change in style using the example of selected »Body and Soul« recordings from 1938–1992 in Jazzforschung / Jazz Research 27 (1995)
• Herbie Hancock during his time at Miles Davis: transcription and analysis of selected "My Funny Valentine" solos in Jazzforschung / Jazz Research 30 (1998)
• Musical acquisitions and originality with Herbie Hancock in Jazzforschung / Jazz Research 38 (2006)
• On the current harmonic language in popular music and jazz in jazz research / Jazz Research 40 (2008)
• Singing styles in comparison: ›All The Things You Are‹ in the field of musical, jazz and occidental art music in: SAMPLES online publications of the study group for popular music eV 9 (2010)

Web links

• Portrait (Institute for Jazz Research)

Individual evidence

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