Fritz Muggler
Fritz Muggler (* 1930 in Zurich ) is a Swiss musician and music critic .
After graduating from high school, Muggler studied piano, organ and musicology (with Paul Hindemith and Kurt von Fischer ) at the Conservatory and the University of Zurich . He then worked as a music critic for the newspapers Volksrecht and Die Tat, and for many years for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . He later studied recorder with Hans-Martin Linde at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel. He founded the New Consort Zurich and worked as an organist in Schlieren . He repeatedly attended the Darmstadt summer courses . 1978–95 he was President of the Swiss Section of the International Society for New Music . In 1991 he organized the ISCM World Music Days in Zurich.
Fonts (selection)
- On musical life in Switzerland. Pro Helvetia, Zurich 1982.
Web links
- Fritz Muggler at Discogs (English)
- Research project: Fritz Muggler (born 1930) tape collection at the Zurich University of the Arts
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the history of the SGNM. iscm-switzerland.ch
- ^ Johannes Anders: Music protocol with Fritz Muggler. In: Swiss music newspaper . No. 1, January 2008, pp. 23-27, here p. 25.
President of the Swiss Society for New Music
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muggler, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |