Günter Schnitzler

Günter Schnitzler (born June 16, 1946 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German literary and musicologist .

Life

From 1966 to 1971 he studied German literature , philosophy , musicology and art history at the universities of Cologne , Bonn and Freiburg and was established in 1980 in philosophy with a thesis Zur, philosophy 'of the Vienna Circle , Neopositivistische keywords in the journal, knowledge' doctorate . In 1988 he completed his habilitation with a monograph on Charles Sealsfield (Karl Postl) in the subject of modern German literature . From 1994 until his retirement he was professor for modern German literature and music at the University of Freiburg .

From 1999 to 2017 he was the head of Studium generale at the University of Freiburg. The “Saturday University”, which appeals to a large audience, was founded by Günter Schnitzler in 2006.

From 1974 until the end of 2018, Günter Schnitzler was the editor of the interdisciplinary journal Freiburger Universitätsblätter , which had existed since 1962 and was published quarterly under Schnitzler's direction on behalf of the Rector of the University of Freiburg. Since 1993 he has been co-editor of the Hugo von Hofmannsthal yearbook on European modernism as well as several interdisciplinary and literary series of publications.

He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences , a founding member of the Society for Music and Aesthetics, and a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Charles Sealsfield Society .

Publications (selection)

Monographs

• On the 'philosophy' of the Vienna Circle. Key neopositivist terms in the journal 'Knowledge'. Fink, Munich 1980, ISBN 978-3-7705-1921-7 .
• Experience and image. The poetic reality of Charles Sealsfield (Karl Postl) (=  series of publications of the Charles Sealsfield Society. Volume 3; =  Rombach Wissenschaft, Litterae series ). Rombach, Freiburg 1988, ISBN 978-3-7930-9047-2 .

Editions

• Charles Sealsfield: Morton or the Grand Tour. Part 1: In the New World (=  German Library of the East ). Langen Müller, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-7844-2674-7 .
• Charles Sealsfield: South and North. Volume 1: Two nights in Tzapotecan (=  yearbook of the Charles Sealsfield Society. Volume 17). Langen Müller, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-7844-3021-8 .
• Charles Sealsfield: South and North. Volume 2: Mariquita (=  yearbook of the Charles Sealsfield Society. Volume 18). Langen Müller, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-7844-3049-2 .
• with Waldemar Fromm : Charles Sealsfield: work edition in individual volumes. Allitera, Munich 2008 ff.
  • Morton or the great tour (=  yearbook of the Charles Sealsfield Society. Volume 19). Allitera, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-86520-319-9 .
  • The Virey and the Aristocrats or Mexico in 1812 (=  Yearbook of the Charles Sealsfield Society. Volume 21/22). 2010, ISBN 978-3-86906-119-1 .
  • The Legitimate and the Republicans. A story from the last American-English war. 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-400-0 .
  • The German-American elective affinities. 2012. ISBN 978-3-86906-369-0 .

Edited anthologies

• Music and number. Interdisciplinary contributions to the border area between music and mathematics (=  Orpheus series of publications on basic questions in music. Volume 17). Publishing house for systematic musicology, Bonn 1976, DNB 760127573 .
• Poetry and music. Kaleidoscope of their relationships. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 978-3-12-936920-3 .
• in connection with Gerhard Neumann and Jürgen Schröder : image and thought. Festschrift for Gerhart Baumann on his 60th birthday. Fink, Munich 1980, ISBN 978-3-7705-1986-6 .
• with Gerhard Neumann: Franz Grillparzer . History and Present (=  Rombach Sciences, Litterae series. Volume 19). Rombach, Freiburg 1994, ISBN 978-3-7930-9075-5 .
• with Carl Pietzcker : Johann Peter Hebel : Immortal from the Wiesental (=  Rombach Sciences, Studeo series. Volume 3). Rombach, Freiburg 1996, ISBN 978-3-7930-0693-0 .
• with Gottfried Schramm : An indivisible whole. Goethe: Art and Science (=  Rombach Sciences, Studeo series. Volume 4). Rombach, Freiburg 1997, ISBN 978-3-7930-0692-3 .
• with Edelgard Spaude : Intermediality. Studies on the interaction between the arts. Festschrift for Peter Andraschke on his 65th birthday (=  Rombach Sciences, Litterae series. Volume 126). Rombach, Freiburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-7930-9408-1 [with a CD Abundance of melodies: a gramophone concert on the Zauberberg ].
• with Achim Aurnhammer : The dance in the arts 1770-1914 (=  Rombach Sciences, Scenae series. Volume 10). Rombach, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7930-9553-8 .
• with Achim Aurnhammer: Word and Sound (=  Rombach Sciences, Litterae series. Volume 173). Rombach, Freiburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7930-9601-6 [with a CD].

Awards

• 2016: Medal of the University of Freiburg i. Br.

Web links

• Literature by and about Günter Schnitzler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal website of Günter Schnitzler at the University of Freiburg
• Günter Schnitzler in the directory of Germanists of the German Association of Germanists

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bettina Schulte: Where university and city meet. BZ interview with the Freiburg German scholars Günter Schnitzler and Werner Frick over 70 years of Studium generale. In: Badische Zeitung of November 25, 2017, accessed on August 14, 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Great services to the University of Freiburg . In: netzwerk südbaden from June 16, 2016, accessed on August 14, 2019.
3. ↑ Bettina Schulte: And at the end of the Rhine. They broke many discussions off the fence: Now the 'Freiburger Universitätsblätter', which had been published since 1962, are being discontinued . In: Badische Zeitung of December 10, 2018, accessed on August 14, 2019.