Gerhard Croll

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Gerhard Croll (born May 25, 1927 in Düsseldorf ; † October 26, 2019 in Salzburg ) was a German - Austrian musicologist .

Life

Croll studied Kapellmeister at the Conservatory in Düsseldorf and musicology with Rudolf Gerber at the University of Münster . He received his doctorate in 1954 with his thesis on The Motet Work Gaspars van Weerbeke . In 1961 he completed his habilitation with a study of the operas by Agostino Steffani .

From 1966 to 1993 he was professor and founding professor for musicology at the University of Salzburg . He was a co-founder of the musicological institute (Salzburg music history, dance and music theater and Bernhard Paumgartner archive ). From 1955 he worked for the New Mozart Edition . From 1960 to 1990 he was the head of the Gluck complete edition. In 1986 he founded the International Gluck Society. He was a member of the Central Institute for Mozart Research in Salzburg. He was also an honorary member of the International Mozarteum Foundation .

As a musicologist with practical training, he always combined science and practice. With Bernhard Paumgartner, there was a highly acclaimed performance of an early opera by Emilio de'Cavalieri as part of the Salzburg Festival. He founded the edition series “Monuments of Music in Salzburg” and initiated the recording of several records with music from Salzburg archives. In addition to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his research on Salzburg's musical history and its lively cultivation also applied to Johann Michael Haydn, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Georg Muffat and others. a. He suggested the restoration of valuable domestic instruments (Salzburg claviorganum, Haydn grand piano) and contributed significantly to the restoration of the organs in the crossing galleries in Salzburg Cathedral. Through his personal commitment, he was able to win a number of important collections and bequests ( Rudolf Gerber , Bernhard Paumgartner , Friderica Derra de Moroda ) for the institute. The takeover of the Derra de Moroda Dance Archives laid an internationally important foundation stone for dance studies. The focus of his scientific work was the life and work of Christoph Willibald Gluck . From 1960 to 1990 as editor-in-chief of the complete edition and later as head of the Salzburg Gluck Research Center, he set new accents in Gluck research with numerous publications and sheet music editions and, as a co-founder of the Gluck Festival in the composer's home region, made great contributions to maintenance of Gluck's oeuvre. The close connection to musical practice was also reflected in his teaching activities and his lifelong contacts with great musical personalities. An intensive professional exchange took place with musicians and conductors such as René Jacobs , Alan Curtis or Diego Fasolis , and open-minded interpreters such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt could be won over for lectures on performance practice. The 'Collegium musicum' at the Institute for Musicology, headed by Croll for many years, offered students the opportunity to explore the subject of their subject by making their own music.

Gerhard Croll supported and accompanied the founding of an ensemble for historical dance at the Institute for Musicology in Salzburg, which, under the long-standing direction of Sibylle Dahms, was dedicated to the practical implementation of dance sources. In particular, the relationship between music and dance from the late 16th century to the 19th century could be researched and put into practice.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gerhard Croll: Obituary. In: Neumarkter Tagblatt. October 31, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  2. ^ Inscription Deutschordenshof, Singerstraße: Gerhard Croll 1968 (accessed June 10, 2014)

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personal data
SURNAME Croll, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 2019
Place of death Salzburg