Gerhard Pietzsch
Gerhard Wilhelm Pietzsch (born January 2, 1902 in Dresden ; † July 6, 1979 in Mannheim ) was a German musicologist .
Life
Gerhard Pietzsch received his doctorate in 1928 under Willibald Gurlitt in Freiburg im Breisgau and completed his habilitation in Halle an der Saale in 1931. In addition to activities at various universities, he was also employed as a dramaturge at theaters. His main focus in musicology was on older music history, where he made an important contribution to the development of the sources of court music. Another focus of my work was organ music.
Publications (selection)
- The classification of music from Boetius to Ugolino by Orvieto , Neumayer: Halle 1929.
- Music in the educational ideal of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages , Neumayer: Halle 1932.
- Saxony as a country of music , Heimatwerk: Dresden 1938.
- Sources and research on the history of music at the Palatinate court in Heidelberg until 1622. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Mainz, Mainz 1963 (= treatises of the humanities and social sciences class of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. Born 1963, No. 6 ).
- Princes and princely musicians in medieval Cologne: sources and studies , people: Cologne 1966
- Archival research on the history of music at the courts of the counts and dukes of Kleve-Jülich-Berg (Ravensberg) up to the extinction of the Jülich-Kleve line in 1609 , people: Cologne 1971
- To maintain music at German universities up to the middle of the 16th century , Wiss. Book Society: Darmstadt 1971.
literature
- Eckhard John: The Myth of the German in German Music. In: Music in Baden-Württemberg. 5, 1998, pp. 57-84.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pietzsch, Gerhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pietzsch, Gerhard Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1979 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |