Gernot Gruber (musicologist)

Gernot Gruber (born November 17, 1939 in Bruck an der Mur , Styria ) is an Austrian musicologist .

Life

Gruber studied music, musicology, philosophy and German at the University of Graz and received his doctorate in 1964 . Then he was an assistant at the same university until 1970. From 1970 to 1972 he was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation . From 1972 to 1975 Gruber was an assistant at the University of Vienna , where he received his habilitation in musicology in 1973 . From 1976 to 1995 he was a full professor at the University of Music and Theater in Munich and from 1995 to 2008 he was a full professor at the University of Vienna.

Gruber is co-editor of the three-volume “Music History of Austria” and a real member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and from 2006 to the end of 2012 chairman of the commission for music research .

Publications (selection)

• Mozart's operas. Das Handbuch (= The Mozart Handbook 3). Together with Dieter Borchmeyer , 2 volumes. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2007, ISBN 978-3-89007-463-4 .
• Schubert. Schubert? Life and music. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7618-2123-7 .

literature

• Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Gruber, Gernot. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Gernot Gruber in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Gernot Gruber (musicologist) in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Deutschlandfunk (DLF) Kulturfragen, April 12, 2009, 5: 05–5: 30 pm: Eternally underestimated great composer of Viennese classical music. The musicologist Gernot Gruber on Joseph Haydn in conversation with Holger Noltze

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review: Melodienabgrund. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 7, 2011, p. 32.