Hans John (musicologist)

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Hans Karl Ferdinand John (born September 7, 1936 in Bad Freienwalde ) is a qualified German musicologist and former university professor. His father was a cantor and organist and made it possible for him to attend the Dresden Kreuzschule . From 1946 until his Abitur in 1954 he was a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor . He studied music education and science as well as classical philology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg and at the Humboldt University in Berlin . In 1961 he received his doctorate from Fritz Reuter at the Philosophical Faculty in Berlin with the dissertation The music education in ancient Greece and its relevance for our time .

After passing his state examination , he taught at the Humboldt University and the Liszt School of Music in Weimar . He then worked for 25 years at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden as a lecturer and professor of musicology. In 1993 he was appointed head of the Institute for Musicology at this Dresden University of Applied Sciences, of which he was the founder. He has been retired since 2002.

John's research focuses on the history of music in the 19th century, the history of music in Dresden , Protestant church music and the music of the Romantic era .

Hans John has published numerous musicological articles, including on Carl Maria von Weber , Robert Schumann , Franz Liszt , Karol Lipiński , Richard Wagner and the history of the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden. In addition, John published several series on Dresden's music history.

John was deputy chairman of the International Carl Maria von Weber Society, member of the Saxon Music Council and chairman of the Dresden Society of Friends of Music. He participated as a speaker at numerous international musicological congresses, including in Oxford, Sintra, Copenhagen St. Petersburg, Wroclaw, Berlin and Dresden.

Publications (selection)

  • Editor and co-editor of numerous series and congress reports.
  • The Dresden Kreuzkantor and Bach student Gottfried August Homilius . A contribution to the music history of Dresden in the 18th century . Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1980, ISBN 978-3-7952-0292-7 .
  • The Dresden Kreuzchor and its cantors , Berlin 1982 and 1984.
  • Hans John: Weimar City of Music , German Publishing House for Music, Leipzig 1985 and 1987.
  • Michael Heinemann and Hans John (eds.): The Dresden Opera in the 19th Century (= Music in Dresden , 1), Laaber 1995.
  • Hans John: Richard Strauss: Essays on life and work . Laaber, 2002, ISBN 978-3-89007-527-3 .
  • Michael Heinemann and Hans John (eds.): The Dresden Opera in the 20th Century (= Music in Dresden , 7), Laaber 2005.

Honors

  • 1990: Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize , Dresden
  • 2012: Honorary Senator of the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden
  • 2016: Max Reger Symposium in honor of the 80th birthday

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinz Wegener: Bibliography Fritz Reuter . In the S. (Red. Ed.): Commemorative publication Fritz Reuter (= scientific journal of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Social and linguistic series 15 (1966) 3). P. I-VIII, here: P. VII.
  2. ^ Dresden: Carl Maria von Weber and the women - literary-musical evening on September 20th in the Dresden City Archives . In: www.dresden.de . Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Moderation: “Everything has its time” - documentary film and conversation with chamber singer Peter Schreier on October 20, 2012 in Schloss Biesdorf . In: “Everything has its time” - documentary and conversation with chamber singer Peter Schreier on October 20th. in Biesdorf Palace - Berlin.de . Retrieved October 14, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME John, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES John, Hans Karl Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Freienwalde