Herbert Birtner
Herbert Birtner (born June 16, 1900 in Hamburg , † September 27, 1942 in Voronezh , Soviet Union ) was a German musicologist .
Life
Herbert Birtner was born on June 16, 1900 in Hamburg and studied medicine at the Universities of Hamburg and Freiburg . In the winter semester of 1920 he began studying musicology, art history and history , first at the University of Heidelberg and later at the Leipzig University . Birtner became a doctor of musicology doctorate . From 1928 he worked as an assistant at the musicological institute of the University of Leipzig . He completed his habilitation at the University of Marburg in 1928, only to become an associate professor there ten years later . In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . From 1940 to 1942 he was also a teacher at the University of Graz . On September 27, 1942 , he fell in Voronezh (Russia) during World War II .
Works
- Joachim a Burck as a motet composer . Leipzig 1924.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Birtner, Herbert. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 602.
Web links
- Birtner, Herbert. Hessian biography. (As of April 27, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
1. Chair of Historical Musicology: Herbert Birtner (1940–1942) | Werner Danckert (1943–1945) | Hellmut Federhofer (1959–1962) | Othmar Wessely (1967–1971) | Rudolf Flotzinger (1971–1999) | Michael Walter (since 2001)
2. Chair for Systematic Musicology: Richard Parncutt (since 1998)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Birtner, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1942 |
| Place of death | Voronezh , Soviet Union |