Hermann Alexander Moeck

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Hermann Alexander Moeck (born September 16, 1922 in Lüneburg ; † July 9, 2010 in Celle ) was a German musicologist and publisher .

Life

After attending grammar school in Celle in 1942, Moeck obtained his university entrance qualification, served in the navy until 1945 and studied musicology, philosophy , art history and ethnology in Göttingen and Münster until 1948 . In 1951 he received his doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen with the dissertation Origin and Tradition of the Magnetic Slit Flute of European Folklore and the Origin of the Music-Historical Magnetic Slit Flute Types . In 1960 Moeck took over his father Hermann Johannes Moeck's company , which in 1965 was renamed Moeck Verlag + Instrumentenwerk . At the end of 2002 he retired from the company's management.

Works (selection)

as an author
  • Origin and tradition of the core gap flute of European folklore and the origin of the music-historical core gap flute types . Edition Moeck, Celle 1996, ISBN 3-87549-062-2 .
  • On the "post-history" and renaissance of the recorder . Edition Moeck, Celle 1980 (special print from: Tibia. Magazin für Holzbläser , Vol. 3 (1978)).
  • Types of European core gap flutes . Edition Moeck, Celle 1987, ISBN 3-87549-006-1 .
as editor
  • Five centuries of German musical instrument making . Edition Moeck, Celle 1987 (2 volumes).

literature

  • Nikolaus Delius (Ed.): Sine musica nulla vita. Festschrift for Hermann Moeck's 75th birthday . Edition Moeck, Celle 1997, ISBN 3-87549-064-9 (in German, English and Italian).

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personal data
SURNAME Moeck, Hermann Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Luneburg
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2010
Place of death Celle