Klaus Jörg Schönmetzler
Klaus Jörg Schönmetzler (born December 16, 1949 in Bad Aibling ; † May 25, 2017 ) was a German writer and cultural worker.
Life
Schönmetzler studied musicology, art history and German and worked as a music and art critic for various newspapers. He published the first bilingual complete edition of the medieval poet Oswald von Wolkenstein as well as numerous books and publications on the visual arts and regional history. He wrote scripts for ARD and developed concepts for several TV music productions. His introductory lectures for concert evenings were very popular. He was the deputy director and dramaturge of the Herrenchiemsee Festival , which was the high point of his longstanding collaboration with the conductor Enoch zu Guttenberg . Together with his wife he wrote the two Bad Aiblingen city games "1648" and "Desiderius". From 1992 to 2015 he was cultural advisor for the district of Rosenheim. He was also the owner of the Cortolezis bookstore in Bad Aibling, which is run by his wife Christine Schönmetzler; he took over the bookstore that had existed since 1904 after the death of his parents.
Schönmetzler died in May 2017.
Works
- Schönmetzler, Klaus J., Oswald von Wolkenstein. The songs in text and melodies retransmitted and commented, Essen 1990
- Schönmetzler, K./Schubert, K./Förg, K., Mangfalltal - Bad Aibling and its landscape, Edition Förg, ISBN 3-9803116-2-7
- Schönmetzler, K./Schönmetzler, C./Förg, K./Schubert, K., Herrliches Rosenheimer Land, Rosenheimer Verlagshaus , ISBN 393370832X
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönmetzler, Klaus Jörg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cultural worker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Aibling |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 2017 |