Konstanze Musketa

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Konstanze Musketa (born September 14, 1956 in Halle an der Saale ) is a German musicologist . She is the head of the library at the Handel House Foundation .

Life

Konstanze Musketa studied musicology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg after graduating from high school in 1975 . She wrote her diploma thesis in 1980 on the music manuscripts of Johann Friedrich Fasch in the musicology department of the Martin Luther University in Halle . In 1988 the doctorate A to Dr. phil. with a work on Die Duetti and Terzetti da camera by Georg Friedrich Händel .

In 1980 she became an employee of the Handel House in the library and documentation department. There she is currently head of the library, archive and research department as well as the study course. She designed exhibitions for the Handel House and was responsible for the associated museum guides (1998, 2009 and 2012). She also compiled the collection catalog of letters from the partial estate of Friedrich Chrysander (2001).

Her main research interests are Georg Friedrich Handel , Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch and Johann Friedrich Fasch as well as the history of music in Halle. Several musicological publications were created for the International Fasch Society , of which she was president from 1995 to 2008. Since 1999 she has been a member of the Presidium of the Georg Friedrich Handel Society . She is the editor of Handel's chamber duets and terzets in the Halle Handel Edition .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Stadtsingechor as an "annexum" of the Francke Foundations in Halle. A contribution to the history of the choir from 1808 to 1946, represented in documents from the archive of the Francke Foundations (= writings of the Handel House in Halle . Vol. 7). Handel House, Halle an der Saale 1991, ISBN 3-910019-04-8 .
  • With Klaus Hortschansky (Ed.): Georg Friedrich Händel - a purpose in life. Commemorative publication for Bernd Baselt (1934–1993) . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1995, ISBN 3-7618-1261-2 .
  • (Ed.): What this lack of money causes us daily grief. Letters concerning Johann Friedrich Fasch, from the St. Bartholomäi-Stift zu Zerbst (1752 to 1757) (= series of publications on Central German music history . Series I: Sources . Vol. 3). Ziethen, Oschersleben 1997, ISBN 978-3-932090-13-4 .
  • Music history of the city of Halle. Guide to the exhibition in the Handel House . Handel House, Halle an der Saale 1998, ISBN 978-3-910019-13-3 .
  • With Christiane Barth: Handel, the European. Guide through the exhibition in the Handel House . Handel House, Halle (Saale) 2009, ISBN 978-3-910019-25-6 .
  • With Christiane Barth: Halle, the city of music. Guide through the exhibition in the Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach-Haus Halle . Handel House Foundation, Halle 2012, ISBN 978-3-943095-01-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IFG - Publications , fasch.net, Access: October 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ Management Board of Handelgesellschaft, haendel.de, access: October 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ Election of the board of directors on June 1, 2019 , haendel.de, accessed: October 14, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Musketa, Constanze
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)