Leopold Nowak (musicologist)
Leopold Nowak (born August 17, 1904 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † May 27, 1991 in Vienna) was an Austrian musicologist and mainly known for editing the work of Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society .
Life
Nowak studied piano and organ at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and musicology with Guido Adler and Robert Lach at the University of Vienna , where he later taught himself from 1932 to 1973.
He received his doctorate in 1927 with the dissertation The German Society Song with Heinrich Finck , Paul Hofhaymer and Heinrich Isaak (unprinted), expanded as: The German Society Song in Austria from 1480 to 1550 .
From 1928 to 1939 he was assistant to the musicological seminar at the University of Vienna, 1932 private lecturer, 1939 titled extraordinary professor (renewed in 1946), since 1946 (as successor to Robert Haas ) director of the music collection of the Austrian National Library . In 1930 Nowak became a member of the Monuments of Tonkunst in Austria , in 1945 appointed head of the musicology section of the Vienna Catholic Academy, in 1946 a member of the commission for music research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences as well as scientific director of the Bruckner Complete Edition .
Nowak worked particularly through Anton Bruckner. His approach to the publication of Bruckner's works was more "scientific" than that of his predecessor Robert Haas. For example, while he was putting together parts of the 1887 and 1890 versions of Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 , he published independent editions of both versions. His work on the finale of Symphony No. 9 was continued by John A. Phillips, who published a facsimile edition of the fragment in the Bruckner Complete Edition.
Nowak worked on a new edition of Mozart's unfinished Requiem and distinguished between Mozart's own handwriting and that of Süßmayr and Eybler . For this he received the Golden Mozart Medal in 1985. Nowak also studied the music of Heinrich Isaac , Joseph Haydn , Franz Liszt , Austrian church and vocal music and various Austrian composers of the late Middle Ages (1480 to 1550).
His grave is in the Grinzinger Friedhof (20-6-11) in Vienna.
Publications (selection)
- The German society song in Austria from 1480 to 1550 (dissertation), in: Studies on musicology (supplements of the DTÖ) 17, 1930
- Basics of a history of the basso ostinato in occidental music . Guberner & Hierhammer, Vienna 1932
- Franz Liszt , Innsbruck 1936, Tyrolia
- Te Deum Laudamus - Thoughts on Anton Bruckner's Music . Herder, Vienna 1947
- Joseph Haydn . Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna 1951/59
- Against the current - life and work of EN von Reznicek . Amalthea-Verlag, Vienna 1960 (together with Felicitas von Reznicek).
literature
- Andrea Harrandt: Nowak, Leopold. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
- Christine Geier: Leopold Nowak - scientist, teacher and musician (= music context , volume 12). Hollitzer, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-99012-482-6
Web links
- Works by and about Leopold Nowak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Leopold Nowak in the German Digital Library
- Audio recordings with Leopold Nowak in the online archive of the Austrian Mediathek (interviews, lectures, radio broadcasts)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nowak, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1991 |
| Place of death | Vienna |