Matthias Henke

Matthias Henke (* 1953 in Emmerich ) is a German musicologist , musician and composer .

Life

Matthias Henke studied musicology, German and art history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . In 1975 he obtained his diploma as an instrumental teacher. In 1983 he was with a thesis on Joseph Küffner doctorate .

Henke has been teaching for many years, also as a visiting professor and substitute professor , at universities and music colleges in Germany and Austria. He taught in Münster, at the University of Kassel , in Weingarten and in Würzburg, among others .

Since 2008 Henke has held the chair for historical musicology at the University of Siegen . From 2013 to 2015 he was also visiting research professor at Danube University Krems . He is the editor of the Si! Musicology collection published by UniverSi Verlag Siegen.

Furthermore, Henke is active as a scientific adviser to the Kurt-Weill- Gesellschaft eV Dessau and the Ernst Krenek Institute Private Foundation.

His main research interests include (Austrian) modern music ; more recently also the music of the Viennese classical period ( Joseph Haydn , Ludwig van Beethoven ). Matthias Henke is also involved as an author, exhibition curator and music dramaturge , for example for Südwestrundfunk , Deutschlandfunk and Bayerischer Rundfunk or the Kurt Weill Fest Dessau .

Works

Fonts

• Biography of Joseph Küffner. Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0446-1 .
• Thematic-bibliographical index of the works of Joseph Küffner. Schneider, Tutzing 1985, ISBN 3-7952-0044-X .
• The great chansonniers and songwriters. Econ, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-612-10052-1 .
• Arnold Schoenberg. dtv, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-31046-4 .
• (Ed.): Arnold Schönberg: The Princess. with illustrations by Peter Schössow, an afterword by Nuria Schoenberg-Nono and an introduction to the life and work of the composer by Matthias Henke. Hanser, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-446-20795-0 .
  French: Chandeigne. Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-36732-135-6 .
• "I dreamed of the train moving ...". Ernst Krenek's Journey through Life, or The One-Man History of Twentieth-Century Music. Catalog for the exhibition in the Ernst Krenek Forum, Krems 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502587-0-7 .
• Joseph Haydn. dtv, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3423345477 .
• Beauty and decay. Relationship between Thomas Mann and Ernst Krenek. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3465038450 .
• with Sara Beimdieke (Ed.): The living room as a box. From television opera to media music theater (= Thurnauer Schriften zum Musiktheater. 32). Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8260-5942-1 .
• with Gerhard Gensch (ed.): Mechanisms of power. Friedrich Cerha and his music-dramatic work. Studienverlag, Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3-7065-5196-0 .
• with Francesca Vidal (Ed.): [sound] traces. Ernst Bloch and music (= Si! Musicology collection. 1). UniverSi, Siegen 2016, ISBN 978-3-936533-71-2 .
• with Hans-Ulrich Weidemann: The seven last words of our Savior on the Cross by Joseph Haydn. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-460-08606-7 .
• “Do you still remember who I am?” The music patron Emmy Rubensohn. Catalog for the traveling exhibition, UniverSi, Siegen 2018, ISBN 978-3-96182-020-7

Translations

• (incl. scientific editing and documentation) Gottfried Rossenfreund: Richard Wagner . The drama of the music. Series: Adventure Story, 22, Ravensburger TB. Maier, Ravensburg (first: L'opera de la fin du monde. Gallimard, Paris 1988). With numerous rare fig., chronology, ausf. Lit.

Compositions

• Suite remembrance. Zimmermann, Frankfurt am Main around 1983, DNB 35004015X .

Interpretations

• Carl Michael Bellman : Girls and a barrel. Songs. Vocals Günter Graefenberg, guitar Matthias Henke. Thorofon, Wedemark 1982, DNB 353878618 .
• Siegfried Behrend in memoriam. With the radio orchestra of Südwestfunk, conductor Emmerich Smola , guitar Siegfried Behrend, Michael Tröster, Martin Maria Krüger and Matthias Henke. Thorofon, Wedemark 1993, DNB 355139820 .

Exhibitions

• Curator of the exhibition "I dreamed of the moving train ..." The life journey of the composer Ernst Krenek, or "The One-Man History of Twentieth-Century Music" , Ernst Krenek Forum Krems
• Curator of the traveling exhibition “Do you remember who I am?” The music patron Emmy Rubensohn , Siegen University Library in the Lower Palace , Janusz Korczak House Munich, Sara Nussbaum Center Kassel a. a.

Web links

• Literature by and about Matthias Henke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by Matthias Henke in the Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums online
• Matthias Henke on the website of the University of Siegen