Philippe Autexier

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Philippe Alexandre Autexier (* 1954 in Châtellerault , † 1998 in Poitiers ) was a French musicologist .

Life

Philippe Alexandre Autexier was a French music historian, musicologist, journalist and Masonic researcher whose research on WA Mozart and other Masonic composers is of particular importance.

He has taught at several conservatories and universities in France, Italy, Germany, Great Britain and the United States.

Autexier developed critical editions of musical works and documents on musical history from Mozart to Béla Bartók . He has also designed numerous radio programs on French, English, German and Swiss radio stations.

In 1998 he committed suicide.

estate

Autexier's academic papers are kept in the Freemasons archive in Bayreuth . His research suggests, among other things, that the Austrian national anthem was not composed by Mozart, but rather by Paul Wranitzky .

Publications (selection)

  • Béla Bartók , Musique de la Vie ( Stock Musique , 1981): ouvrage récompensé par le Prix international Béla Bartók en 1981
  • Les œuvres témoins de Mozart ( Editions A. Leduc , 1982)
  • Mozart & Liszt Sub-rosa (Center Mozart, 1984)
  • Mozart ( Champion , 1987): ouvrage de référence sur Mozart
  • Don Giovanni (Editions Philippe Olivier, 1990)
  • La Colonne d'harmonie, histoire théorie et pratique ( Détrad , 1991)
  • La Lyre maçonne ( Détrad , 1991)
  • Beethoven - La force de l'absolu , coll. "  Découvertes Gallimard  " (nº 106). Gallimard, 1991
  • Une approche mozartienne du symbolisme tonal ( Center Mozart , 1994)
  • L'art de la planche ( Detrad , 1996)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Philippe Autexier - Portrait
  2. ↑ Cf. Joachim Diederichs : Who did the melody of the Austrian national anthem come from? in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift, Volume 73, Issue 1, 136 pp. Vienna: Hollitzer Verlag , 2018. Diederichs explicitly refers to Autexier in his presentation.

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personal data
SURNAME Autexier, Philippe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Autexier, Philippe Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Châtellerault
DATE OF DEATH 1998
Place of death Poitiers