Robert Eitner

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Robert Eitner

Robert Eitner (born October 22, 1832 in Breslau ; † February 2, 1905 in Templin ) was a German musicologist , source researcher and bibliographer .

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Eitner studied in Breslau, but mainly acquired his knowledge of music as an autodidact. In 1853 he settled in Berlin , where a . a. as a pianist and composed piano pieces and songs. In 1863 he opened a music school, but his historical studies increasingly dissuaded him from teaching.

In 1868 he initiated the establishment of the Society for Music Research in Berlin and took over the editing of the monthly issues for music history (1869–1904) published by the Society . As a further publication series of the society, Eitner initiated the publication of older practical and theoretical musical works in 1873 . In addition, he published a number of purely bibliographical works such as the bibliography of the music collections of the 16th and 17th centuries (Berlin 1877), the biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the nineteenth century ( Leipzig 1900–1904) and a music lexicon on Dutch composers. Eitner contributed 399 articles to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB), which were almost exclusively aimed at musicians. He was a member of the association for the research of old choral manuscripts for the purpose of restoring the cantus S. Gregorii of the Trier cathedral music director Michael Hermesdorff , who did the most important preparatory work for the restitution of Gregorian chant in German-speaking countries.

From 1882 he lived in Templin (Uckermark / Brandenburg), where he also died.

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SURNAME Eitner, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist, source researcher, bibliographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1905
Place of death Templin