Rudolf Eller
Rudolf Eller (born May 9, 1914 in Dresden , † September 24, 2001 in Rostock ) was a German musicologist and professor at the University of Rostock .
Life
Rudolf Eller was the son of violist Arthur Emil Eller and his wife Margarete. From 1934 to 1936 he studied the subjects of organ, composition and choral conducting at the orchestral school of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden , then until 1941 musicology , art history, history and philosophy at the universities of Leipzig and Vienna. From 1941 until the end of the war, Eller was drafted into military service.
He began his professional career in 1945 with a job at the Musicological Institute of the University of Leipzig. In 1947 Rudolf Eller was promoted to Dr. phil. did his doctorate and habilitation in 1957, also in Leipzig. Before moving to the University of Rostock in 1959, he had attended several guest lectures in Rostock and Leipzig since 1952 and was already provisional director of the Rostock Institute for Music Studies, where he then worked as a lecturer until 1962. In 1962 he was given a professorship with a teaching assignment, and in 1970 he became a full professor of musicology.
His teaching and research interests included Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach . Between 1971 and 1978 Rudolf Eller organized colloquia on Antonio Vivaldi in Dresden, and in 1979 a colloquium on Johann Sebastian Bach in Rostock. He was a member of the New Bach Society and the Society for Music Research . From 1966 to 1977 Rudolf Eller was editor of the German Yearbook of Musicology.
Wolfram Steude was one of his students .
Fonts
- Johann Sebastian Bach's concert form , 1947
- The formal principle of the Vivaldic Concerto , Leipzig, 1957
- 100 Years of the New Bach Society , Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Leipzig, 2001
- Editor of several Vivaldi concerts
Honors
- 1994 honorary membership of the Society for Music Research
- 1994 Culture Prize of the Hanseatic City of Rostock
- 1996 honorary membership of the New Bach Society
Web links
- Literature about Rudolf Eller in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Rudolf Eller in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eller, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eller, Rudolf Arthur (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 2001 |
| Place of death | Rostock |