Sieghard Brandenburg

Sieghard Brandenburg (born January 21, 1938 in Bad Frankenhausen ; † December 18, 2015 in Galmsbüll near Flensburg ) was a German musicologist who stood out in particular as a Beethoven researcher.

Life

Brandenburg studied music ( oboe major ), musicology and mathematics at the Freiburg University of Music and at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , later musicology, mathematics and modern history at the University of Bonn . In 1968 he became a research assistant at the Beethoven Archive in Bonn and in 1984 director of the Beethoven Archive. He held this post until his retirement on January 31, 2003. One of his most important projects was the publication of Ludwig van Beethoven's correspondence , which appeared in seven volumes from 1996 to 1998.

In 2000, the Berlin University of the Arts  - today's University of the Arts - awarded him an honorary doctorate at the suggestion of Rainer Cadenbach .

After retiring, he moved to the small town of Galmsbüll in North Friesland , where he died in 2015.

Fonts

Books and independent publications

• The Beethoven autographs in the Prof. Dr. Walter Henn Braunschweig , described and commented by Martin Staehelin , with the assistance of Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1983
• A letter from Beethoven's great-nephew Louis von Hoven to his sister Marie Weidinger in Vienna from 1875 , Bonn 1984
• Ludwig van Beethoven, The correspondence with the Schott publishing house , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Munich 1985
• The Friends of the Malfatti Family , Bonn 1985
• Ludwig van Beethoven, The Letter to the Immortal Beloved , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1986 (facsimile edition)
• Beethoven's diary , ed. by Maynard Solomon , new ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Mainz 1990
• Ludwig van Beethoven, A letter to Franz Anton Hoffmeister in Leipzig , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1992 (facsimile edition)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, correspondence. Complete edition , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, 7 volumes, Munich 1996–1998
• Ludwig van Beethoven, A letter to Karl Friedrich Müller in Berlin , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1992, facsimile edition
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Two sheets from his diary , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1992, facsimile edition
• A letter from Anton Schindler to Gerhard von Breuning . From the early days of Beethoven's biography , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1993
• Ludwig van Beethoven, dotted engraving by Blasius Höfel after Louis Letronne , Vienna 1814 , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1994
• Beethoven's letters. Editions from two centuries. An exhibition of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1996
• Ludwig van Beethoven, A letter to Franz Gerhard Wegeler in Bonn , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1997
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Heiligenstädter Testament , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1997, facsimile edition
• Ludwig van Beethoven, "... with respect, your friend Beethoven". A letter to the singer Anna Milder-Hauptmann , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 2002

Essays

• Beethoven's “first drafts” for cycles of variations , in: Report on the international musicological congress Bonn 1970 , ed. by Carl Dahlhaus , Hans Joachim Marx, Magda Marx-Weber and Günther Massenkeil , Kassel 1971, pp. 108–111
• Beethoven's sketches for the second movement of the 7th Symphony, op. 92 , in: ibid, pp. 355–357
• The Electoral Music Library in Bonn and its holdings in the 18th century , in: Beethoven-Jahrbuch , Vol. 8 (1975), pp. 7–47
• The founding years of the N. Simrock publishing house in Bonn. Short version of a planned monograph , in: Bonner Geschichtsblätter , Jg. 29 (1977), pp. 28–36; Reprinted in: Studies on the history of music in Bonn in the 18th and 19th centuries , ed. by Marianne Bröcker and Günther Massenkeil, Cologne 1978, pp. 28–36
• Comments on Beethoven's op. 96 , in: Beethoven-Jahrbuch , Jg. 9 (1977), pp. 11-25
• The first version of Beethoven's g major string quartet, Op. 18 No. 2 , in: Music and letters , Vol. 58 (1977), pp. 127-152
• On the meaning of Beethoven's sketches , in: Report on the International Beethoven Congress March 20-23 , 1977 in Berlin , Leipzig 1978, pp. 39–51
• About the significance of the changes in timing regulations in some of Beethoven's works , in: Contributions '76 -78. Beethoven-Kolloquium 1977 , Kassel 1978, pp. 37-51
• A sketchbook by Beethoven from 1812. On the chronology of Petter's sketchbook , in: Zu Beethoven , ed. by Harry Goldschmidt , Berlin 1979, pp. 117–148
• On the text history of Beethoven's Violin Sonata op. 47 , in: Music, Edition, Interpretation. Commemorative publication Günther Henle , Munich 1980, pp. 111–124
• The Autograph of Beethoven's String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 132: The Structure of the Manuscript and its Relevance for the Study of the Genesis of the Work , in: The String Quartets of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven , Cambridge 1980, p. 278 -301
• The Beethoven autographs by Johann Nepomuk Kafka. A contribution to the history of collecting music manuscripts , in: Divertimento for Hermann J. Abs , Bonn 1981, pp. 89–133
• The Historical Background to the “Heiliger Dankgesang” in Beethoven's A Minor Quartet op. 132 , in: Beethoven Studies , Vol. 3, ed. By Alan Tyson , Cambridge 1982, pp. 161–191
• The sources on the genesis of Beethoven's string quartet in E flat major Op. 127 , in: Beethoven-Jahrbuch , Vol. 10 (1983), pp. 221-276
• The “first version” of Beethoven's Righini Variations , in: Festschrift Albi Rosenthal , Tutzing 1984, pp. 43–66
• The sketches for the Ninth Symphony , in: Zu Beethoven 2 , ed. by Harry Goldschmidt , Berlin 1984, pp. 88–129
• Once again: On the Question of the Repeat of the Scherzo and Trio in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony , in: Beethoven Essays: Studies in Honor of Elliot Forbes , Cambridge 1984, pp. 146–198
• The engraver's model for the first edition of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony op. 68 , a newly found primary source , in: Festschrift Rudolf Elvers zum 60th Birthday , Tutzing 1985, pp. 49–62
• Karl Lichnowsky. A patron of Beethoven , in: Preziosen. Collection items and documents from independent cultural institutes in the Federal Republic of Germany , ed. by Günther Pflug, Bonn 1986, pp. 65-69
• Piano trios , in: Beethoven and posterity. Materials on the history of Beethoven's impact , ed. by Helmut Loos, Bonn 1986, pp. 15-23
• Artist novel and biography. On the origin of the Beethoven myth in the 19th century , in: Beethoven and posterity. Materials on the history of Beethoven's impact , ed. by Helmut Loos, Bonn 1986, pp. 65-80
• Beethoven's oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives . An uncomfortable work , in: Contributions to the history of the oratorio since Handel . Festschrift Günther Massenkeil for his 60th birthday. ed. by Rainer Cadenbach , Bonn 1986, pp. 203-220
• The Beethoveniana in the music collection of Archduke Rudolph , in: Spiegelungen , ed. by Werner Knopp, pp. 221–249
• Ludwig van Beethoven, the greatest son of the city of Bonn , in: Walking in and around Bonn , ed. by Georg Romberg, Bonn, around 1988, pp. 32–33
• The Beethoven manuscripts in the music collection of Archduke Rudolph , in: Zu Beethoven 3 , ed. by Harry Goldschmidt , Berlin 1988, pp. 141–176
• Beethoven's string quartets op. 18 , in: Beethoven und Böhmen. Contributions to Beethoven's biography and history of impact , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg and Martella Gutiérrez-Denhoff, Bonn 1988, pp. 229–309
• Old tradition revived. The Beethoven House and its Chamber Music Festivals , in: Beethoven Archive and Chamber Music Hall. Der Neubau , Bonn 1988, pp. 31–41
• A place of research. The Beethoven Archive Foundation , in: Beethoven Archive and Chamber Music Hall. Der Neubau , Bonn 1988, pp. 43–47
• The collections of the Beethoven House in Bonn , in: 1889–1989. Beethoven-Haus Association , Bonn 1989, pp. 117-136
• Beethoven's political experiences in Bonn , in: Beethoven between Revolution and Restoration , ed. by Helga Lühning and Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1989, pp. 3-50
• A space for music. About the new chamber music hall of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn , in: Kulturberichte. Working group of independent cultural institutes , 1989, issue 1, p. 29
• Ludwig van Beethoven, handwritten copy of three fugues from GF Handel's Concerti grossi op. 6, Mus. Hs. 40.188 , in: Contributions to musical source studies. Catalog of the Hans Peter Wertitsch collection in the music collection of the Austrian National Library , ed. by Günter Brosche , Tutzing 1989, pp. 5-10
• On the origin of Beethoven's ninth symphony , in: From the idea to the work. An exhibition of the working group of independent cultural institutes e. V. in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn from January 24 to March 10, 1991 , Bonn 1991, pp. 231–243
• A new edition of Beethoven's letters , in: 40 Jahre Theatergemeinde Bonn , Bonn 1991, pp. 45–56
• Beethoven's sketches. Problems of Edition , in: Die Musikforschung , vol. 44 (1991), pp. 346–355
• Beethoven's Bonn compositions. An overview , in: Monument for Beethoven. On the history of the Beethoven monument (1845) and the early reception of Beethoven in Bonn , ed. by Ingrid Bodsch, Bonn 1995, pp. 9-27
• Beethoven's works for piano and violoncello. An overview , in: 35. Beethovenfest Bonn 1997. Das Buch zum Programm , Bonn 1997, pp. 11–27
• Johanna van Beethoven's Embezzlement , in: Haydn , Mozart , & Beethoven: Studies in the Music of the Classical Period; Essays in Honor of Alan Tyson , ed. By Sieghard Brandenburg, Oxford 1998, pp. 237-251
• Two unknown drafts of Beethoven's canons of mockery on Rossini , in: Mitteilungsblatt der Wiener Beethoven-Gesellschaft , Vol. 31 (2000), Issue 1, pp. 1-4
• The Leonore sketchbook Mendelssohn 15. Some problems of chronology , in: Bonner Beethoven Studies , Volume 2 (2001), pp. 9–26
• A newly discovered album of Beethoven's records , in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , vol. 56 (2001), issue 5, pp. 56–57
• In the footsteps of Beethoven's “ Immortal Beloved ”. Some critical considerations , in: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift , vol. 57 (2002), issue 6, pp. 5-8
• Looking forward - 75 years of the Beethoven archive , in: Kulturberichte. Working group of independent cultural institutes , vol. 17 (2002), issue 1, pp. 6-9
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major op.61 (1806) . Score, sheet 104r (T. 77–82 from the finale) , in: Musicians' manuscripts from Heinrich Schütz to Wolfgang Rihm , ed. by Günter Brosche, Stuttgart 2002, pp. 50–51
• Beethoven's Opus 12 Violin Sonatas: On the Path to His Personal Style , in: The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance , ed. By Lewis Lockwood , Urbana 2004, pp. 5–23
• The sketches for Beethoven's cello sonata op. 69 , in: Beethoven's works for piano and violoncello. Report on the International Conference Bonn, June 18-20 , 1998 , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Ingeborg Maaß and Wolfgang Osthoff, Bonn 2004, pp. 173–212
• Collecting and preserving - editing and evaluating. From the founding period of the Beethoven Archive , in: Bonner Beethoven Studies , Volume 5 (2006), pp. 71–93

Editorships

• Bonn Beethoven Studies , Volumes 1–3, together with Ernst Herttrich, Bonn 1999, 2001, 2003

Sheet music editions

• Ludwig van Beethoven , Keßler's sketchbook. Complete facsimile of the autograph, with an afterword and a register , Munich 1976
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Six Bagatelles for piano op. 126. Facsimile of the manuscripts and the original edition , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 1984
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for violoncello and piano op.69 . The autograph of the first movement , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Berlin and Düsseldorf 1992 (facsimile edition; Patrimonia , volume 28)
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata in A major opus 101. Facsimile based on the autograph in the possession of the Beethoven House in Bonn , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Munich 1998
• Ludwig van Beethoven, Sixth Symphony in F major, opus 68. Sinfonia pastorale. Facsimile based on the autograph BH 64 in the Beethoven-Haus Bonn , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 2000
• Ludwig van Beethoven, piano piece in A minor WoO 59. For Elise . Critical edition with facsimile of the manuscript BH 116 , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Bonn 2002
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Easy pieces from the opera “ The Magic Flute ”, arranged for piano four hands by Christian Gottlob Neefe , ed. by Sieghard Brandenburg, Mainz, London, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo & Toronto (Schott Verlag), 2006

Web links

• Works by and about Sieghard Brandenburg in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary from December 24, 2015