Stefan Kunze

Stefan Kunze (born February 10, 1933 in Athens ; † August 3, 1992 in Bern ) was a German musicologist .

Life

Stefan Kunze, son of the classical archaeologist Emil Kunze , studied musicology from 1952 with his godfather Thrasybulos Georgiades in Heidelberg and Munich , as well as classical philology, flute and conducting, the latter with Kurt Eichhorn . In 1961 he received his doctorate in Munich with the work Die Kanzonen und Sonaten G. Gabrielis , in 1970 he received his habilitation in Munich. From 1973 until his death he was professor of musicology at the University of Bern . The focus of his research was in the field of music of the 18th and 19th centuries , especially the Viennese classical music .

He was married to the classical archaeologist Erika Kunze-Götte . Her sons are the painter Michael Kunze and the classical archaeologist Christian Kunze .

Fonts

• The instrumental music of Giovanni Gabrielis, with a note appendix z. Some of the instrumental compositions published for the first time by G. Gabrielis and his contemporaries (= Munich publications on music history. Vol. 8). Schneider, Tutzing 1963 (revised and expanded dissertation, University of Munich, 1960/61).
• Don Giovanni before Mozart. The tradition of Don Giovanni operas in the Italian buffa theater of the 18th century (= Munich University Writings. Series of the Philosophical Faculty. Vol. 10). Fink, Munich 1972.
• Richard Wagner's concept of art. Requirements and Conclusions. (= Working Group 100 Years Bayreuth Festival Vol. 1), Gustav Bosse, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7649-2058-0 .
• Mozart's operas. Reclam, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-15-010326-6 ; Italian edition: Il teatro di Mozart. Dalla Finta semplice al Flauto magico. Marsilio, Venezia 1990, ISBN 88-317-5362-2 ; Spanish edition: Las Operas de Mozart. Alianza Editorial, Madrid 1990, ISBN 84-206-8548-8 .
• Antiquity in 20th Century Music. Buchner, Bamberg 1987, ISBN 3-7661-5456-7 .
• The symphony in the 18th century. From the opera symphony to the concert symphony (= handbook of musical genres. Vol. 1). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1993, ISBN 3-89007-125-2 .
• De musica. Selected essays and lectures. Edited by Rudolf Bockholdt in collaboration with Erika Kunze . Schneider, Tutzing 1998, ISBN 3-7952-0899-8 .

literature

• Possibilities and limits of musical work analysis. Commemorative publication Stefan Kunze (1933–1992) (= Swiss Yearbook for Musicology. New Series, Vol. 15). Published by the Swiss Music Research Society. Haupt, Bern / Stuttgart / Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-258-05205-0 , pp. 15–19, 227–234 (list of publications)
• Antonio Baldassarre: Kunze, Stefan. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 2008.
• Thomas Schacher: 75 years at the Institute for Musicology at the University of Bern 1921–1996. Bern 1996, pp. 61-82.