Thomas Seedorf
Thomas Seedorf (* 1960 in Bremerhaven ) is a German musicologist and university professor.
Life
Seedorf studied school music and German studies in Hanover . He then completed a degree in musicology and pedagogy as well as singing at the University of Music and Theater (doctorate: 1988 with a dissertation on the compositional reception of Mozart in the early 20th century).
From 1988 to 2006, Seedorf was a research assistant at the musicological seminar at the University of Freiburg . Since 2006 he has been Professor of Musicology at the Institute for Musicology and Music Informatics at the Karlsruhe University of Music .
Seedorf primarily conducts research in the areas of music theory , music of the 20th century, song history and analysis, performance practice and, in particular, the theory and history of art singing .
Together with Michael Fichtenholz , he is the artistic director of the Handel Festival in Karlsruhe and the International Handel Academy .
Seedorf is also first chairman of the International Schubert Society and co-editor of the Reger edition .
Publications (selection)
- Studies on the compositional reception of Mozart in the early 20th century. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1990, ISBN 3-89007-202-X (At the same time: Hanover, University of Music and Theater, Diss., 1988).
- Hero sopranos. The voices of the eroi in Italian opera from Monteverdi to Bellini. Wallstein, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8353-1730-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Seedorf in the catalog of the German National Library
- Seedorf at the Schubertiade Vorarlberg
- List of publications in Worldcat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Kesting : Essay on heroic sopranos: Overdue study - book review in SWR of February 24, 2016, accessed on September 8, 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Seedorf, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremerhaven |