Ulrich Druner

Ulrich Drüner (* 1943 in Thann ) is a German musicologist , orchestral musician and publicist .

Drüner studied music and musicology from 1963 to 1969. After starting out with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra , he worked as a violist in the orchestra of the Stuttgart State Opera . In addition to this career, Drüner founded a music store in 1983 and completed his doctorate on Richard Wagner in 1987 . The critical examination of this composer, especially from a philosophical and ideological point of view, was again and again at the center of Drüner's academic and literary activity in the following decades.

Publications (selection)

• Creator and Destroyer. Richard Wagner as an artist. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-4121-7702-7 .
• Mozart's great journey. His breakthrough to genius 1777–1779. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-4123-4805-2 .
• Music and "Third Reich". Case studies from 1910 to 1960 on the origins, climax and aftermath of National Socialism in music. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-2057-8616-0 .
• Richard Wagner. The staging of a life. Blessing, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-8966-7563-7 .

Web links

• Author profile at the publisher Blessing / Random House
• Musikantiquariat Dr. Ulrich Druner