Walther Lipphardt
Walther Lipphardt (born October 14, 1906 in Wiescherhöfen in the Hamm district ; † January 16, 1981 in Frankfurt / Main ) was a German music and theater scholar, church musician and high school teacher.
Life
He grew up in a merchant family in Kassel and graduated from high school there in 1926. Studies in German, musicology, history, philosophy and the Latin language followed in Heidelberg (1926/27 and 1928–31) with a one-year intermediate stage in Freiburg im Breisgau (1927/28). His keen interest in the Catholic Church led to contacts with the Cusanus Academy in Heidelberg and the Benedictine Abbey of Maria-Laach , where Abbot Ildefons Herwegen accompanied a lively center of the liturgical movement. In 1930 Lipphardt converted to Catholicism.
Since his high school days he was in contact with Romano Guardini's renewal movement and worked out music for their services. Some, like the choir songbook Gesellige Zeit , are still in use today.
research
Lipphardt dealt intensively with the Latin and German spiritual games of the Middle Ages. The music that was an integral part of these games consisted of Gregorian chant and German sacred song. Accordingly, Lipphardt's 1931 dissertation ("The Old German Lamentations of Mary ") was shaped by German studies and musicology. In the year of his doctorate, he qualified for higher education through exams.
For political reasons it was not possible for Lipphardt to start a university career. As a result, he worked at various high schools until his retirement in 1969, where he taught German, music, history, Latin and philosophy. In 1946, he taught music history, Gregorian chant and hymnology at the Frankfurt University of Music.
His research and publication activities on the German hymn were pronounced throughout his life, including the creation of the praise of God ; but it got even more intense after his retirement. In the 1970s and 1980s he devoted himself to the publication of "Latin Easter Celebrations and Easter Games" (9 vols., 1976–1990).
Web links
- Lipphardt, Walther Friedrich Wilhelm. Hessian biography. (As of January 16, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Lipphardt, Walther in the Frankfurter Personenlexikon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lipphardt, Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music and theater scholar, church musician and high school teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiescherhöfen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1981 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt / Main |