Werner Braun (musicologist)

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Werner Hermann Georg Braun (born May 19, 1926 in Sangerhausen ; † August 24, 2012 in Saarbrücken ) was a German musicologist .

Life

Werner Braun studied from 1946 to 1950 at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg musicology with Max Schneider and school music with Fritz Reuter with the main instrument piano and German studies . In 1950 he passed the state examination for teaching in the subjects of music and German. From 1951 he worked as a university assistant and later as a senior assistant at the musicological institute of the Martin Luther University in Halle (Saale) , in 1952 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on Johann Mattheson . In 1958 the University of Halle-Wittenberg accepted his habilitation thesis on the Central German choral passion in the 18th century. At the end of 1961, Braun left the GDR with his wife and their children and became a private lecturer at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , connected with a research center. There he was appointed adjunct professor in 1967. In 1968 he moved to Saarbrücken University as a scientific adviser with the title of professor . In July 1972 he was appointed professor of musicology as successor to Walter Wiora . After the formal abolition of the chairs by the Saarland University Act in the later 1970s, Braun was given the official title of "Professor for Life" ( C-4 professorship ). He held this office until his retirement in autumn 1994.

Scientific activity

Werner Braun's main research areas were German and also British music history of the 17th and 18th centuries, including especially North and Central German Protestant church music , opera and singspiel , art song and music theory from that time. His important research work includes Britannia abundans (1977), a fundamental study of Anglo-German musical relationships at the time of William Shakespeare , Der Stilwandel der Musik um 1600 (1982), an analysis of the transition from " Renaissance music " to " Baroque music ", and Thöne and Melodeyen, Arias and Canzonets (2004), a comprehensive treatise on the German art song in the Baroque era. Within the of Carl Dahlhaus and Hermann Danuser issued new handbook of musicology wrote Brown the volume on the music of the 17th century (1981), the compilation history of music theory is he author of the sub-band over the course of history of German music theory Sethus Calvisius to Johann Mattheson.

Werner Braun wrote (until 2007) 15 monographs, around 140 scientific essays and 38 articles for the new edition of the encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (1994–2007). He also published eight sheet music editions of works by German composers of the 17th and 18th centuries. From 1987 to 1993 he was the founder and head of the series Saarbrücker Studies on Musicology, New Series . A commemorative publication was dedicated to Werner Braun on his 65th and 75th birthday.

Braun was a member of the scientific advisory board of the critical complete edition of all works by Johann Rosenmüller .

Works (selection)

  • The Central German Choral Passion in the 18th century. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Berlin 1960 (also: Habilschrift Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1958)
  • The problem of the breakdown of epochs in music. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1977, ISBN 3-534-07157-3
  • Britannia abundans. German-English musical relationships during Shakespeare's time. Schneider, Tutzing 1977, ISBN 3-7952-0198-5
  • The music of the 17th century. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1981, ISBN 3-7952-0198-5 (= New Handbook of Musicology, Volume 4)
  • The style change in music around 1600. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1981, ISBN 3-534-08448-9
  • Samuel Michael and the instrumental music around 1630. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1990, ISBN 3-925036-50-4
  • The music theory of the 16th and 17th centuries in Germany , Volume 2: German music theory from Calvisius to Mattheson . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1994, ISBN 3-534-11997-5 (= History of Music Theory, Volume 8, Part 2)
  • Tones and melodies, arias and canzonets. To the music of the German baroque song. Niemeyer, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-484-36600-1

Editions (selection)

  • Heinrich Schütz : Our Lord Jesus Christ in the night when he was betrayed (SW 495). Bärenreiter, Kassel 1961
  • Johann Walter : Complete Works , Volume 4. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1973
  • Johann Gottfried Müthel : Piano Concerts. Katzbichler, Munich 1979 (= Monuments of North German Music, Volume 3/4)

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from August 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Braun, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braun, Werner Hermann Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Sangerhausen
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2012
Place of death Saarbrücken