Werner Korte

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Werner Ferdinand Korte (born May 29, 1906 in Münster ; † November 26, 1982 ibid) was a German musicologist .

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Werner Korte studied musicology in Münster, Freiburg and Berlin and received his doctorate in Berlin in 1928. From 1928 to 1931 he was an assistant at Heidelberg University . In 1932 he received his habilitation from Karl Gustav Fellerer . In the same year he was also his successor as head of the musicological seminar set up by Fritz Volbach at the University of Münster . In 1937 he was appointed associate professor. After the war, he was appointed full professor in 1946, despite a negative assessment in the denazification process. Until his retirement in 1973, he made important contributions to the city's musical life, including concerts by the University's Collegium musicum instrumentale. In the professional world he made a name for himself with studies on Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Bruckner and Brahms.

Fonts (selection)

  • The harmony of the early XV. Century in its connection with the molding technique , dissertation Berlin 1929.
  • Study of the history of music in Italy in the first quarter of the 15th century . Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 1933.
  • Robert Schumann . Athenaion, Potsdam 1937.
  • Music and worldview: Bach, Beethoven . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940.
  • Bruckner and Brahms. The late romantic solution of the autonomous conception . Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1963.
  • De musica. Monologue on the current situation in music . Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1966.

literature

  • Manfred Günnigmann: Werner Korte and musicology at the University of Münster 1932 to 1973 (= publications of the University Archives of Münster 9). Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-402-15888-3 .
  • Thomas Phleps : A quiet, dogged and tenacious struggle for continuity - musicology in Nazi Germany and coping with past politics . In: Isolde von Foerster et al. (Ed.): Music research - National Socialism - Faschismus , Mainz 2001, pp. 471–488 ( digitized version ).
  • Manfred Günnigmann: Adapted to the zeitgeist. Musicology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University from 1922 to 1962 . In: Hans-Ulrich Thamer / Daniel Droste / Sabine Happ (eds.): The University of Münster in National Socialism. Continuities and breaks between 1920 to 1960 (= publications of the University Archives Münster 5). Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2012, pp. 751–785.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Manfred Günnigmann: Werner Korte and musicology at the University of Münster 1932 to 1973 . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2015, p. 25.
  2. ^ Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller : Musicology and music care at the university . In: Heinz Dollinger (Ed.): The University of Münster 1780–1980 . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 1980, ISBN 3-402-05197-4 , pp. 319-320, here p. 320.
  3. ^ Manfred Günnigmann: Werner Korte and musicology at the University of Münster 1932 to 1973 . Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2015, p. 31.

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personal data
SURNAME Korte, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korte, Werner Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1982
Place of death Muenster