Wilhelm Fischer (musicologist)

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Wilhelm Fischer (born April 19, 1886 in Vienna , † February 26, 1962 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian musicologist .

Life

Wilhelm Fischer studied musicology, geography and history at the University of Vienna with Guido Adler and took private composition lessons with Hermann Graedener . 1912–1928 he was assistant to his former teacher and now sponsor Adler. After his habilitation with the topic “On the history of the development of the Viennese classical style” in 1915, he became an associate in 1923 . Univ.-Prof. appointed. In 1928 he took over the chair of musicology at the University of Innsbruck as the successor to Rudolf von Ficker .

After the “Anschluss” of Austria , Fischer was forcibly retired as a Jew in April 1938 . When a “district ban” was imposed on him in Tyrol in 1939, he had to move back to Vienna and was used as a forced laborer in a metal factory until 1945 . Other family members were murdered in the Shoah , including his sister in Auschwitz . His 85-year-old mother died in an emergency shelter after being evicted from her apartment.

In 1945 Fischer was rehabilitated and was director of the music schools of the City of Vienna until 1948 . In 1948 he was given his chair in Innsbruck again, where he was from 1951 to 1961 as o. Univ. Prof. taught.

Awards

  • President of the Central Institute for Mozart Research of the International Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg
  • Honorary member of the International Mozarteum Foundation (1951)
  • Member of the board of the German Handel Society
  • Salzburg Mozart Medal
  • Ring of Honor of the City of Innsbruck (1962)

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