Wilhelm Fischer (musicologist)
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)
literature
- Paul Frank, Wilhelm Altmann: Briefly summarized Tonkünstler Lexicon . Gustav Bosse, Regensburg 1936.
- Paul Nettl : In memoriam Wilhelm Fischer . In: Acta Musicologica . 34, 1962, pp. 85-87.
- Rita Egger: Directory of the printed writings of Wilhelm Fischer . In: The music research . 15, 1962, pp. 356-358.
- Hanns-Bertold Dietz: Fischer, Wilhelm. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Kurt Drexel: Musicology and Nazi ideology illustrated using the example of the University of Innsbruck from 1938 to 1945 . Publication point of the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck 1994, ISBN 3-901249-16-8 .
- Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 1: A-I. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 2545.
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher: Fischer, Wilhelm. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 6 (Eames - Franco). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2001, ISBN 3-7618-1116-0 , Sp. 1270–1271 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Fischer, Wilhelm. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Fischer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilhelm Fischer in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Wilhelm Fischer in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM)
- Wilhelm Fischer (series of portraits of the Innsbruck universities on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the "Anschluss" of Austria)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fischer, Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musicologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1886 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1962 |
Place of death | innsbruck |