Willi Schuh (musicologist)

Willi Schuh (born November 12, 1900 in Basel , † October 4, 1986 in Zurich ) was a Swiss musicologist .

Life

Willi Schuh was born on November 12, 1900 in Basel. First he studied music with Eugen Kutschera and Werner Wehrli in Aarau and with Eugen Papst in Bern . From 1920 he was a private student of Walter Courvoisier in Munich. At the same time he studied composition with Anton Beer-Walbrunn at the Academy of Music . From 1922 Schuh began studying musicology with Adolf Sandberger and art, literary and theater history with Heinrich Wölfflin , Fritz Strich and Artur Kutscher at Munich University . In 1924 he continued his studies in Bern with Ernst Kurth , among others . He received his doctorate in 1927 on the subject of problems of form under Heinrich Schütz .

From 1928, Schuh initially worked in Zurich as a music critic for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . From 1944 to 1965 he was their music editor. Between 1930 and 1944 he taught music history at the Zurich Conservatory and between 1939 and 1944 harmony . Between 1934 and 1936 Schuh was co-editor of the communications of the Swiss Music Research Society , and from 1941 to 1968 he worked as editor of the Swiss music newspaper .

The central topic of Schuh's musicological research was the composer Richard Strauss . Schuh was in contact with the composer from 1936 until Strauss' death in 1949. Another focus of his work was the Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck .

Willi Schuh was a member of the Swiss Music Education Association from 1931 to 1939 and of the International Musicological Society from 1967 to 1972 .

He found his final resting place in the Manegg cemetery in Zurich .

Honors

• from 1969: Honorary member of the Swiss Tonkünstlerverein.
• from 1971: Honorary member of the Swiss Music Research Society.
• 1963: Hans-Georg-Nägeli-Medal of the City of Zurich, for his services to Zurich's musical life.

Works

• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2nd ed. New York 2001 [collabor.]
• (Ed.): Swiss music book. Part I: History of Music in Switzerland. Zurich 1939 ( archive.org ); Part II: Swiss Musicians' Lexicon. Zurich 1939 ( archive.org ); New edition 1964.
• Richard Strauss youth and early master years. Life history 1864–1898. Zurich 1976.
• Reviews and essays. 4 vols. Zurich 1947–1954. (1st volume on operas by Rich. Strauss)
• Straussiana from four decades. 1968.
• Dealing with music. Zurich 1970.
• The Rosenkavalier. 1968.

literature

• Andres Briner : Willi Schuh. 182nd New Year's Gazette of the Allgemeine Musikgesellschaft Zürich for 1998. Zürich 1998.
• Andres Briner: Willi Schuh - 1900–1986 - musicologist, NZZ editor, Schoeck pioneer and Strauss biographer. In: New Year's Gazette of the General Music Society in Zurich . ISBN 3-906415-10-4 .
• Arne Stollberg : Willi Schuh . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1638 f.

Web links

• Willi Schuh's estate in the Zurich Central Library

Individual evidence

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