Wolfgang Laade
Wolfgang Laade (born January 13, 1925 in Zeitz ; † September 17, 2013 in Wädenswil ) was a German ethnomusicologist .
From 1954 Laade studied ethnomusicology, music history , systematic musicology and ethnology at the Free University of Berlin and received his doctorate in 1960. In 1972 he completed his habilitation at the University of Zurich , where he was appointed adjunct professor in 1980 . In 1990 he retired.
Laade collected sound carriers, books and musical instruments with the aim of documenting "musical forms of expression around the world as they are embedded in larger socio-cultural contexts". He researched the music cultures of indigenous peoples, some of which are threatened, in Lapland , Oceania , Sri Lanka , New Guinea , Taiwan and Zimbabwe . For his life's work he was awarded the international award in cultural anthropology, the Sigillo d'Oro Pitrè - Salomone Marino . His collection is now kept as the “Music of Man Archive” at the Center for World Music of the University of Hildesheim Foundation .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinzpeter Stucki: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Laade. In: Nekrologe 2013. University of Zurich, Zurich 2014, pp. 34–36 ( online , accessed on September 18, 2016).
- ↑ Obituary from the University of Zurich , accessed on April 26, 2017
- ^ Music of Man Archive , website of the University of Hildesheim Foundation, accessed on September 18, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Laade, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ethnomusicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Time |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th September 2013 |
| Place of death | Waedenswil |