Wolfgang Plath
Wolfgang Plath (born December 27, 1930 in Riga ; † March 19, 1995 in Augsburg ) was a musicologist and Mozart researcher.
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Wolfgang Plath studied musicology with Walter Gerstenberg, first at the Free University of Berlin , then at the University of Tübingen . In 1958 he received his doctorate there with a thesis on Bach's “ Little Piano Book for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach ”.
In 1959, Plath moved to Augsburg as assistant to Ernst Fritz Schmid and, together with Wolfgang Rehm, became the editor of the New Mozart Edition . He also worked several times as an honorary professor in Augsburg and Salzburg .
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literature
- Dietrich Berke : Mozart Research and Mozart Edition. In memory of Wolfgang Plath. In: Marianne Danckwardt and Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (eds.): Report on the Mozart symposium in memory of Wolfgang Plath (1930–1995). Augsburg, June 13-16, 2000. Bärenreiter, Kassel etc. 2003, pp. 1–12.
- Wolfgang Rehm: Wolfgang Plath (1930-1995). In: Die Musikforschung , 48 (1995), issue 3. Kassel, July – September 1995, p. 233.
- Wolfgang Rehm: Wolfgang Plath in memoriam. In: Mitteilungen der Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum , 43 (1995), Heft 1–2, Salzburg, June 1995, pp. 96–97.
- Wolfgang Rehm: The Mozart researcher Wolfgang Plath. Speech at the commemoration on January 24, 1996 in the Vienna Mozarteum Hall. In: Mitteilungen der Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum , 44 (1996), Heft 1–2, Salzburg, June 1996, pp. 101–105.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plath, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1995 |
| Place of death | augsburg |