Heinrich Besseler (April 2, 1900 – July 25, 1969) was a German musicologist born in Hörde. He is particularly known for his colossal work, Die Musik des Mittelalters und der Renaissance (1931), which provided a new perspective on historical musicology by taking a history-of-ideas approach to music history.
heinrich, besseler, april, 1900, july, 1969, german, musicologist, born, hörde, particularly, known, colossal, work, musik, mittelalters, renaissance, 1931, which, provided, perspective, historical, musicology, taking, history, ideas, approach, music, history,. Heinrich Besseler April 2 1900 July 25 1969 was a German musicologist born in Horde He is particularly known for his colossal work Die Musik des Mittelalters und der Renaissance 1931 which provided a new perspective on historical musicology by taking a history of ideas approach to music history Heinrich BesselerBorn 1900 04 02 April 2 1900Dortmund GermanyDiedJuly 25 1969 1969 07 25 aged 69 Leipzig GermanyOccupation s MusicologistLife editBesseler studied philosophy under Martin Heidegger German language mathematics and natural science in Freiburg im Breisgau Subsequently he studied music under Hans Gal and musicology under Wilibald Gurlitt Guido Adler and Wilhelm Fischer in Vienna and Freiburg In 1923 he obtained a doctoral degree in musicology from the University of Freiburg The subject of his thesis was the history and stylistic development of dance suites in seventeenth century Germany After further studies at the University of Gottingen he wrote a professorial thesis on medieval music spanning the years between 1250 and 1350 From 1928 he taught at the University of Heidelberg 1 In 1934 Besseler became a member of the Sturmabteilung 2 While admittedly failing to distance himself from National Socialism he did come into some conflicts with Herbert Gerigk the most notorious antisemitic musicologist in Germany From 1949 to 1956 he taught at the University of Jena and from 1957 to 1965 at the University of Leipzig 1 He was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1967 and died in Leipzig two years later Books editBeitrage zur Stilgeschichte der deutschen Suite im 17 Jahrhundert doctoral thesis 1923 Die Die Motettenkomposition von Petrus de Cruce bis Philipp von Vitry professorial thesis 1925 Die Musik des Mittelalters und der Renaissance Potsdam Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion 1931 Zum Problem der Tenorgeige Musikalische Gegenwartsfragen I 1949 Bourdon und Fauxbourdon Studien zum Ursprung der niederlandischen Musik 1950 Funf echte Bildnisse Johann Sebastian Bachs 1956 Das musikalische Horen der Neuzeit 1959 Das Schriftbild der mehrstimmigen Musik 1973 co authored with Peter Gulke References edit a b Horst Seeger Musiklexikon Personen A Z Leipzig Deutscher Verlag fur Musik 1981 Ernst Klee Das Kulturlexikon zum Dritten Reich Wer war was vor und nach 1945 Frankfurt S Fischer 2007 p 48 Portals nbsp Classical music nbsp Austria Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heinrich Besseler amp oldid 1211044534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
