Joseph Schmidt-Görg
Joseph Schmidt-Görg (born Schmidt 19 March 1897 – 3 April 1981) was a German musicologist, composer and music editor. As a researcher at the University of Bonn and director of the Beethoven Archive, he is regarded as one of the leading Beethoven scholars of his time.[1] He completed the new edition of Beethoven's complete works.
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| Born | Joseph Schmidt 19 March 1897 |
| Died | 3 April 1981 (aged 84) |
| Education | University of Bonn |
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Life edit
Born Joseph Schmidt[2] in Rüdinghausen (now part of Witten), he studied musicology at the University of Bonn with Ludwig Schiedermair, also philosophy, pedagogy and experimental physics.[3] He achieved the doctorate in 1926 with a dissertation about the masses by Clemens non Papa.[1] He composed masses and other sacred music, including a mass for five-part choir in 1924, a motet, Christus natus est, for eight voices, the same year, and a mass Missa Exultet in 1927.[1]
He officially changed his name in 1930.[1] After his habilitation that year, on Mitteltontemperatur,[3] he lectured at the university, was appointed professor in 1938, and Ordinarius in 1948. He was emerited in 1965.[1]
Schiedermair was a founding member and first director of the Beethoven Archive in Bonn in 1927. He called Schmidt-Görg to be his research assistant. Schmidt-Görg succeeded him as director in 1945 and held the post until 1972. He completed the new edition of Beethoven's complete works, Neue Beethoven-Gesamtausgabe, that Schiedermair had initiated.[2] He edited piano works, in collaboration with his son Hans Schmidt. He also began the publications of the Beethoven House.[1]
Schmidt-Görg died in Bad Neuenahr at the age of 84.[1][3]
Books edit
- Das rheinische Volkslied, Düsseldorf: Schwann, 1934
- Katalog der Handschriften des Beethoven-Hauses und des Beethoven-Archivs Bonn, Bonn 1935
- Nicolas Gombart, Kapellmeister Kaiser Karls V. Leben und Werk, Bonn: Röhrscheid, 1938
- Beethoven. Die Geschichte seiner Familie, Munich: Henle 1964
- Des Bonner Bäckermeisters Gottfried Fischer Aufzeichnungen über Beethovens Jugend, Munich: Henle, 1971
- Beethoven, as editor with Hans Schmidt[4]
- Musik der Gotik, Bonn: Schwippert, 1946
Articles edit
- "Beethoven und das kurkölnische Geistesleben", in Allgemeine Musikzeitung, vol. 54 (1927), pp. 549f.
- "Zur Musikanschauung in den Schriften der hl. Hildegard", in Der Mensch und die Künste. Festschrift für Heinrich Lützeler zum 60. Geburtstag, Düsseldorf 1962, pp. 230–237
- "Ein Schiller-Zitat Beethovens in neuer Sicht", in Musik, Edition, Interpretation. Gedenkschrift Günther Henle, Munich 1980, pp. 423–426
Further reading edit
- Thomas Phleps: "Ein stiller, verbissener und zäher Kampf um Stetigkeit – Musikwissenschaft in NS-Deutschland und ihre vergangenheitspolitische Bewältigung", in Isolde von Foerster et al. (ed.), Musikforschung – Nationalsozialismus – Faschismus, Mainz 2001, pp. 471–488.
- Festschrift Joseph Schmidt-Görg zum 60. Geburtstag, edited by Dagmar Weise, Bonn: Beethoven-Haus, 1957
- Colloquium amicorum. Joseph Schmidt-Görg zum 70. Geburtstag, edited by Siegfried Kross und Hans Schmidt, Bonn: Beethoven-Haus, 1967 OCLC 2727780
- Sieghard Brandenburg, "Sammeln und Bewahren – Edieren und Auswerten. Aus der Gründungszeit des Beethoven-Archivs", in Bonner Beethoven-Studien, vol. 5 (2006), pp. 71–93
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g "Prof. Dr. Joseph Schmidt-Görg". Diocese of Cologne (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b Siegert, Christine (2018). "Das Beethoven-Archiv und seine Gesamtausgaben:Konzepte und Projekte 1927 bis 1961" (PDF). Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Kopf, Oliver. "Schmidt-Görg, Joseph". Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (in German). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Elliot Forbes (1 October 1970). "Reviews". Journal of the American Musicological Society (Beethoven. Biography of a Genius by George R. Marek; Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Schmidt-Görg, Hans Schmidt; Beethoven. The Last Decade, 1817–1827 by Martin Cooper; The Authentic English Editions of Beethoven by Alan Tyson). 23 (3). University of California Press: 525–529. doi:10.2307/830620. JSTOR 830620. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
External links edit
- Literature by and about Joseph Schmidt-Görg in the German National Library catalogue
- Works edited by Joseph Schmidt-Görg at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)