Gernot Gruber (born 17 November 1939) is an Austrian

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

Life

Born in Bruck an der Mur,

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...

, Gruber studied music, musicology, philosophy and German literature at the University of Graz and received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' ...

in 1964. Afterwards he was assistant at the same university until 1970. From 1970 to 1972 he was a fellow of the

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (german: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) is a foundation established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany and funded by the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry of Education and Rese ...

. From 1972 to 1975 Gruber was an assistant at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich h ...

and was

habilitated Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including ...

for musicology in 1973. From 1976 to 1995 he was professor at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Munich The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is ...

and from 1995 to 2008 he held a full professorship at the University of Vienna. Gruber is co-editor of the three-volume "Musikgeschichte Österreichs" and a permanent member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences as well as chairman of the .

Publications

* ''Mozarts Opern. Das Handbuch''. Together with Dieter Borchmeyer, 2 volumes. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2007, . * ''Schubert. Schubert? Leben und Musik.'', Kassel 2010, .Rezension: ''Melodienabgrund.'' In ''

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'' (; ''FAZ''; "''Frankfurt General Newspaper''") is a centre-right conservative-liberal and liberal-conservativeHans Magnus Enzensberger: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen' (in German). ''Deutschland Radio'', ...

.'' 7 January 2011, .

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Deutschlandfunk (DLF) Kulturfragen, 12. April 2009, 17:05–17:30 Uhr: Ewig unterschätzter Großkomponist der Wiener Klassik. Der Musikwissenschaftler Gernot Gruber über Joseph Haydn im Gespräch mit Holger Noltze

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruber, Gernot Austrian musicologists Mozart scholars Academic staff of the University of Vienna Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 1939 births Living people People from Styria

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