Joachim Draheim (born in 1950) is a German

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

, music teacher and classical pianist.

Life and career

Born in Berlin, Draheim studied classical philology, history and musicology in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

. He received his doctorate with the thesis "Setting to music ancient texts from the Baroque to the present" (Amsterdam 1981). Since 1973 Draheim has worked as a freelancer for

Südwestrundfunk (; ), shortened to SWR (), is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany, specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The corporation has main offices in three cities: Stuttg ...

and since 1974 for several German and international music publishers (including

Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel () is a German Music publisher, music publishing house. Founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, it is the world's oldest music publisher. Overview The catalogue contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works ...

, Schott, Ricordi, Friedrich Hofmeister den Wiener Urtext Edit) and record companies. Draheim published numerous editions of works by

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

, Fanny Hensel,

Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonie ...

, Chopin,

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and

Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Schumann (; ; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic music, Romantic era, she exerted her influence o ...

Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, often set within studied ye ...

and

Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...

. These included several first editions: among others, Mendelssohn's ''Albumblatt'' in A major, the Sonata in D major and the Sonata movement in G minor for two pianos; of Brahms, "Die Müllerin"; of Schumann "Der Korsar", an arrangement of the

cello Concerto A cello concerto (sometimes called a violoncello concerto) is a concerto for solo cello with orchestra or, very occasionally, smaller groups of instruments. These pieces have been written since the Baroque era if not earlier. However, unlike instru ...

A minor A minor is a minor scale based on A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has no flats or sharps. Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major. The A natural minor scale is: Changes needed for the melodic ...

op. cit. 129 for violin, the piano accompaniment to

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or ...

's Suite in C major for solo cello and Variations on a Nocturne for piano by Chopin. Draheim also appeared as a pianist in concerts, on radio (SDR, SWF, SR, SWR) and in record and CD productions. Draheim has been teaching Latin and music at the since 1978. He is a member of the New Schumann Complete Edition, the

Fryderyk Chopin Institute The Fryderyk Chopin Institute () is a Polish organization dedicated to researching and promoting the life and works of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin. It was created in 2001 as the result of legislation in the Polish Parliament and is under d ...

in Warsaw and the new

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'' (''MGG''; "Music in the Past and Present") is a German music encyclopedia. It is among the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth ...

. In the year 2003 Draheim received the

Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau The Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau is a classical music award. Since 1964 it has been awarded by the Lord Mayor of Zwickau. Robert Schumann was born in Zwickau. Between 1964 and 2002 the prize was awarded annually, since 2003 bienni ...

. In 2004 Draheim's ''Karlsruher Musikgeschichte'' was published by in Karlsruhe.

Publications

* ''Vertonungen antiker Texte vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart''. (1978) * ''Johannes Brahms in Baden-Baden und Karlsruhe : eine Ausstellung der Badischen Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe und der Brahmsgesellschaft Baden-Baden''. (1983) * ''Horaz-Vertonungen vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart : eine Anthologie''. (1985) * ''Karlsruher Musikgeschichte''. (2004) * ''Robert und Clara Schumann an Oberrhein und Neckar ''.''Robert und Clara Schumann an Oberrhein und Neckar''
on WorldCat (2010)

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* * * Musicians from Berlin German classical pianists German male classical pianists 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists 1950 births Living people Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-musician-stub