Walter Pass (22 January 1942 – 7 March 2001) was an Austrian

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 ...

. Born in

Feldkirch, Vorarlberg Feldkirch () is a city rights, town in the western Austrian States of Austria, state of Vorarlberg, bordering on Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It is the administrative centre of the Feldkirch (district), Feldkirch district. After Dornbirn, it i ...

, Pass studied music education,

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

, piano and singing (1960–1964) at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university established in 1817 located in Vienna. With a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria, and one of t ...

. One year later he also studied

musicology 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, ...

at the University of Vienna and graduated with a Dr. phil. In 1964 he became an assistant at the musicological institute there. His

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

followed in 1973. He was subsequently awarded a scholarship for research in Rome from 1974 to 1977. As successor to Franz Zagiba, he taught

early music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750) or Ancient music (before 500 AD). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad Dates of classical ...

history as a full professor at the University of Vienna since 1981. Pass died in

Tullnerbach Tullnerbach is a municipality in the district of St. Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It was here in 1901 that Wilhelm Kress failed at his attempt of motorized seaplane A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of ...

Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

at age 61 and was buried at (group 24, number 24) in Vienna. WalterPass

Publications

* ''Musik und Musiker am Hof Maximilians II''. Tutzing : Schneider, 1980. * ''Gedenkschrift für Walter Pass''. Tutzing : H. Schneider, 2002. * ''Orpheus im Exil : die Vertreibung der österreichischen Musik von 1938 bis 1945''. Vienna: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, ©1995. * ''Thematischer Katalog sämtlicher Werke Jacob Regnarts, ca. 1540-1599''. Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1969. * ''Musik in Vorarlberg''.''Musik in Vorarlberg''
on WorldCat

References

External links

Walter Pass in WorldCat
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pass, Walter 1942 births 2001 deaths People from Feldkirch, Vorarlberg 20th-century Austrian musicologists Academic staff of the University of Vienna