Wulf Konold (29 June 1946 – 24 June 2010) was a German
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 mu ...
,
dramaturge
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and
theatre director
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.
Life
Born in
Langenau
Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm.
Transport
Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8
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near
Ulm
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, From 1966 to 1973 Konold studied
musicology
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,
German studies
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and History at the
Christian-Albrechts-University as well as
viola
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,
music composition
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and
conducting
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at the
Lübeck Academy of Music. After his
doctorate
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in 1974 with
Kurt Gudewill, Möseler, and Wolfenbüttel among others 1975, with his
thesis
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''Secular cantatas in the 20th century'' he became a research assistant at the University of Kiel. From 1975 to 1978 he was head of the department for serious music at
Saarländischer Rundfunk
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. From 1978 he was chief dramatic advisor at the
Staatstheater Nürnberg
The Staatstheater Nürnberg is a German theatre company in Nuremberg, Bavaria. The theatre is one of four Bavarian state theatres and shows operas, plays, ballets and concerts.
History
Its main venue, the opera house ("Opernhaus Nürnberg"), i ...
, from 1982 dramatic advisor and artistic advisor at the
Staatsoper Hannover
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and from 1988 chief dramatic advisor at the
Hamburgische Staatsoper
The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since 2015, the current ''Intendant'' of the company is Georges Delnon, and the current ''Genera ...
, where he also directed. From 1996 to 2008 he was General Director and
Opera director
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of the Städtische Bühnen Nürnberg (since 2003
Staatstheater Nürnberg
The Staatstheater Nürnberg is a German theatre company in Nuremberg, Bavaria. The theatre is one of four Bavarian state theatres and shows operas, plays, ballets and concerts.
History
Its main venue, the opera house ("Opernhaus Nürnberg"), i ...
). From 2005 to 2009 he was also artistic director of the
Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele
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.
In 1982 he founded the "Ensemble Musica Viva Hannover", and from 1989 to 1996 he conducted the Kiel Chamber Orchestra. As a musicologist, he took on teaching positions at the
Saarland University
Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...
, the
Hochschule für Musik Saar
The Hochschule für Musik Saar is a conservatory of music in Saarbrücken, Germany and dates back to 1947. From 1994 until 2002, it was named ''Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater'' (University of Music and Drama Saarbrücken). Since ...
, the
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
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, the
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
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(as professorial representative), the
University of Hamburg
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, the
Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg
The Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (formerly ''Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg'') is a music conservatoire based in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. The conservatoire has a secondary building in Augsburg.
The Hochschule
The Hochschule für ...
and the
State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. In 2001 he was appointed honorary professor. Most recently he taught at the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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.
Konold was the brother of the set and costume designer
Dietlind Konold. They had two sons and a daughter. Konold died of
cancer
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in Munich at the age of 63.
Work
* ''Weltliche Kantaten im 20. Jahrhundert.''
Dissertation,
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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1974.
* Wulf Konold (Ges.-Red.), Klaus-Jürgen Etzold (Co-advisor.) among others: ''Das Niedersächsische Staatsorchester Hannover 1636–1986.'' Edited by the Niedersächsischen Staatsorchester Hannover, Schlüter, Hannover 1986, .
* ''Bernd Alois Zimmermann : der Komponist und sein Werk''.
*
Rudolf Kloiber
Rudolf Kloiber (14 November 1899 – 12 December 1973) was a German conductor and musicologist.
Born in Munich, Kloiber studied conducting, piano, music theory and opera direction at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, as well ...
: ''Handbuch der Oper.'' Newly edited and supplemented by Wulf Konold. dtv /
Bärenreiter
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.
* Monographs on
Claudio Monteverdi
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,
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...
,
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (20 March 1918 – 10 August 1970) was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera ''Die Soldaten'', which is regarded as one of the most important German operas of the 20th century, after those of Berg. As a ...
und zur Geschichte des
Streichquartetts.
* ''Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und seine Zeit''.
''Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy und seine Zeit''
on WorldCat
References
External links
*
Wulf Konold
on Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
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''Gestorben: Wulf Konold''
published in ''abendzeitung-muenchen.de'' dated 26 June 2010
Obituary
in '' Bayern Online'' dated 26 June 2010
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1946 births
2010 deaths
People from Langenau
20th-century German musicologists
21st-century German musicologists
Dramaturges
Opera managers
University of Kiel alumni
Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Academic staff of the University of Hamburg
Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Academic staff of Saarland University
Deaths from cancer in Germany