Arnfried Edler (born 21 March 1938) is 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 m ...

and university faculty in Kiel and Hanover.

Life

Born in

Lüdenscheid Lüdenscheid () is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Sauerland region. Geography Lüdenscheid is located on the saddle of the watershed between the Lenne and Volme rivers which b ...

, Edler studied music, German literary history and philosophy in Saarbrücken and Kiel and also took the A-Examen for Protestant

Church Music Church music is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. History Early Christian music The on ...

at the Musikhochschule Köln in 1964. After completing his doctorate in historical musicology in 1968 and his legal clerkship for teaching at grammar schools, he worked from 1969 as a

research assistant A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, a research institute or a privately held organization, for the purpose of assisting in academic or private research. Research assistants are not in ...

, head of the student cantor's office and university organist in Kiel with simultaneous teaching duties at the Lübeck Academy of Music. After his

habilitation 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 ...

in 1978, he became professor of historical musicology at the

University of Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: link=no, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a public research university in the city of Kiel, G ...

. From 1989 to 2003, he worked at the

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (german: Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, italics=unset, abbreviated to HMTMH) is a university of performing arts and media in Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony, Germany. Dating ...

. Edler's research focuses on the music history of the 18th and 19th centuries, the social, mental and genre history of music (especially for keyboard instruments) as well as the history of

aesthetics of music Aesthetics of music () is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste in music, and with the creation or appreciation of beauty in music. In the pre-modern tradition, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics ex ...

and

music education Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origin ...

. He has frequently worked as editor and co-author on scientific monument and complete editions (

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

) as well as on congress and project reports.

Publications

* ''Studien zur Auffassung antiker Musikmythen im 19. Jahrhundert'' (''Kieler Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft.'' Vol. 20, ). Bärenreiter, Kassel among others 1970 (Zugleich: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1968). * ''Der nordelbische Organist. Studien zu Sozialstatus, Funktion und kompositorischer Produktion eines Musikerberufes von der Reformation bis zum 20. Jahrhundert'' (''Kieler Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft.'' Vol. 23). Bärenreiter, Kassel among others 1982, (Zugleich: Kiel, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1978). * ''Robert Schumann und seine Zeit'' (''Große Komponisten und ihre Zeit''). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1982, (3., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. ibid 2008, ; in the Italian language as ''Schumann e il suo tempo.'' EDT, Turin 1991, ). * ''Gattungen der Musik für Tasteninstrumente'' (''Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen.'' Vol. 7, parts 1–3). 3 volumes. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1997–2004; ** Part 1: ''Von den Anfängen bis 1750'', XIII/463 Seiten mit 209 Abb. und 251 Notenbeispielen, 1997, ** Part 2: ''Von 1750 bis 1830'', VII/384 Seiten mit 60 Abb. und 65 Notenbeispielen, 2003, ** Part 3: ''Von 1830 bis zur Gegenwart'', VIII/392 Seiten mit 78 Abb. und 64 Notenbeispielen, 2004, *** erweiterte Neuausgabe: ''Geschichte der Klavier- und Orgelmusik'', 3 vols, Laaber 2007. * ''Musik zwischen Mythologie und Sozialgeschichte. Ausgewählte Aufsätze aus den Jahren 1972 bis 2000'' (''Publikationen der Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.'' Vol. 13). ile:///C:/Users/Michel/AppData/Local/Temp/ifha-1132.pdf Edler, Arnfried, Musik zwischen Mythologie undSozialgeschichte. Ausgewählte Aufsätze aus den Jahren1972 bis 2000/ref> edited by Wolfgang Horn and Günter Katzenberger. Wißner, Augsburg 2003, .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edler, Arnfried German musicologists Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover German classical organists 1938 births Living people People from Lüdenscheid