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Arnold Schmitz (11 July 1893 – 1 November 1980) was a German
"Gegen den Strom der Zeit. Der Musikwissenschaftler Arnold Schmitz (1893–1980)"
in ''Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa'', No. 13, pp. 233–244, Leipzig 2013 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmitz, Arnold Beethoven scholars 20th-century German musicologists 1893 births 1980 deaths Writers from Metz Academic staff of the University of Bonn Academic staff of the University of Breslau Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Arnold Schmitz (11 July 1893 – 1 November 1980) was a German musicologist
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who was particularly concerned with 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 ...
.
Life
Born in ,Metz
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, Schmitz habilitated
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in 1921 and was subsequently professor at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
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and the Breslau University. From 1946 he taught at the University of Mainz
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, whose rector
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he was in 1953/54 and 1960/61. He was a member of the ."Fünfzig Jahre Historische Kommission für Schlesien" ifty years of the Historical Commission for Silesia In ''Yearbook of the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Breslau'', Volume 17, 1972, List of Members . In 1973, the Beethoven House
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in Bonn appointed him an honorary member for his Beethoven research.
Schmitz died in Mainz
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at age 87.
Publications
Books * ''Beethovens "zwei Prinzipe"'', Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1923 * ''Unbekannte Skizzen und Entwürfe, Beethoven, Ludwig van'', Bonn: Beethovenhaus, 1924 * ''Das romantische Beethoven-Bild. Darstellung und Kritik'', Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1927 * ''Beethoven'', Bonn a. Rh.: Buchgemeinde, 1927 * "Zur Frage nach Beethovens Weltanschauung und ihrem muskalischen Ausdruck" in ''Beethoven und die Gegenwart :Festschrift
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d. Beethovenhauses Bonn, Ludwig Schiedermair
Ludwig Ferdinand Schiedermair (7 December 1876, in Regensburg – 30 April 1957, in Bensberg) was a German minister and musicologist. He concerned himself with opera history, Mozart, and Beethoven. In 1914 he edited the first complete critical edi ...
zum 60. Geburtstag'' (also editor), Berlin : Ferdinand Dümmler, 1937
* ''Die Bildlichkeit der wortgebundenen Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs'', Mainz : Schott, 1950
* ''Ausgewählte Aufsätze zur geistlichen Musik'', Paderborn : Ferdinand Schöningh, 1996
Sheet music
* ''Oberitalienische Figuralpassionen des 16. Jahrhunderts'', Mainz : Schott, 1955 (Choral part).
References
Further reading
*Thomas Phleps
Thomas Phleps (2 September 1955 – 5 June 2017) was a German guitarist and musicologist.
Life
Born in Bad Hersfeld, Phleps studieded at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and the University of Kassel and completed his studies in 1981 and 1983 re ...
: "Ein stiller, verbissener und zäher Kampf um Stetigkeit – Musikwissenschaft in NS-Deutschland und ihre vergangenheitspolitische Bewältigung", in Isolde v. Foerster et al. (ed.), ''Musikforschung – Nationalsozialismus – Faschismus'', Mainz 2001, .
* Helmut Loos
Helmut Loos (born 5 July 1950) is a German musicologist and emeritus scholar.
Life
Born in Niederkrüchten, Loos studied music education from 1971 to 1974 and musicology, art history and philosophy from 1974 to 1980 at the University of Bonn. ...
"Gegen den Strom der Zeit. Der Musikwissenschaftler Arnold Schmitz (1893–1980)"
in ''Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa'', No. 13, pp. 233–244, Leipzig 2013 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmitz, Arnold Beethoven scholars 20th-century German musicologists 1893 births 1980 deaths Writers from Metz Academic staff of the University of Bonn Academic staff of the University of Breslau Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz