Christoph Von Blumröder
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Christoph von Blumröder (born 18 July 1951) 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 ...
.


Career

Born in
Northeim Northeim (; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the Northeim (district), district of Northeim, with a population of 30,118 as of 31 December 2023. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in ...
, Blumröder studied musicology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Breisgau with
Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (5 January 1919 – 30 August 1999) was a German musicologist and professor of historical musicology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. Life Eggebrecht was born in Dresden. His father was a Protestant mini ...
, philosophy and history of the . After his
doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...
in 1979, Blumröder was a research assistant at the ' (1972–2006). From 1980 Blumröder also taught at the university there, where he received 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 ...
in 1990. After assistant professorships at the
University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...
in the winter semester of 1991/92 and at the
Saarland University Saarland University (, ) 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 six faculties that cover all major ...
in the summer semester of 1995, he accepted an appointment as professor for
contemporary music Contemporary music is whatever music is produced at the current time. Specifically, it could refer to: Genres or audiences * Adult contemporary music * British contemporary R&B * Christian adult contemporary * Christian contemporary hit radio * Con ...
at the Musicological Institute of the
University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...
in the winter semester of 1996/97. There he founded the cycles of events ''Composition and Musicology in Dialogue'' (1997) and ''Space Music'' (1998) as well as the publication series ''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit'' and was elected chairman of the association ''Signale aus Köln'' in 1999. Furthermore, Blumröder is a member of the ''Centre for Modern Research'' at the University of Cologne and was involved in the Cultural Studies Research College Media and Cultural Communication from 2002 to 2007.


Publications

* ''Der Begriff Neue Musik im 20. Jahrhundert'' (''Freiburger Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft.'' XII). Munich/Salzburg 1981. * ''Die Grundlegung der Musik
Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...
's'' (''
Archiv für Musikwissenschaft The ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'' is a quarterly German-English-speaking trade magazine devoted to music history and historical musicology, which publishes articles by well-known academics and young scholars. It was founded in 1918 as the suc ...
'', issue 32). Stuttgart 1993. * (Editor): Karlheinz Stockhausen: ''Texte zur Musik 1970–1977.'' Volume 4: ''Werk-Einführungen, Elektronische Musik, Weltmusik, Vorschläge und Standpunkte, Zum Werk Anderer.'' Cologne 1978. – ''Texte zur Musik 1977–1984.'' Volume 5: ''Composition.'' Volume 6: ''Interpretation.'' Cologne 1989. – ''Texte zur Musik 1984–1991.'' Volume 7: ''Neues zu Werken vor Licht, Zu Licht bis Montag, Montag aus Licht.'' Volume 8: '' Dienstag aus Licht, Elektronische Musik.'' Volume 9: ''Über Licht, Komponist und Interpret, Zeitwende.'' Volume 10: ''Astronische Musik, Echos von Echos.'' Kürten 1998. * with Wolfram Steinbeck: ''Die Symphonie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.'' Part 2: ''Stationen der Symphonik seit 1900'' (''Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen.'' III, 2). Laaber 2002. * '' François Bayle's
Acousmatic music Acousmatic music (from Greek ἄκουσμα ''akousma'', "a thing heard") is a form of electroacoustic music that is specifically ''composed'' for presentation using speakers, as opposed to a live performance. It stems from a compositional tradit ...
.'' In Chr. von Blumröder (edit.): ''Kompositorische Stationen des 20. Jahrhunderts'' (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 7), Münster 2004, . * ''Neue Musik im Spannungsfeld von Krieg und Diktatur'' (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 13). Vienna 2009. * ''
Musique concrète Musique concrète (; ): " problem for any translator of an academic work in French is that the language is relatively abstract and theoretical compared to English; one might even say that the mode of thinking itself tends to be more schematic ...
Elektronische Musik
Acousmatic music Acousmatic music (from Greek ἄκουσμα ''akousma'', "a thing heard") is a form of electroacoustic music that is specifically ''composed'' for presentation using speakers, as opposed to a live performance. It stems from a compositional tradit ...
. Konzeptionen der
electroacoustic music Electroacoustic music is a Music genre, genre of Western art music in which composers use recording technology and audio signal processing to manipulate the timbres of Acoustics, acoustic sounds in the creation of pieces of music. It originated a ...
.'' In T. Hünermann, Chr. von Blumröder (edit.): ''Topographien der Kompositionsgeschichte seit 1950 Pousseur, Berio, Evangelisti, Kagel, Xenakis, Cage, Rihm, Smalley, Brümmer, Tutschku'' (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 16). Vienna 2011, . * ''Die elektroakustische Musik. Eine kompositorische Revolution und ihre Folgen''''Die elektroakustische Musik. Eine kompositorische Revolution und ihre Folgen''
on GoogleBooks (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 22). Vienna 2017, .


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