Dagmar Droysen-Reber (25 August 1928 – 20 February 2020) was 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 ...

and

museum director Director may refer to: Literature * ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * ''D ...

Life and career

Dagmar Droysen-Reber was born in

Barmen Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which merged with four other towns in 1929 to form the city of Wuppertal. Barmen, together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the first electric ...

on 25 August 1928. After studying

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, ...

experimental physics Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of physics that are concerned with the observation of physical phenomena and experiments. Methods vary from discipline to discipline, from simple experiments and o ...

and

Romance studies Romance studies or Romance philology (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is an academic discipline that covers the study of the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak Romance languages. Romance studies departments usually include the study of Spa ...

and obtaining her

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 ...

as Dr. phil., she initially worked as a piano teacher and held various honorary positions in international musicological associations. In the

State Institute for Music Research The State Institute for Music Research ( or ''SIMPK'') is a musicological research facility in Berlin, Germany for the study of Musical Instruments, Music History, Music Theory and Music technology. It is an agency of the Prussian Cultural Herit ...

she was initially head of the acoustics department until 1984. In 1989 she was appointed director of the

Berlin Musical Instrument Museum The Berlin Musical Instrument Museum () is located at the Kulturforum on Tiergartenstraße in Berlin, Germany. The museum holds over 3,500 musical instruments from the 16th century onward and is one of the largest and most representative musi ...

and was provisional director from 1989 to 1992 and until 31 August 1994 as the predecessor of Thomas Ertelt director of the State Institute for Music Research. Her successor at the museum is Conny Restle. Droysen-Reber died in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

on 20 February 2020, at the age of 91.

Awards

* 1986: Verdienstkreuz am Bande der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Publications

* ''Jahrbuch des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung'', 1968 1968 ff., * Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (ed.): ''Wege zur Musik. Herausgegeben anläßlich der Eröffnung des neuen Hauses.'' Redaction: Dagmar Droysen-Reber. SIMPK, Berlin 1984, * ''Berliner Musikinstrumenten-Museum. Bestandskatalog'',''Bestandskatalog der europäischen Musikinstrumente 1888-1993''
on WorldCat Berlin o. J. (together with Conny Restle) * ''Harfen des Berliner Musikinstrumentenmusems'', Bestandskatalog in cooperation with Beat Wolf, Wolfgang Mertin, Rainer M. Thurau. Ed.: Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin 1999

References

External links

Dagmar Drysen: Mit Wäschekörben in den Osten
on the site of the

Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (; SPK) is a German federal government body that oversees 27 museums and cultural organizations in and around Berlin, Germany. Its purview includes all of Berlin's State Museums, the Berlin State Library, ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Droysenreber, Dagmar 1928 births 2020 deaths Musicologists from Berlin German women musicologists Directors of museums in Germany Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Writers from Wuppertal