Ernst Hilmar (20 September 1938 – 23 November 2016) was an

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, and

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 ...

Biography

Hilmar was born in

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and studied

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, ...

at the

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and the

University of Music and Performing Arts The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university established in 1817 located in Vienna. With a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria, and one of t ...

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. From 1975 to 1994, he was head of the music division of the Vienna City and State Library. Owing to various shady events in connection with holdings that had disappeared from this collection, Hilmar was forced to retire from this position in 1994. Since 1987, he was also head of the Internationales Franz-Schubert-Institut (IFSI) in Vienna and editor of the scholarly journal ''Schubert durch die Brille'' (1988–2003), "tirelessly edited since its inception by Ernst Hilmar, ��quickly became the leading arena for the dissemination of Schubert research, news, and events." (''

Music & Letters ''Music & Letters'' is an academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press with a focus on musicology. The journal sponsors the Music & Letters Trust, which makes twice-yearly cash awards of variable amounts to support research in t ...

'', 2002) Due to several violations of the society's regulations he was removed from his position in 2001 and only continued to work as editor of the IFSI's journal. In 2005 Hilmar's successors had to disband the IFSI, because the publisher of ''Schubert durch die Brille'' ( Hans Schneider) demanded the debts to be paid back that Hilmar had amassed during his activity as editor. Hilmar's publications include books on

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

Hugo Wolf Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, so ...

Johann Strauss Johann Baptist Strauss II (; ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well as a violinist. He compose ...

Second Viennese School The Second Viennese School () was the group of composers that comprised Arnold Schoenberg and his pupils, particularly Alban Berg and Anton Webern, and close associates in early 20th-century Vienna. Their music was initially characterized by late ...

and many contributions to symposia and dictionaries. He died in

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Works

Franz Schubert

* ''Verzeichnis der Schubert-Handschriften in der Musiksammlung der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek''. Kassel 1978. XV, 144, 105 S. * ''Franz Schubert. ��zum 150. Todestag des Komponisten'', ed. with Otto Brusatti">usstellung ��zum 150. Todestag des Komponisten'', ed. with Otto Brusatti. Vienna 1978. – XXXII, 315 S. * "La Collection schubertienne de la bibliothèque municipale de Vienne," in ''Franz Schubert et la symphonie'', directed by Paul-Gilbert Langevin, la Revue Musicale, Paris, 1981. * ''Franz Schubert in seiner Zeit.'' Wien/Graz 1985. 143 S. * ''Franz Schubert: Drei große Sonaten für das Pianoforte: D 958, D 959 u. D 960 (frühe Fassungen); Faksimile nach den Autographen ��'. Begl. Text u. Komm. v. E. Hilmar. Erstveröffentl. Tutzing 1987. 28 S. * Gesammelte Studien zu Leben und Werk von Franz Schubert. Habilitationsschr. Universität Wien 1987. 478 Bl. * Franz Schubert: Der Graf von Gleichen: Oper in 2 Akten D (918) ; Erstveröffentlichung der Handschrift des Komponisten aus dem Besitz der Wiener Stadt-und Landesbibliothek. Text von

Eduard von Bauernfeld Eduard von Bauernfeld (13 January 1802 – 9 August 1890), Austrian dramatist, was born at Vienna. Life Having studied jurisprudence at the University of Vienna, he entered the government service in a legal capacity, and after holding vario ...

. Hrsg. u. kommentiert von Ernst Hilmar. Mit einem Beitrag von Erich W. Partsch. Tutzing 1988. 19 S., 72 Bl. * Schubert (Bildbiographie). Graz ADEVA 1989 u. 1996. 216 S. * ''Franz Schubert dargestellt von Ernst Hilmar''. Reinbek 1997. 158 S. * ''Schubert-Lexikon'', ed. with Margret Jestremski. Graz: ADEVA 1997. 534 S. * "Bausteine zu einer neuen Schubert-Bibliographie vornehmlich der Schriften von 1929 bis 2000. Teil I: Alphabetische Ordnung nach Autoren," in ''Schubert durch die Brille'' Nr. 25, (2000), S. 95–303 (Ergänzungen und Indizes in ''Schubert durch die Brille'' Nrn. 26, 27, Mitarbeit: Werner Bodendorff). * ''Franz Schubert. Dokumente 1801–1830. Erster Band. Addenda und Kommentar''. Mitarbeit: Werner Bodendorff (Veröffentlichungen des IFSI, 10/2), Tutzing 2003. * ''Schubert-Enzyklopädie'' (2 vols., hrsg. mit Margret Jestremski. Tutzing 2004.

Hugo Wolf

* Hugo Wolf, Briefe an Frieda Zerny. Wien 1978. 83 S. * Hugo Wolf Enzyklopädie. 518 Einzelartikel zu Leben und Werk, Umfeld und Rezeption. Tutzing 2007. XXV, 593 S.

Wiener Schule

Arnold Schönberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first Modernism (music), modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-centu ...

. Gedenkausstellung, Wien 1974. 386 S. * ''

Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Composed between 1914 and 1922, it premiered in 1925. It is based on the drama '' Woyzeck'', which German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at his death. Berg attende ...

von

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( ; ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

. Entstehung, erste Erfolge, Repressionen (1914–1935)''. Wien 1975. 106 S. * ''Dank an

Ernst Krenek Ernst Heinrich Krenek (, 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including ''Music Here and Now'' (1939), a study of Johannes Ock ...

: Katalog zur Ausstellung der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek im Historischen Museum der Stadt Wien, Mai – Juni 1982''. Wien 1982. 100 S. * ''

Anton Webern Anton Webern (; 3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist. His music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyric poetry, lyrical, poetic concision and use of then novel atonality, aton ...

: 1883 – 1983; eine Festschrift zum hundertsten Geburtstag. Mit einer Einleitung von

Henri Pousseur Henri Léon Marie-Thérèse Pousseur (; 23 June 1929 – 6 March 2009) was a Belgian classical composer, teacher, and music theorist. Biography Pousseur was born in Malmedy and studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 19 ...

''. Wien 1983. 296 S. * Begegnung mit Arnold Schönberg: Internationales Musikfestival Duisburg "Arnold Schönberg und neue Musik aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz" vom 13. September 1992 bis 30 Juni 1993; Ausstellung im Kultur- und Stadthistorischen Museum Duisburg, 24. Februar bis 28. März 1993. Katalog von Margret Jestremski und Ernst Hilmar. Duisburg 1993. 102 S.

Other subjects

* Die

Nestroy Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius Nestroy (; 7 December 1801 – 25 May 1862) was a singer, actor and playwright in the popular Austrian tradition of the Biedermeier period and its immediate aftermath. He participated in the 1848 revolutions and ...

-Vertonungen in den Wiener Sammlungen. In: Maske und Kothurn 18 (1972) 1-2, S. 38-98. * 75 Jahre Universal-Edition (1901–1976). atalog zur Ausstellung der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek im Historischen Museum der Stadt Wien Dezember 1976 / Jänner 1977 itarbeit: Otto Brusatti Wien 1976. 102 S. *

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

: "Schusterlied" aus der Oper "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg": früheste Reinschrift (WWV deest); Faks. nach dem Autograph. Tutzing 1988. 20 S. * ''Musiker-Karikaturen von Mahler bis zur Gegenwart.'' (Wiener Rathaus März 1988-September 1988) Hrsg. Franz Patzer. Katalogred. E. Hilmar. Wien 1987. 61 S. * ''

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, includin ...

: Briefe an die Universal Edition''. Tutzing 1988. 385 S. * Internationales Symposium Musikerautographe: Bericht 5.-8. Juni 1989, Wien. Tutzing 1990. 236 S. * ''40.000 Musikerbriefe auf Knopfdruck: Methoden der Verschlagwortung anhand des UE-Briefwechsels – Untersuchungen – Detailergebnisse.'' Tützing 1989. 168 S.

References

External links

Ernst Hilmar – WorldCat
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