Franz Xaver Krautwurst (7 August 1923 – 30 November 2015) 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 academic teacher.

Life

Franz Krautwurst was born in Munich on August 7, 1923. He was educated at the University of Music and Theatre Munich from 1939 through 1942, and then was conscripted into the German military for service from 1942-1945. He pursued further studies in

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, ...

after

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

at the University of Munich under Rudolf von Ficker and

Thrasybulos Georgiades Thrasybulos Georgios Georgiades (; Athens, 4 January 1907 – Munich, 15 March 1977) was a Greek musicologist, pianist, civil engineer and philosopher. He was for many years director of the Institute of Musicology at the Ludwig Maximilian Universi ...

. He earned a doctorate in musicology from the

University of Erlangen–Nuremberg The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (, FAU) is a Public University, public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich-Alexander is derived from the university's first ...

in 1950; studying there with

Rudolf Steglich Rudolf Steglich (18 February 18868 July 1976) was a German musicologist, music editor and academic teacher, who was professor at the University of Erlangen from 1930 to 1956. His focus was life and music of George Frideric Handel. He was instrume ...

. He joined the faculty of this latter school in 1950 and was awarded 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 ...

there in 1956. Krautwurst was a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

at the

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

for twenty-four years. He left there to join the faculty at the

University of Augsburg The University of Augsburg () is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 8 Faculties. The University of Augsburg is a relatively young campus university with a ...

where he taught from 1980 through 1988. He founded the journal ''Augsburger Jahrbuch für Musikgeschichte'' in 1984 and in 1991 became editor of the '' Neues musikwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch''. In addition, Krautwurst was instrumental in the researching the biography of the composer

Valentin Rathgeber Johann Valentin Rathgeber (3 April 1682 – 2 June 1750) was a German composer, organist and choirmaster of the Baroque Era. Life Rathgeber was born in Oberelsbach. His father, an organist, gave him his first music lessons. At the beginning ...

. He was also a contributor to

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 ...

publications of the in Vienna, and contributed numerous articles to the ''Fränkische Lebensbilder''. Most of his later writings were on the music history of the cities of Augsburg and Nuremberg. Krautwurst died on 30 November 2015 in

Erlangen Erlangen (; , ) is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 119,810 inhabitants (as of 30 September 2024), it is the smalle ...

at the age of 92.

Work (selection)

* Franz Krautwurst: ''Rathgeber, Johann Valentin''. In ''

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'' (''MGG''; "Music in the Past and Present") is a German music encyclopedia. It is among the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth ...

.'' Vol 7. Kassel 1989. .

Awards

* 1961: * 2007: of the Mittelfranken district * 2008:

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...

* Honorary membership of the Internationale Valentin-Rathgeber-Gesellschaft

References

External links

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Horst Leuchtmann Horst Leuchtmann (26 April 1927 – 10 April 2007) was a German musicologist. Early life and education Leuchtmann was born in Braunschweig. He was a student of the composer Philippine Schick (1893–1970). They compiled a German-English dictiona ...

: ''Quaestiones in musica. Festschrift für Franz Krautwurst zum 65. Geburtstag'' (with Friedhelm Brusniak), Tutzing 1989 {{DEFAULTSORT:Krautwurst, Franz 1923 births 2015 deaths 20th-century German publishers (people) 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Academic staff of the University of Augsburg Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany University of Erlangen–Nuremberg alumni University of Music and Theatre Munich alumni Writers from Munich