Franz Xaver Krautwurst (7 August 1923 – 30 November 2015) was a German

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

and academic teacher .

Life

Born in Munich, In addition to his many years as

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

at the

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

and the

University of Augsburg The University of Augsburg (german: Universität 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 you ...

, Krautwurst excelled in musicological regional research and founded and established this as an important branch of musicology. Krautwurst was editor of the ''Neues Musikwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch'' and emerged as author of other writings. 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 o ...

.Internationale-Rathgeber-Gesellschaft
/ref> He was also a contributor to

Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

publications of the in Vienna. Krautwurst died in

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative district Erlangen), and with 116,062 inhabi ...

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: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik (MGG)'' is one of the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth of research areas, and reference t ...

.'' 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 (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

* Honorary membership of the Internationale Valentin-Rathgeber-Gesellschaft

References

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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 Friedhelm Brusniak (born 1 October 1952) is a German music educator Life Born in Korbach, Brusniak visited the humanistic branch of the . After graduating from high school, he studied school music at the Frankfurt University of Music and Perform ...

), Tutzing 1989 German publishers (people) 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Academic staff of the University of Augsburg Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1923 births 2015 deaths Writers from Munich {{Germany-musicologist-stub