Gerhard Allroggen (born 19 May 1936) 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 ...

and ''

emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

'' University professor from Detmold and

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn (district), Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pade ...

Life

Born in

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

, Allroggen gained 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 1976 at the

Ruhr-Universität Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...

. From 1977, he was professor at the of the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. From 1991 to 1995, he was also vice-rector of the Paderborn University. He retired in 2001. Allroggen's research interests include the music and musical aesthetics of early German Romanticism,

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

, and the Neapolitan Opera of the late 18th century. Allroggen was a member of the ''

Neue Mozart-Ausgabe The ''Neue Mozart-Ausgabe'' (''NMA''; English: ''New Mozart Edition'') is the second complete works edition of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A longer and more formal title for the edition is ''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Neue ...

'', co-editor of the complete edition of the literary works of E. T. A. Hoffmann, and is currently leader of the

Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe The ''Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe'' (short ''WeGA'') is a scientific-critical edition of all works of the composer Carl Maria von Weber, published by the Schott Music Schott Music () is one of the oldest German music publishers. It is ...

Publications

* ''E. T. A. Hoffmanns Kompositionen. Ein chronologisch-thematisches Verzeichnis seiner musikalischen Werke mit Einführung'' (''Studien zur Musikgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts'', vol. 16) Regensburg: Bosse, 1970 * E. T. A. Hoffmann, ''Die lustigen Musikanten. Singspiel in zwei Akten''. (''Ausgewählte musikalische Werke von E. T. A. Hoffmann''), Mainz: Schott, 1975/76 * ''Weber-Studien''. (co-editor), continuous series. * ''Festschrift Arno Forchert zum 60. Geburtstag''.''Festschrift Arno Forchert zum 60. Geburtstag am 29. Dezember 1985''
on WorldCat

Festschrift

* Joachim Veit and Frank Ziegler (ed.): ''Weber-Studien'', vol. 3 (''Festschrift Gerhard Allroggen zum 60. Geburtstag''), Mainz 1996

References

External links

Gerhard Allroggen in WorldCat

Gerhard Allroggen als Herausgeber der Weber-Gesamtausgabe
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allroggen, Gerhard 20th-century German musicologists 1936 births Living people People from Bochum