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Giselher Schubert (born 24 January 1944) 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 ...
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Life and career

Born in
Königsberg Königsberg (; ; ; ; ; ; , ) is the historic Germany, German and Prussian name of the city now called Kaliningrad, Russia. The city was founded in 1255 on the site of the small Old Prussians, Old Prussian settlement ''Twangste'' by the Teuton ...
, Schubert studied musicology, sociology and philosophy at the
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...
with Günther Massenkeil, at the
Freie Universität Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...
with
Rudolf Stephan Rudolf Stephan (3 April 1925 – 29 September 2019) was a German musicologist. Life Stephan was born in Bochum. After studying violin at the conservatory, he entered the Institute of Heidelberg, where he studied musicology at the University unde ...
and at the
University of Zürich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...
with
Kurt von Fischer Kurt von Fischer (25 April 1913 – 27 November 2003) was a Swiss musicologist and classical pianist. Life Fischer was born on 25 April 1913 in Bern as the son of the mycologist Eduard Fischer. Fischer studied piano at the University of the Ar ...
. In 1973 he was honored in Bonn with a thesis on
instrumentation Instrumentation is a collective term for measuring instruments, used for indicating, measuring, and recording physical quantities. It is also a field of study about the art and science about making measurement instruments, involving the related ...
with
Arnold Schoenberg 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 ...
which gained him his
PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...
. Since 1974 he has been working as the editor of the Hindemith Complete Edition at the in Frankfurt, which he directed from 1991 to 2011. Since 2005 he has been co-editor of the Hindemith Complete Edition. From 1985 to 1996 he was co-editor of the journal ''Musiktheorie''. He is co-editor of the
Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill (; ; March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for hi ...
complete edition and member of the editorial board of the Bohuslav Martinů Complete Edition. Until 2010 he was chairman of the Society for the Promotion of the
Arnold Schönberg complete edition Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia ...
. Since 1986 he has been a freelance contributor to the magazine '. Schubert is honorary professor at the
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (, HfMDK) is a state Hochschule for music, theatre and dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938. At present around 900 studen ...
. He publishes mainly on music of the 19th and 20th centuries, on
music theory Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "Elements of music, ...
and on
Aesthetics of music Aesthetics of music is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste in music, and with the creation or appreciation of beauty in music. In the pre-modern tradition, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics explo ...
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Publications

* ''Studien zur Instrumentation beim frühen Schönberg.'' Dissertation. Bonn University 1973. Published under the title ''Schönbergs frühe Instrumentation.'' Koerner, Baden-Baden 1975, . * ''Paul Hindemith. In Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten.'' Dargestellt von Giselher Schubert. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1981, . 2nd edition 1986. 3rd edition 1990. 4th edition 1995. 5th edition 1999.
French: ''Paul Hindemith''
Actes Sud Actes Sud is a French publishing house based in Arles. It was founded in 1978 by author Hubert Nyssen. By 2013, the company, then headed by Nyssen's daughter, Françoise Nyssen, had an annual turnover of 60 million euros and 60 staff members. ...
,
Arles Arles ( , , ; ; Classical ) is a coastal city and Communes of France, commune in the South of France, a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône Departments of France, department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Reg ...
1997, . * with Andres Briner, Dieter Rexroth: ''Paul Hindemith. Leben und Werk in Bild und Text.'' Schott, Mainz 1988, .
Italienisch: ''Paul Hindemith. Vita e opere.'' DeFerrari, Genua 1995, . * with Constantin Floros, Christian Martin Schmidt: ''Johannes Brahms – die Sinfonien. Einführung, Kommentar, Analyse.'' Schott, Mainz 1998, . * ''Hindemith und Honegger, Konturen einer ungewöhnlichen Freundschaft.'' Amadeus, Winterthur um 2008, . Editorship: * ''Ludus tonalis (1942). Studies in counterpoint, tonal organisation and piano playing.'' Schott, Mainz und Universal-Edition, Wienna c. 1989. * Andres Briner: ''Musikalische Koexistenz.'' MWith a foreword by
Hermann Danuser Hermann Danuser (born 3 October 1946) is a Swiss-German musicologist. Life Born in Frauenfeld, Danuser studied piano, oboe, musicology, philosophy and German language and literature at the Musikhochschule and the University of Zurich from 1965; ...
. Schott, Mainz 1993, . * Paul Hindemith: ''Aufsätze, Vorträge, Reden.'' Atlantis, Zürich/Mainz 1994, . * ''Alte Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Wandlungen und Formen ihrer Rezeption.'' Schott, Mainz etc. c. 1995, . * ''Biographische Konstellation und künstlerisches Handeln.'' Schott, Mainz u. a. 1997, . * ''Französische und deutsche Musik im 20. Jahrhundert.'' Schott, Mainz u. a. 2001, . * mit Wolfgang Rathert: ''Musikkultur in der Weimarer Republik.'' Schott, Mainz u. a. 2001, . * mit Sabine Ehrmann-Herfort,
Ludwig Finscher Ludwig Finscher (14 March 193030 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of music history at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1995 and editor of the encyclopedia '' Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. He is respect ...
: ''Europäische Musikgeschichte.'' Bärenreiter, Kassel 2002, . Contributions: * ''Paul Hindemith: USA-Tagebuch 1938.'' In ''Schweizer Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft.'' Neue Folge. 8/9, 1988/1989, . * ''La concezione della musica nell’opera „Cardillac“.'' In Carlo Piccardi, Luigi Pestalozza: ''Paul Hindemith nella cultura tedesca degli anni venti.'' Unicopli, Mailand 1991, , . * ''Werkfassung und Werkidee. Kompositorische Probleme im Oeuvre Hindemiths.'' In ''Die Musikforschung.'' year 45, issue 1, 1992, . * ''„Ein bisschen daheim sein“. zu den Problemen der in die USA emigrierten Komponisten in den 30er und 40er Jahren.'' In Hermann Danuser (edit.): ''Amerikanische Musik seit Charles Ives.'' Laaber, Laaber 1993, , . * ''Form und Besetzung. Zu Frank Martins Konzerten.'' In:
Dietrich Kämper Dietrich Kämper (born 1936) is a German musicologist. Life Born in Melle, Germany, Melle, Niedersachsen, Kämper studied at the University of Cologne and University of Zurich with research stays in Bologna, Florence and Rome. He received his do ...
(edit.): ''Frank Martin. Das kompositorische Werk. 13 Studien.'' Schott, Mainz among others. 1993, , . * ''Themes and double themes. The problem of the symphonic in Brahms.'' In ''19th century music.'' Volume 18, No. 1, 1994/1995, . * ''Form als „Text“. Eine Skizze.'' In ''Musik als Text.'' Volume 1. 1998. . * ''„Amerikanismus“ und „Americanism“. Hindemith und die Neue Welt.'' In ''Hindemith-Jahrbuch.'' 27, 1998, . * ''Hindemiths Orchesterwerk.'' In Norbert Bolin (edit.): ''Paul Hindemith – Komponist zwischen Tradition und Avantgarde.'' Schott, Mainz among others 1999, , . * ''Zur Einschätzung und Deutung des musikalischen Fortschrittsdenkens in der Musikkultur der Weimarer Republik.'' In Giselher Schubert, Wolfgang Rathert (edit.): ''Musikkultur in der Weimarer Republik.'' Schott, Mainz among others. 2001, , . * ''Der lange Blick zurück. Hindemiths Operneinakter „Das lange Weihnachtsmahl“.'' In Christoph-Hellmut Mahling, Kristina Pfarr (edit.): ''Musiktheater im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Experiment (from 1960 until 1980).'' 2002, . * ''Bekehrung, Verrat, Entwicklung? Strawinskys Wendung zur Zwölftonmusik.'' In ''Europäische Musikgeschichte.''
Bärenreiter Bärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it ...
, Kassel 2002, , . * ''„Der Lindberghflug“ von Weill, Hindemith und Brecht. Konzeption und Funktion.'' In Hermann Danuser (edit.): ''Amerikanismus - Americanism - Weill.'' Argus, Schliengen 2003, , . * ''Ein Streichquartett nach Beethoven. Zum unvollendeten Streichquartett von Ernest Chausson.'' In ''
Archiv für Musikwissenschaft The ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'' is a quarterly German-English-speaking trade magazine devoted to music history and historical musicology, which publishes articles by well-known academics and young scholars. It was founded in 1918 as the suc ...
''. Year 69, issue 2, 2012, .


References


Further reading

* Autoreneintrag ''Giselher Schubert.'' In: Johannes Volker Schmidt, Ralf-Olivier Schwarz (edit.): ''Fluchtpunkt Italien.'' Festschrift für Peter Ackermann. Olms, Hildesheim among others. 2015, , .
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External links

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