Manuel Gervink (born 29 May 1957) is 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 scholar who has worked at the Universities of Cologne and Dresden.

Life

Born in

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...

, Gervink graduated from Gymnasium in 1976. From 1976 to 1984 he studied musicology, German language and literature and philosophy at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (german: Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of stud ...

, where he received his doctorate in 1984. From 1984 he worked for ten years as a research assistant at the Musicological Institute of the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

. From 1995 to 1999, he was professor for musicology at the Musikhochschule Köln. In 2000 he was appointed professor at the University of Cologne. In 2002 Gervink was appointed Professor of Musicology at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber The Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (Carl Maria von Weber College of Music; also/formerly known as Dresden Conservatory or Dresden Royal Conservatory) is a university of music in Dresden, Germany. History The Hochschule opene ...

as Director of the Institute of Musicology. His main focus is the field of

Contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included se ...

Publications

* ''Die Symphonie in Deutschland und Österreich in der Zeit zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen'', Regensburg 1984 * ''Die musikalisch-poetischen Renaissancebestrebungen des 16. Jahrhunderts in Frankreich und ihre Bedeutung für die Entwicklung einer nationalen französischen Musiktradition'', Frankfurt 1996 * ''Arnold Schönberg und seine Zeit'', Laaber 2000 * ''Dmitri Schostakovisch – das Spätwerk und sein zeitgeschichtlicher Kontext'', Dresden: Sandstein Verlag 2006 (Published together with

Jörn Peter Hiekel Jörn Peter Hiekel (born 1963) is a German musicologist. Life Born in Göttingen, Hiekel first studied musicology, art history and history at the universities of Cologne and Bonn before he completed his double bass studies at the Musikhochschul ...

) * ''Robert Schumanns Welten'', Dresden: Sandstein Verlag 2007 (Published together with Jörn Peter Hiekel) ''Robert Schumanns Welten''
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References

External links

Manuel Gerwink
on Deutsche Digital Bibliothek
Manuel Gervink, Robert Rabenalt (ed.): Filmmusik und Narration

Vorstand
International Carl Maria von Weber Gesellschaft
Die Musikforschung
Bärenreiter
Manuel Gervink discography
on JP^C {{DEFAULTSORT:Gervink, Manuel Living people 1957 births People from Münster 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists