Matthias Herrmann (born 14 October 1955) 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 university professor.

Life

Born in Mildenau, Herrmann became a member of the

Dresdner Kreuzchor The Dresdner Kreuzchor is the boys' choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, Germany. It has a seven-century history and a world-wide reputation. Today, the choir has about 150 members between the ages of 9 and 19, from Dresden and the surroundin ...

conducted by Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger, later

Martin Flämig Martin Flämig (19 August 1913, in Aue – 13 January 1998, in Dresden) was a German church musician, and the cantor of the Dresdner Kreuzchor from 1971 to 1991. Biography Martin Flämig studied since 1934 in Dresden with Alfred Stier and in ...

. He then studied

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, ...

at the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...

and later became a staff member of the music department of the

Saxon State Library The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (full name in ), abbreviated SLUB Dresden, is located in Dresden, Germany. It is both the regional library () for the German State of Saxony as well as the academic library for the Dresden Universi ...

in Dresden as well as of the cultural editorial staff of the '. He wrote his doctorate about the court-music of the

House of Wettin The House of Wettin () was a dynasty which included Saxon monarch, kings, Prince Elector, prince-electors, dukes, and counts, who once ruled territories in the present-day German federated states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The dynas ...

in Dresden around 1500 and was

habilitated 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 excellen ...

on compositional work, especially the early work of Rudolf Mauersberger. He worked as a scientific assistant and senior assistant at the in Dresden and was appointed to a professorship for music history at the Institute for Musicology of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden in 1993. He has published the series ''Sächsische Studien zur älteren Musikgeschichte'' at the Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad publishing house in Altenburg, and the ''Dresdner Schriften zur Musik'' and the ''Schriften des Dresdner Kreuzchores'' at the Tectum publishing house in Marburg and Baden-Baden. Herrmann is a member of the editorial board of the ' and a board member of the , where he served as chairman until 2016). He was spokesman of the association "Heinrich Schütz in Dresden", and a longstanding member of the cultural advisory board of the state capital Dresden.

Publications

* ''Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971). Werkverzeichnis (RMWV)'', Dresden 1976, 2., completely revised edition, Dresden / Stuttgart 1991 (Studien und Materialien zur Musikgeschichte Dresdens 3) * ''Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971). Protokoll der Wissenschaftlichen Konferenz anläßlich des 100. Geburtstages des Kreuzkantors''. (edited with Hans John), ' 1990, Heft 2 (Beiträge zur Kulturgeschichte 22) * ''Die Dresdner Kirchenmusik im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert''. (editor), Laaber 1998 (Musik in Dresden 3), . * ''Dresden und die avancierte Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Part I: 1900–1933'' (edited with Hanns-Werner Heister), Laaber 1999 (Musik in Dresden 4) * ''

Arnold Schönberg 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 ...

in Dresden'', Dresden 2001 * '' Wolfram Steude, Annäherung durch Distanz. Texte zur älteren mitteldeutschen Musik und Musikgeschichte'' (editor), Altenburg Kamprad 2001 * ''

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; ; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his Tone poems (Strauss), tone poems and List of operas by Richard Strauss, operas. Considered a leading composer of the late Roman ...

. Essays zu Leben und Werk.'' (edited with Michael Heinemann und Stefan Weiss), Laaber 2002. * ''Dresden und die avancierte Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Part II: 1933–1966'' (edited with Hanns-Werner Heister), Laaber 2002 (Musik in Dresden 5) * ''Dresden und die avancierte Musik im 20. Jahrhundert. Part III: 1966–1999'' (edited with Stefan Weiss), Laaber 2004 (Musik in Dresden 6) * ''Kreuzkantor zu Dresden. Rudolf Mauersberger'', vol. 1 der Schriften des Mauersberger-Museums, Mauersberg 2004 * ''Der Dresdner Kreuzchor. Geschichte, Wirkungsstätten, Schule.'' (edited with

Dieter Härtwig Dieter Härtwig (18 July 1934 – 30 December 2022) was a German dramaturge, musicologist and author of numerous writings on Dresden's music history and its personalities. Biography Dieter Härtwig was born in Dresden on 18 July 1934. After gai ...

), Leipzig 2006 * ''Märchenoper. Ein europäisches Phänomen''. (edited with Vitus Froesch), Dresden 2007 * ''Musik im mittelalterlichen Dresden. Vom Werden einer Musikstadt''. (editor), Altenburg Kamprad 2008 (Sächsische Studien zur älteren Musikgeschichte 1) * ''Die Musikpflege in der evangelischen Schlosskapelle zu Dresden zur Schütz-Zeit'' (editor), Altenburg Kamprad 2009 (Sächsische Studien zur älteren Musikgeschichte 3) * ''Erkundungen zu

Günter Raphael Günter Raphael (30 April 1903 – 19 October 1960) was a German composer. Born in Berlin, Raphael was the grandson of composer Albert Becker (composer), Albert Becker. His first symphony was premiered by Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1926 in Leipzig w ...

– Mensch und Komponist''''Erkundungen zu Günter Raphael – Mensch und Komponist''
on WorldCat (editor), Altenburg Kamprad 2010 *''

Johann Walter Johann Walter, also known as ''Johann Walther'' or ''Johannes Walter'' (original name: ''Johann Blankenmüller'') (1496 – 25 March 1570), was a Lutheran composer and poet during the Reformation period. Life Walter was born in Kahla, in present- ...

: Torgau und die evangelische Kirchenmusik''. With a foreword by

Christian Thielemann Christian Thielemann (born 1 April 1959) is a German conductor. He is Generalmusikdirektor of the Berlin State Opera (''Staatsoper Unter den Linden'') and chief conductor of the Staatskapelle Berlin. Biography and career Born in West Berlin, ...

(editor), Altenburg 2013 (Sächsische Studien zur älteren Musikgeschichte, vol. 4) * Rudolf Mauersberger: ''Aus der Werkstatt eines Kreuzkantors. Briefe, Texte, Reden'' (editor), Marburg 2014 (Schriften des Dresdner Kreuzchores, vol. 1) * Wolfram Steude: ''

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...

– Mensch, Werk, Wirkung.'' With a foreword by Joshua Rifkin (editor), Marburg 2016 (Dresdner Schriften zur Musik, vol. 7) * ''

und zeitgenössische Chormusik. Ur- und Erstaufführungen zwischen Richter und Kreile'' (editor), Marburg 2017 (Schriften des Dresdner Kreuzchores, vol. 2)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrmann, Matthias 20th-century German musicologists 1955 births Living people People from Erzgebirgskreis Writers from Saxony