Rudolf Eller (9 May 1914 – 24 September 2001) was 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 professor at the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock () is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continental northern Europe and the Baltic Se ...

Life

Born in Dresden, Eller was the son of violist Arthur Emil Eller and his wife Margarete. From 1934 to 1936 he studied organ, composition and choral conducting at the orchestra school of the

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden The Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (), or Saxon State Orchestra Dresden, is one of the oldest orchestras in the world, created by order of Maurice, Elector of Saxony in 1548. Under communist East Germany and until 1992 it was called Staatskap ...

, then until 1941

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, ...

, art history, history and philosophy at the universities of Leipzig and Vienna. From 1941 until the end of the war Eller was drafted into military service. He began his professional career in 1945 with a position at the Musicological Institute of the University of Leipzig. In 1947 Rudolf Eller received his doctorate in Leipzig and in 1957 he also habilitated in Leipzig. From 1952 until his transfer to the University of Rostock in 1959, he was a frequent guest lecturer in Rostock and Leipzig and was already temporarily in charge of the Rostock Institute for Musicology, where he subsequently worked as a lecturer until 1962. In 1962 he was appointed professor with a teaching assignment, and in 1970 he became full professor of musicology. His teaching and research interests included

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist, impresario of Baroque music and Roman Catholic priest. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lif ...

and

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

. Between 1971 and 1978 Rudolf Eller organized colloquia on Antonio Vivaldi in Dresden, and in 1979 a colloquium on Johann Sebastian Bach in Rostock. He was a member of the

Neue Bachgesellschaft The Neue Bachgesellschaft, or New Bach Society, is an organisation based in Leipzig, Germany, devoted to the music of the composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It was founded in 1900 as the successor to the Bach Gesellschaft, which between 1850 and 19 ...

and the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung. From 1966 to 1977 Eller was editor of the ''Deutsche Jahrbuchs der Musikwissenschaft''.

Wolfram Steude Wolfram Steude (20 September 1931 – 9 March 2006) was a German musicologist and musician. Life Born in Plauen, Steude is the grandson of the Dresden architect . He graduated from the Dresden Kreuzschule and was a Crucian under Rudolf Mauersber ...

was among his students. Eller died in

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

at age 87.

Publications

* ''Die Konzertform Johann Sebastian Bachs'', 1947 * ''Das Formprinzip des Vivaldischen Konzerts'', Leipzig, 1957 * ''100 Jahre Neue Bachgesellschaft'',''100 Jahre Neue Bachgesellschaft : Beiträge zu ihrer Geschichte''
on WorldCat

Evangelische Verlagsanstalt The Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (EVA) is a denominational media company founded in Berlin in 1946. Its shareholders are the and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony. The managing director is Sebastian Knöfel. Book publisher The range in ...

publisher Leipzig, 2001 * Editor of several Vivaldi concertos

Honours

* 1994 Honorary membership of the

Gesellschaft für Musikforschung The German Musicological Society (, abbreviated to GfM) is an academic society of musicologists and institutes active in study, research and teaching in Germany. It has over 1600 members. The association is based in Kassel, Hesse. History The ...

* 1994 Kulturpreis der Hansestadt Rostock * 1996 Honorary membership of the Neuen Bachgesellschaft

References

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