Rudolf Flotzinger (born 22 September 1939) is an Austrian

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 ...

Career

Born in Vorchdorf (Austria), Flotzinger graduated from the where he was a student from 1951 to 1958.OeML Flotzinger, Rudolf
in ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon''. Online-edition, Vienna 2002, ; Print edition: volume 1, Austrian Academy of Sciences edition, Vienna 2002, He then pursued concurrent studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1958–1964) and the University of Vienna (1959–1964). At the Academy of Fine Arts he studied music composition with Karl Schiske, and at the University of Vienna he studied musicology with Erich Schenk and Walter Graf. In 1964 Flotzinger's doctoral dissertation on

lute tablature Tablature (or tabulature, or tab for short) is a form of musical notation indicating instrument fingering rather than musical pitches. Tablature is common for fretted stringed instruments such as the guitar, lute or vihuela, as well as many fr ...

s in Kremsmünster, ''Die Lautentabulaturen des Stiftes Kremsmünster'', was published by the University of Vienna, and he received his doctorate from that institution in 1965. He remained at that institution doing further research and teaching, and received his habilitation at the University of Vienna in 1969 following his scholarly research into early music at the Notre-Dame de Paris. In 1971 Flotzinger left Vienna to succeed Othmar Wessely as chairman of the institute for musicology of the University of Graz. He remained in that post until 1999 when he became chairman of the board of the at the Austrian Academy of Sciences; a position he held until 2006. As a musicologist, Flotzinger has mainly published content and pursued research in the areas of medieval music (particularly early polyphony) and the music history of Austria. From 1992 until 1999 he was editor of the journal ''Acta musicologica''. He also co-edited the three-volume ''Musikgeschichte Österreichs'' and was editor of the five-volume ''

Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was officiall ...

'' in addition to serving as a member of the Academia Europaea in London as well as corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Zagreb and Ljubljana.

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On the Question of Modal Rhythm as Reception by Rudolf Flotzinger
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flotzinger, Rudolf 1939 births Living people People from Gmunden District Austrian musicologists Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Academic staff of the University of Vienna Academic staff of the University of Graz Members of Academia Europaea Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Members of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Vienna alumni