Rudolf Kloiber (14 November 1899 – 12 December 1973) was a German conductor and

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 ...

. Born in

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, Kloiber studied

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, piano,

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 opera direction at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Munich The University of Music and Theatre Munich (), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is the former ''Führerbau'' of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstr ...

, as well as

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

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich, LMU or LMU Munich; ) is a public university, public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke ...

. In 1928 he received his

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in this subject with a dissertation about the composer Christian Cannabich. From 1921 he worked as an opera and concert conductor, from 1935 at the

Theater Regensburg Theater Regensburg (also known as the Stadttheater Regensburg, theatre of the city of Regensburg) is a theatrical organization that produces operas, musicals, ballets, plays, and concerts in Regensburg, Germany. The organization operates sever ...

and from 1950 to 1958 with the Swabian Symphony Orchestra in

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (district), district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a Reutlingen University, univ ...

, the later . He became particularly well known as the author of various music handbooks, which are still very popular today because of their objective and well-founded presentation.

Work

* ''Die dramatischen Ballette von Christian Cannabich.'' Inaugural-Dissertation. 1928 . * Rudolf Kloiber, Wulf Konold, Robert Maschka: ''Handbuch der Oper.'' 11th revised edition. Bärenreiter/dtv, Kassel among others/Munich 2006 (1951), * ''Handbuch der klassischen und romantischen Symphonie.'' 2nd expended edition.

Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel () is a German Music publisher, music publishing house. Founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, it is the world's oldest music publisher. Overview The catalogue contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works ...

, Wiesbaden 1976 (1964), * ''Handbuch der Symphonischen Dichtung.'' 3rd edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1990 (1967), * ''Handbuch des Instrumentalkonzerts.'' ** Vol. 1: ''Vom Barock zur Klassik.'' Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1972, ** Vol. 2: ''Von der Romantik bis zu den Begründern der Neuen Musik.''''Handbuch des Instrumentalkonzerts: Von der Romantik bis zu den Begründern der neuen Musik''
on Google Books 3rd revised edition. Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden 1987 (1973),

References

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