Siegfried Schmalzriedt (4 April 1941 – 9 December 2008) 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 ...

, University

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and vice-rector of the

Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe The Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe () is a college of music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Originally the Baden Conservatory of Music, it was elevated to a Hochschule under the direction of Franz Philipp, who led the school from 1924 to 1942. Studies ...

Life and career

Born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

, Schmalzriedt 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, ...

Roman philology Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

and

comparative literature Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across language, linguistic, national, geographic, and discipline, disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role ...

at the Universities of

Tübingen Tübingen (; ) is a traditional college town, university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer (Neckar), Ammer rivers. about one in ...

, Paris and Bologna. He received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

in 1969 in

with

Walter Gerstenberg Walter Gerstenberg (26 December 1904 in Hildesheim – 26 October 1988 in Tübingen) was a German musicologist and an expert on Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 N ...

on the topic ''

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 ...

und andere zeitgenössische Musiker in der Lehre

Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli (/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School (music), Venetian School, at the t ...

s''. From 1970 to 1976 he was assistant to

Georg von Dadelsen Georg von Dadelsen (17 November 1918 – 25 May 2007) was a German musicologist, who taught at the University of Hamburg and the University of Tübingen. He focused on Johann Sebastian Bach, his family and his environment, and the chronology of hi ...

at the musicology seminar. Until 1983 he was employed in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

as a research assistant and editor of the ' at the

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg ...

. Since 1983 he was professor of musicology at the University of Music Karlsruhe and head of the Institute for Musicology at the

University of Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public university, public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Ka ...

. From 1986 to 1990 and again from 1992 to 1996 he served as vice-rector of the University of Music Karlsruhe. Since 1999 he has been the editor of the ''Karlsruher Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft'' (ISSN: 1434-4270), which is published annually. From 1997 he was chairman of the board of trustees of the Max-Reger-Institut Karlsruhe and from 1999 to 2007 chairman of the Händel-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe. He was also active in the Handel Academy. He was a co-founder of the Association for the Promotion of Karlsruhe City History and its chairman until his death in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...

at age 67.

Publications

* as editor with

Walther Dürr Walther Dürr (27 April 1932 – 6 January 2018) was a German musicologist. He is especially known for his research of the work of Franz Schubert. From 1965 to 1997 Dürr was editor of the ''Neue Schubert-Ausgabe'', with particular responsibility f ...

and Thomas Seyboldt: ''Schuberts Lieder nach Gedichten aus seinem literarischen Freundeskreis. Auf der Suche nach dem Ton der Dichtung in der Musik'' (''Karlsruher Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft.'' Vol. 1). Lang, Frankfurt a. o. 1999, . * as editor: ''Ausdrucksformen der Musik des Barock. Passionsoratorium – Serenata – Rezitativ'' (''Veröffentlichungen der Internationalen Händel-Akademie Karlsruhe.'' Vol. 7: ''Bericht über die Symposien der Internationalen Händel-Akademie.'' 6, 1998/2000). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2002, . * as editor with Jürgen Schaarwächter: ''Festschrift für Susanne Popp'' (''Schriftenreihe des Max-Reger-Instituts Karlsruhe.'' Vol. 17: ''Reger-Studien.'' 7). Carus, Stuttgart 2004, . * as editor: ''Aspekte der Musik des Barock. Aufführungspraxis und Stil'' (''Veröffentlichungen der Internationalen Händel-Akademie Karlsruhe.'' 7, 2001/2004). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2006, . * ''Ravels Klaviermusik. Ein musikalischer Werkführer''''Ravels Klaviermusik. Ein musikalischer Werkführer''
on Google books (''Beck'sche Reihe.'' 2210, ''C.-H.-Beck-Wissen''). C. H. Beck, Munich 2006, .

Honours

* Susanne Mautz, Jörg Breitweg (ed.): ''Festschrift für Siegfried Schmalzriedt zum 60. Geburtstag.'' Lang, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2001, .

External links

Literaturliste im Online-Katalog
der

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin The Berlin State Library (; officially abbreviated as ''SBB'', colloquially ''Stabi'') is a universal library in Berlin, Germany, and a property of the German public cultural organization the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (). Founded i ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmalzriedt, Siegfried 20th-century German musicologists German music publishers (people) Schubert scholars Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe 1941 births 2008 deaths People from Stuttgart