Theophil Antonicek (22 November 1937 – 19 April 2014) was an Austrian

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 ...

Career

Born in Vienna, Antonicek 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 Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

with Erich Schenk. 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 1962 and his

habilitation 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 excelle ...

in 1978. Until his retirement he was a

lecturer Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. They may also conduct re ...

at the University of Vienna. Antonicek was a corresponding member of the philosophical-historical class of the

Austrian Academy of Sciences The Austrian Academy of Sciences (; ÖAW) is a legal entity under the special protection of the Republic of Austria. According to the statutes of the Academy its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and in every fi ...

since 1984 and a full member since 1995, as well as editor of the

Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich ''Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich'' (''Monuments of Fine Austrian Music''; 1894–) is a historical edition of music from Austria covering the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods. The most recent volume in the edition was publishe ...

since 1998. From 1998 to 2010 he also supervised the publication series "Studien zur Musikwissenschaft". As co-founder of the Austrian Society for Musicology, he directed it from 1973 to 1983. On the occasion of his 70th birthday he was honoured by a symposium. Antonicek died in Vienna at the age of 76 and was buried at the Romantic Cemetery in

Maria Enzersdorf Maria Enzersdorf (Central Bavarian: ''Maria Enzasduaf'') is a small city in the district of Mödling (district), Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. There are several castles and ruins in the forests surrounding Maria Enzersdorf, in ...

Publications

* '' Ignaz von Mosel (1772–1844). Biographie und Beziehungen zu den Zeitgenossen'', Maschinenschriftl. Dissertation, Universität Wien 1962. * ''Das Musikarchiv der Pfarrkirche St. Karl Borromäus in Wien''. Vienna 1968 and 1973. * ''Musik im Festsaal der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften''. Vienna, Cologne, Graz 1972. * ''Studien zum Wiener Musikleben in der Zeit der Klassik und des Biedermeier''. Vienna 1978. * ''Anton Bruckner und die Wiener Hofmusikkapelle''. ith Tab.Graz: Akadem. Druck- u. Verlagsanst. 1979. * Theophil Antonicek and Elisabeth Hilscher: ''Vivaldi''. Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1997. . * Theophil Antonicek (edit.): ''Musikwissenschaft als Kulturwissenschaft: damals und heute; internationales Symposion (1998) zum Jubiläum der Institutsgründung an der Universität Wien vor 100 Jahren''. (Wiener Veröffentlichungen zur Musikwissenschaft; vol. 40) Tutzing 2005.

Honours

* Presentation of the professional title ''Extraordinary University Professor'' by the Federal President (based on the resolution of the Federal President, Federal Law Gazette II No. 2008/49, the professional title ''University Professor'' may be used since 2008) * Awarded an honorary doctorate from

Masaryk University Masaryk University (MU) (; ) is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, a member of the Compostela Group and the Utrecht Network. Founded in 1919 in Brno, it now consists of ten faculties and 35,115 students. It is named after To ...

in Brno 2000.Honorary doctorate from Masaryk University Brno
/ref> * Elisabeth Theresia Hilscher (edit.): ''Austrian music - music in Austria. Contributions to the music history of Central Europe. Theophil Antonicek on his 60th birthday.'' Hans Schneider, Tutzing 1998

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References

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