Georg Schünemann
Georg Schünemann (13 March 1884 – 2 January 1945) was a German
musicologist
.
Life
Born in Berlin, Schünemann, the son of a rector, was awarded a doctorate after studying music in 1907 with his
dissertation on the history of conducting. After his habilitation and in 1919 he became professor, deputy director and 1932 director of the Berlin Musikhochschule in 1920.[1] As a collaborator of Leo Kestenberg
he was concerned with the reorganization of schools and private music education.
After the
Le nozze di Figaro in 1940,[3] he became deputy chairman of the Reichsstelle für Musikbearbeitungen, a subdivision of the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.[1] During the Second World War he also worked in the music department of the Amt Rosenberg[2] as well as in the Reichsleiter Rosenberg Taskforce at short notice.[1]
Schünemann also translated the Don Giovanni libretto into German. The opera was performed with his text in 1961 in the Deutsche Oper Berlin by Carl Ebert with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Grümmer and Josef Greindl.
Schünemann died in Berlin at the age of 60. His ashes were interred at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery.
Work
- Geschichte des Dirigierens (1913)
- Geschichte der deutschen Schulmusik (1928)
- Musikerziehung I (1930)
- Geschichte der Klaviermusik (1940)
- Die Sing-Akademie zu Berlin. 1791–1941, Gustav Bosse Verlag, Regensburg (1941).
Further reading
- Heike Elftmann: Georg Schünemann (1884 - 1945): Musiker, Pädagoge, Wissenschaftler und Organisator. Eine Situationsbeschreibung des Berliner Musiklebens, Studio, Sinzig 2001, ISBN 3-89564-061-1
References
- ^ a b c d Fred K. Prieberg: Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933-1945, CD-Rom-Lexikon, Kiel 2004, p. 6.446.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5, p. 551.
- ^ Fred K. Prieberg: Handbuch Deutsche Musiker 1933-1945, p. 6.448.
External links
- Literature by and about Georg Schünemann in the German National Library catalogue
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