Ludwig Finscher
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Died | 30 June 2020 Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany | (aged 90)
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Ludwig Finscher (14 March 1930 – 30 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of
Life and career
Born in
Finscher was president of the
He died in Wolfenbüttel on 30 June 2020 at the age of 90.[1][6]
Research work
One of Finscher's most important accomplishments was his editing, beginning in 1994, of the new edition of the encyclopaedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart in 28 volumes, for which he wrote or updated some 40 articles.[1][7] His extensive works on string quartets, chamber music and Joseph Haydn are regarded as musicological standards,[7] as is the two-volume Music of the 15th and 16th centuries.[1]
Finscher contributed to the complete editions of the works of Christoph Willibald Gluck, W. A. Mozart, and Paul Hindemith.[6][3] He was also co-editor of the Capellae Apostolicae Sixtinaeque Collectanea Acta Monumenta.[8] He published over 130 articles in anthologies and journals, aiming for simple wording accessible to lay readers as well as specialists.[3]
His approach was described by the Balzan Foundation:
All of Finscher’s publications are fundamental for further study and research. His writings always place the subject and the description of the sources in the foreground; his personal interpretation remains in the background, thus showing his great modesty. For Finscher, music history is part of the greater cultural, social and historical milieu, and he explains facts by their spiritual dependence on the philosophical developments in European thought. His approach is interdisciplinary and his understanding of music history is therefore different from that of musicologists of the past. His language is clear and understandable for non-specialists. When a topic might tempt other authors to use vague metaphors or unusual terminology, he prefers to express his opinion as simply as possible.[3]
Publications
- Die Messen und Motetten Loyset Compères[9] (dissertation)
- Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart[10][7]
Awards
- 1994 Pour le Mérite[11]
- 1997 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[4]
- 2003 Honorary doctorate of the University of Zürich[1]
- 2006 Balzan Prize, awarded on 24 November 2006 by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano in Rome[3]
For his wide-ranging research activity in the field of musicology; for his penetrating, memorable insights into great works of music; for his profound commentaries on musical phenomena as well as his editorial direction of the new edition of the encyclopaedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, which makes the newest research accessible to a wide circle of musicians and music lovers.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Lütteken, Laurenz (1 July 2020). "Voreilige Thesen und Verengungen blieben ihm fremd / Zum Tod von Ludwig Finscher". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Ludwig Finscher". munzinger.de (in German). 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ludwig Finscher – Balzan Prize History of Western Music". Milano Zurigo. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b "✝ Prof. Dr. phil. Ludwig Finscher". Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- neue musikzeitung(in German). Regensburg. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ a b Lengersdorf, Jörg. "Zum Tod des Musikwissenschaftlers Ludwig Finscher". SWR (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b c Eggebrecht, Harald (1 July 2020). "Jäger und Sammler". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Munich. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-19-816734-1.
- ^ Die Messen und Motetten Loyset Compères on WorldCat
- ^ Hagedorn, Volker (21 June 2007). "Man muss nicht Klavier spielen können". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Pour le Mérite: Ludwig Finscher" (PDF). www.orden-pourlemerite.de. 1994. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
External links
- Literatur von Ludwig Finscher in Bibliography of Music Literature
- Ludwig Finscher discography at Discogs