Martin Ruhnke
Martin Ruhnke (14 June 1921 – 25 September 2004) was a German
musicologist. His main areas of research were the music theory of early baroque music, Italian baroque opera and the life and work of Georg Philipp Telemann
.
Life
Born in
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, which he held until he became emeritus
in 1986.
From 1968 to 1974 Ruhnke was president of the
Georg-Philipp-Telemann-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg. He also studied the music history of his home Pomerania and became a member of the Historische Kommission für Pommern
].
References
External links
- Zum Tod von Prof. Dr. Martin Ruhnke (University of Erlangen, 28 September 2004)
- Literature by and about Martin Ruhnke in the German National Library catalogue