Peter Wollny
Peter Wollny | |
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| Born | 29 June 1961 |
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| Occupation | Musicologist |
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Peter Wollny (born 29 June 1961)University of Uppsala.
Career
Wollny was born in
Bach Archive Leipzig, beginning that year.[2] From 2001, he directed the Referat Forschung I, was the scientific Referent of the library and curator of the collection of manuscripts.[3]
Wollny was habilitated in 2009 at the
University of Leipzig, writing "Studien zum Stilwandel in der protestantischen Figuralmusik des mittleren 17. Jahrhunderts" (Studies about the change in style in the Protestant figurative music of the mid 17th century). He has been director of the Bach Archive from 2014,[3][4] and was instrumental in returning the manuscript score of O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20, to Leipzig.[4] In 2019, the Bach Archive acquired vocal books (Stimmbücher) of the final movement, "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder", of the St Matthew Passion which can be dated to Berlin in the 1770s, proving that Bach's sacred music was performed at least in private circles at that time.[5] Wollny is dramaturge of the Bach Archive's Bachfest Leipzig festival.[4]
Wollny has been professor at the University of Leipzig since 2014.
Wollny has contributed to the
Neue Bach-Ausgabe[3] and has been a member of the editor team (General Editor)[1] of the collected works of Bach's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Complete Works, the edition of C. P. E. Bach's works.[3] He has been the editor of the Jahrbuch Mitteldeutsche Barockmusik from 2002, and of the Bach-Jahrbuch (Bach Annals) from 2005.[1][7][8] His publications focus on the Bach family and the music history of the 17th and 18th centuries.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Bach-Archiv-Direktor Peter Wollny wird Ehrendoktor in Uppsala" (in German). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Peter Wollny". Bachwettbewerb Leipzig (in German). Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Universität der Künste Berlin. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Bomba, Andreas (27 July 2020). "Doppelkopf / Am Tisch mit Peter Wollny, "Bach-Archivar"" (in German). Hessischer Rundfunk. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Brachmann, Jan (15 January 2020). "Wichtiger Handschriftenfund : War die Matthäuspassion nie vergessen?" (in German). FAZ. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Bach-Archiv-Direktor Peter Wollny wird Ehrendoktor in Uppsala". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). 2 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- Neue Bach-Gesellschaft. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Bach-Archiv-Direktor Peter Wollny wird Ehrendoktor in Uppsala". MGG (in German). 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
External links
- Peter Wollny homepages.bw.edu
- Music editions by Peter Wollny at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Peter Wollny discography at Discogs
- Peter Wollny: In Oel gemahlt von Hausmann / Das Bach-Porträt von Elias Gottlob Haußmann Lehmstedt 2021 ISBN 978-3-95797-100-5
- Peter Wollny / 1961 / Publications Carus-Verlag
- Peter Wollny, Prof. Dr. Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
- The Bach Edition from the possession of Gustav Mahler Bach Archive Leipzig
