Robert Eitner
Robert Eitner (22 October 1832 – 22 January 1905) was a German musicologist, researcher and bibliographer.[1][2][3]
Life
Robert Eitner was born and grew up in
In 1853 he moved to Berlin, becoming a music teacher. A succession of piano compositions and songs followed.[1] In 1863 he opened his own music school,[3] but by now he was increasingly diverting his attention away from teaching and towards music research and writing. In 1867 he produced a "Lexicon of Dutch Composers" which won a prize from the Amsterdam "Society for the promotion of Music", although in the end it was never published.[1]
In 1868 Eitner headed up the establishment in Berlin of the "Society of Music Research" (
Another of Eitner's literary contributions involved the 399 biographical articles he contributed to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, almost all of which were concerned with musicians.
In 1882 he relocated to Templin, a country town located between Berlin and the country's East Sea (i.e. Baltic Sea) coast. It was here that he died in 1905.
Notes
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References
- ^ a b c Georg von Dadelsen (1959). "Eitner, Robert Musikbibliograph, * 22.10.1832 Breslau, † 2.2.1905 Templin (Uckermark)". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (HiKo), München. p. 424. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Eitner, Robert". Kulturportal West-Ost. Stiftung Deutsche Kultur im östlichen Europa – OKR, Königswinter. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Robert Eitner German musicologist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 July 2016.