Arno Volk (15 January 1914 – 7 July 1987) was a German

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

and

music publisher A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distributing music. Music publishers originally published sheet music. When copyright became legally protected, music publishers started to play a role in the management of the intellect ...

. Born in

Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River. Würzburg ...

, Volk studied at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

under Karl Gustav Fellerer in 1943 with the dissertation ''Ernst Eichner. Sein Leben und seine Bedeutung für die Entwicklung der Kammermusik und der Solokonzerte''. In 1950 he founded the Arno-Volk-Verlag in Cologne, which later merged with the . Volk died in

Ingelheim am Rhein Ingelheim (), officially Ingelheim am Rhein ( en, Ingelheim upon Rhine), is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. The town sprawls along the Rhine's west bank. It has been Mainz-Bingen's district seat ...

at the age of 73.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Volk, Arno 20th-century German musicologists German music publishers (people) 1914 births 1987 deaths Writers from Würzburg University of Cologne alumni