Arnold Schmitz (11 July 1893 – 1 November 1980) 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 mu ...

who was particularly concerned with

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

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Born in ,

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, Schmitz

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in 1921 and was subsequently professor at the

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

and the Breslau University. From 1946 he taught at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...

, whose

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he was in 1953/54 and 1960/61. He was a member of the ."Fünfzig Jahre Historische Kommission für Schlesien" ifty years of the Historical Commission for Silesia In ''Yearbook of the Silesian Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Breslau'', Volume 17, 1972, List of Members . In 1973, the

Beethoven House The Beethoven House (German: ''Beethoven-Haus'') in Bonn, Germany, is a memorial site, museum and cultural institution serving various purposes. Founded in 1889 by the Beethoven-Haus association, it studies the life and work of composer Ludwig van ...

in Bonn appointed him an honorary member for his Beethoven research. Schmitz died in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

at age 87.

Publications

Books * ''Beethovens "zwei Prinzipe"'', Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1923 * ''Unbekannte Skizzen und Entwürfe, Beethoven, Ludwig van'', Bonn: Beethovenhaus, 1924 * ''Das romantische Beethoven-Bild. Darstellung und Kritik'', Berlin: Ferdinand Dümmler, 1927 * ''Beethoven'', Bonn a. Rh.: Buchgemeinde, 1927 * "Zur Frage nach Beethovens Weltanschauung und ihrem muskalischen Ausdruck" in ''Beethoven und die Gegenwart :

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d. Beethovenhauses Bonn,

Ludwig Schiedermair Ludwig Ferdinand Schiedermair (7 December 1876, in Regensburg – 30 April 1957, in Bensberg) was a German minister and musicologist. He concerned himself with opera history, Mozart, and Beethoven. In 1914 he edited the first complete critical edi ...

zum 60. Geburtstag'' (also editor), Berlin : Ferdinand Dümmler, 1937 * ''Die Bildlichkeit der wortgebundenen Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs'', Mainz : Schott, 1950 * ''Ausgewählte Aufsätze zur geistlichen Musik'', Paderborn : Ferdinand Schöningh, 1996 Sheet music * ''Oberitalienische Figuralpassionen des 16. Jahrhunderts'', Mainz : Schott, 1955 (Choral part).

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