Bernd Sponheuer (born 6 February 1948) is 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 ...
.
Career
Born in
Herford
Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford (district), Herford.
Geography
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, Sponheuer studied
musicology
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 ...
from 1969 to 1976, from 1970 as a scholarship holder of the
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
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, (among others with
Anna Amalie Abert
Anna Amalie Abert or Anna Abert (19 September 1906 – 4 January 1996) was a German musicologist.
Life
Abert was born in Halle (Saale) in 1906.
Abert was the daughter of the music historian Hermann Abert. She studied with Hans Joachim Moser ...
,
Kurt Gudewill
Kurt Gudewill (3 February 1911 – 29 July 1995) was a German musicologist and University lecturer. From 1952 to 1976 he was professor at the musicological institute of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. He rendered outstanding services ...
and
Walter Salmen
Walter Salmen (20 September 1926 in Paderborn – 2 February 2013 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German musicologist and university lecturer. Salmen taught from 1958 to 1992 as a professor of musicology at the Saarland University and the Universit ...
),
German Studies
German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...
and philosophy at the
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...
. In 1973 he completed his studies of German language and literature with the Magister Artium (subject: "Pragmatic and rhetorical elements in the language of city advertising"). In 1976 he received his doctorate in musicology under Kurt Gudewill with a study on the history of the genre and aesthetics of the symphony. In 1978 he published his dissertation under the title "Logik des Zerfall. Investigations on the Final Problem in the Symphonies of Gustav Mahler".
In 1984 he received his
habilitation
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...
in musicology with a thesis on Musik als Kunst und Nicht-Kunst. Untersuchungen zur ästhetischen Dichotomie von 'hoher' and 'niederer' Musik im musikästhetischen Denken zwischen Kant und Hanslick“. From 1985 to 1987 he was
visiting scholar
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at the
Berlin University of the Arts
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...
. Afterwards Sponheur was a research assistant at the Musicological Institute of the University of Kiel. In 1990 he was appointed to the chair of musicology at the
Folkwang University of the Arts
The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in E ...
in Essen. In the same year he became professor for historical musicology at the University of Kiel. His main areas of research are general music history of the 17th to 20th centuries,
aesthetics of music
Aesthetics of music () is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty and taste in music, and with the creation or appreciation of beauty in music. In the pre-modern tradition, the aesthetics of music or musical aesthetics expl ...
and music during the National Socialist era.
From 1994 to 1997 he was editor of the journal ''
Die Musikforschung
''Die Musikforschung'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of musicological which since 1948 is published on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung by Bärenreiter. The editors-in-chief are Panja Mücke (Hochschule für Musik und ...
'' and from 1996 to 1998 vice dean of the faculty of philosophy.
Writings
* ''Logik des Zerfalls : Unters. zum Finalproblem in d. Symphonien Gustav Mahlers''.
* ''Robert Schumann und die grosse Form : Referate des Bonner Symposions 2006''.
* ''ZeitGenossen : 17 Lebensbilder von Kommunist/inn/en''.
* ''Popmusik und Kunstreligion : theoretische Überlegungen''.
* ''Vom Gehirn, vom Hut und von der Garderobe : Hanns Eislers musikalische "Spässe"''.
''Vom Gehirn, vom Hut und von der Garderobe : Hanns Eislers musikalische "Spässe"''
on WorldCat
References
External links
Bernd Sponheuer in WorldCat
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20th-century German musicologists
University of Kiel alumni
Academic staff of the University of Kiel
1948 births
Living people
People from Herford