Bodo Alexander Bischoff (born 24 April 1952) 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 m ...

and

Choral conductor Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duties ...

Education and career

Born in

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

, Bischoff completed the old language learning at the in

Zehlendorf (Berlin) Zehlendorf () is a locality within the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin. Before Berlin's 2001 administrative reform Zehlendorf was a borough in its own right, consisting of the locality of Zehlendorf as well as Wannsee, Nikolassee and ...

( Abitur 1971). A study of

pedagogy Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and school music for teacher training, as well as music theory followed (with Heinrich Metzler and ) and musicology (with

Elmar Budde Elmar Budde (born 13 June 1935) is a German musicologist. He studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Training and career Born in Bochum, Budde studied piano and school music at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg where he passed his state ...

and Helmut Kühn) 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 universit ...

. He also studied biology and musicology with

Klaus Kropfinger Klaus Kropfinger (27 May 1930 – 29 June 2016) was a German musicologist and classical pianist. Life Born in Gera, Thüringen, Kropfinger studied piano (concert) at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar and continued his studies at the ...

and

Rudolf Stephan Rudolf Stephan (3 April 1925 – 29 September 2019) was a German musicologist. Life Stephan was born in Bochum. After studying violin at the conservatory, he entered the Institute of Heidelberg, where he studied musicology at the University unde ...

at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

. In 1979 he passed his second state examination in school music and biology. Since 1981 Bischoff has been a student councilor in the university service at the Musicology Department of the Free University of Berlin. In 1992 he received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

in musicology, and his dissertation dealt with the development of Beethoven's reception of Robert Schumann. Since 1989 Bischoff has also been active in choir conductor training, both in Berlin and at the , at the Federal Academy for Cultural Education in

Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest ...

and at the music training centres Schloss Zeillern and in Austria. Since 1992 he has held a teaching position for musicology at the

University of Kassel The University of Kassel (german: link=no, Universität Kassel) is a university founded in 1971 located in Kassel, Hessen, in central Germany. As of February 2022 it had about 25,000 students and about 3300 staff, including more than 300 profe ...

. From the winter semester 1997/98 to the summer semester 1999, he held a deputy professor post for musicology at the University of Kassel and was head of the School Music Department. He was appointed to the Scientific State Examination Office of the University of Kassel and became a member of the commission for the development of a new concept for the amendment of the study courses of school music, applied musicology and music education at the University of Kassel.

Publications

* ''Monument für Beethoven. Die Entwicklung der Beethoven-Rezeption Robert Schumanns.'' Cologne 1994, (simultaneously: dissertation at the Freie Universität Berlin) * with Andreas Eichhorn, Ulrich Siebert and Thomas Gerlich (edits.): ''Klaus Kropfinger: ''Über Musik im Bilde. Schriften zu Analyse, Ästhetik und Rezeption in Musik und Kunst.''Klaus Kropfinger: ''Über Musik im Bilde. Schriften zu Analyse, Ästhetik und Rezeption in Musik und Kunst''
on WorldCat 2 volumes. Cologne 1995,

External links

Bischoff bei Cantus – geistliche Musik

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bischoff, Bodo Musicologists from Berlin 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Beethoven scholars German choral conductors 1952 births Living people Berlin University of the Arts alumni