Dieter Rexroth (born 6 March 1941) 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 ...

and

dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults auth ...

Life and achievements

Born in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, Rexroth studied composition,

conducting 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 duti ...

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 ...

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 universities of

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

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and

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

. In 1969 he received his

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in Bonn with a thesis on Arnold Schönberg. From 1974 to 1991 he was founding director of the in Frankfurt am Main. From 1980 to 1994 he was also dramaturge at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt and co-founder of the "Frankfurter Feste", whose

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...

he was from 1986 to 1994. In 1995/1996 he developed an artistic event concept for

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of the Lower Austrian cultural scene. From 1996 to 2006 he was intendant in the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin of the "Rundfunkorchester und Chöre GmbH. In 2000 he brought the American conductor

Kent Nagano Kent George Nagano GOQ, MSM (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator. Since 2015, he has been Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 20 ...

to Berlin and became his dramaturgical consultant . In 2000 he also became artistic director of the

Young Euro Classic Young Euro Classic is an international music festival for youth orchestras. Established in Berlin, Germany in 2000, it is one of the world's most important international platforms for young musicians in the Western classical music tradition. Eve ...

festival in Berlin and directed the "Kasseler Musiktage" from 2005 to 2015. Since 2013 he has been artistic director of the

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize The Mendelssohn Scholarship, awarded by the Prussian State from 1879 to 1936, was revived in 1963 by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. The Foundation awards the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Prize once a year per competition opened to parti ...

, for which he conceptually focused on the promotion of the prizewinners, and chairman of the jury for composition. Rexroth is the author and editor of publications on classical composers such as

Ludwig van 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 ...

, Anton Webern and

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...

as well as on contemporary composers such as

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as t ...

and

Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer and academic teacher. He is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Sa ...

Publications

* ''Arnold Schönberg als Theoretiker der tonalen Harmonik.'' Dissertation. Bonn University 1969. * ''Beethoven.'' Schott, Mainz among others 1982, . Taschenbuchausgabe: Goldmann, Munich 1982, . * ''Museum. 175 Jahre Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V.'' Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt 1984. * with Andres Briner,

Giselher Schubert Giselher Schubert (born in 1944) is a German musicologist Life and career Born in Königsberg, Schubert studied musicology, sociology and philosophy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with Günther Massenkeil, at the Freie Un ...

: ''Paul Hindemith. Leben und Werk in Bild und Text''. Schott, Mainz 1988, . * ''Beethovens Symphonien. Ein musikalischer Werkführer''. Beck, Munich 2005, . Editorship: * ''Erprobungen und Erfahrungen. Zu Paul Hindemith’s Schaffen in den zwanziger Jahren.'' Schott, Mainz 1978, * ''Zwischen den Grenzen. Zum Aspekt des Nationalen in der neuen Musik.''''Zwischen den Grenzen. Zum Aspekt des Nationalen in der neuen Musik''
on WorldCat Schott, Mainz 1979, . * Paul Hindemith: ''Briefe.'' Fischer, Frankfurt 1982, . * ''Opus Anton Webern.'' Quadriga, Berlin 1983, . * ''Der Komponist Wolfgang Rihm.'' Schott, Mainz among others 1985, . * ''Der Komponist Hans Werner Henze.'' Schott, Mainz among others 1986, .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rexroth, Dieter Musicologists from Berlin 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Dramaturges 1941 births Living people Writers from Dresden