Dietrich Berke (26 February 1938 – 16 October 2010) 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 Chief editor of the Bärenreiter music publishing house. Born in

Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel (), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area in Germany. Geography Castrop-Rauxel is located in Germany between Dortmund to the southeast, Bochum to the sou ...

, Berke studied musicology,

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, and philosophy in Kiel and Würzburg where 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 in 1967. Afterwards, he was a scholarship holder of the

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft The German Research Foundation (german: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germ ...

. From 1969 to 2002, he was a lecturer, and later chief lecturer at the Kasseler Bärenreiter publishing house. Since 1973, he has also been a member of the editorial management of the

Neue Mozart-Ausgabe The ''Neue Mozart-Ausgabe'' (''NMA''; English: ''New Mozart Edition'') is the second complete works edition of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A longer and more formal title for the edition is ''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Neue A ...

. Berke compiled and supervised editions in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe and the

Neue Schubert-Ausgabe Franz Schubert (1797–1828): New Edition of the Complete Works (), commonly known as the New Schubert Edition (NSE), or, in german: Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA), is a complete edition of Franz Schubert's works, which started in 1956 and is schedu ...

. He published yearbooks and commemorative publications, wrote essays on Mozart and Schubert research as well as on the life and work of

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

, on music philology, publishing and copyright. He has been a member of the boards of directors of sponsoring associations and of executive committees of various musicological monuments and complete editions. Berke was a member of the in Halle. Berke died in Zierenberg at the age of 72.

Publications

* ''Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke / Werkgruppe 21. Duos und Trios für Streicher und Bläser : Serie 8, Kammermusik / vorgel.'' * ''Alte Musik als ästhetische Gegenwart : Bach, Händel, Schütz; Bericht über den internationalen musikwissenschaftlichen Kongreß, Stuttgart 1985 vol. 1''. * ''Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke Ser. 1 eistliche GesangswerkeWerkgruppe 1 essen und RequiemAbt. 2 Requiem, Teilband. 1: Mozarts Fragment, Teilband. 2: Mozarts Fragment mit den Ergänzungen von Eybler und Süssmayr/ (Leopold Nowak) (...) Kritische Berichte'' * ''Die neue Mozart-Ausgabe : Texte, Bilder, Chronik 1955-2007'' * ''Die Zauberflöte : K. 620 ; facsimile of the autograph score, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, (Mus.ms.autogr. W.A. Mozart 620)''''Die Zauberflöte : K. 620 ; facsimile of the autograph score, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, (Mus.ms.autogr. W.A. Mozart 620)''
on WorldCat.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Berke, Dietrich 20th-century German musicologists Literary editors Mozart scholars Schubert scholars 1938 births 2010 deaths People from Castrop-Rauxel