Egon Voss (born 7 November 1938) 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 ...

, who is particularly known for his contributions to

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

research.

Life and career

Born in

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...

, Voss 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 ...

and

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 ...

at the Universities in Detmold, Kiel, Münster und Saarbrücken. He was awarded his doctorate in 1968. For many years he worked as an assistant and editor of the Wagner-Gesamtausgabe. Voss not only published a number of works and life documents by Wagner, Bach and Schumann, but was also otherwise active in researching the history of music theatre.

Books

* ''Richard Wagner – Dokumentarbiographie'', Munich: Goldmann 1982 * ''Wagner und kein Ende. Betrachtungen und Studien'',''Wagner und kein Ende : Betrachtungen und Studien''
on WorldCat Zürich: Atlantis 1996

Essays

* ''Zu Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31 Op. 110'', in ''Die Musikforschung'', vol. 23 (1970), * ''Beethoven's ''Eroica'' und die Gattung der Sinfonie'', in ''Bericht über den Internationalen Musikwissenschaftlichen Kongress (1971)'', * ''Zur Frage der Wiederholung von Scherzo und Trio in Beethovens fifth Synfony'', in ''Die Musikforschung'', vol. 33 (1980), * ''Ein unbekannter Komponist? Zur neuen Richard-Wagner-Gesamtausgabe'', in ''NZ

Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 'Die'' (; en, " heNew Journal of Music") is a music magazine, co-founded in Leipzig by Robert Schumann, his teacher and future father-in law Friedrich Wieck, and his close friend Ludwig Schuncke. Its first issue appeared on 3 April 1834. Histo ...

'', volume 144 (1983), S. 34f. * ''Ergebnisse und Aufgaben der Wagnerforschung'', in ''Bericht über den Internationalen Musikwissenschaftlichen Kongress Bayreuth 1981 (1984)'', * ''„Überall die andaurende Trommete von Händels Ruhm“. Eine Betrachtung über den Erfolg des

Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' ...

'', in ''NZ

'', volume 146 (1985), * ''Ein Emigrant im eigenen Land.

Karl Amadeus Hartmann Karl Amadeus Hartmann (2 August 1905 – 5 December 1963) was a German composer. Sometimes described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, he is now largely overlooked, particularly in English-speaking countries. Life Born in ...

zum achtzigsten Geburtstag'', in ''NZ'', vol. 146 (1985), 7/8, * ''Auch eine Unvollendete. Richard Wagners wiederaufgefundenes Sinfonie-Fragment in E-Dur WWV 35'', in ''NZ'', vol. 149 (1988), 11, * ''Wagner und

Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

. Ihre persönliche Beziehung anhand der überlieferten Zeugnisse'', in ''Anton Bruckner. Studien zu Werk und Wirkung.

Walter Wiora Walter Wiora (30 December 1906 – 8 February 1997) was a German musicologist and music historian. Life and career Born in Kattowitz, Wiora received his doctorate in Freiburg with Wilibald Gurlitt and then worked as an assistant at the Deutsches ...

zum 30. Dezember 1986'', edited by

Christoph-Hellmut Mahling Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (25 May 1932 – 13 February 2012) was a German musicologist and lecturer at various universities. Life and career Born in Berlin, Mahling studied musicology by Walter Gerstenberg, Georg Reichert, Joseph Müller-Blat ...

, Tutzing 1988, * ''Schwierigkeiten im Umgang mit dem Ballett „ Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus“ by

Salvatore Viganò Salvatore Viganò (March 25, 1769 – August 10, 1821), was an Italian choreographer, dancer and composer. Viganò was born in Naples. He studied composition with Luigi Boccherini (his uncle) and by the mid-1780s was composing original music. ...

und

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 ...

'', in ''

Archiv für Musikwissenschaft The ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'' is a quarterly German-English-speaking trade magazine devoted to music history and historical musicology, which publishes articles by well-known academics and young scholars. It was founded in 1918 as the su ...

'', Jg. 53 (1996), * ''Wagner-Zitate in Bruckners Third Symphony? Ein Beitrag zum Begriff des Zitats in der Musik'', in ''Die Musikforschung'', Jg. 49 (1996), * ''Die „schwarze und die weiße Flagge“. Zur Entstehung von Wagners „

Tristan Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed ...

“'', in ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'', Jg. 54 (1997), * ''Einflüsse Rossinis und Bellinis auf das Werk Wagners'', in ''Richard Wagner und seine „Lehrmeister“. Bericht der Tagung am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 6./7. Juni 1997. Egon Voss zum 60. Geburtstag'', edited by

and Kristina Pfarr, Mainz 1999, * ''Krise der Symphonie um 1850: ja oder nein? Was spricht gegen die These von

Carl Dahlhaus Carl Dahlhaus (10 June 1928 – 13 March 1989) was a German musicologist who was among the leading postwar musicologists of the mid to late 20th-century. A prolific scholar, he had broad interests though his research focused on 19th- and 20th- ...

und was dafür?'', in ''Aspekte historischer und systematischer Musikforschung (2002)'', * ''Versagt die Musikwissenschaft vor der Musik Richard Wagners?'', in ''Der „Komponist“ Richard Wagner im Blick der aktuellen Musikwissenschaft. Symposion Würzburg 2000'', edited by

Ulrich Konrad Ulrich Aloysius Konrad (born 14 August 1957) is a German musicologist and professor at the Institute for Music Research of the University of Würzburg. He is considered an expert on European music of the 17th to 20th centuries, especially the work ...

and Egon Voss, Wiesbaden 2003, * ''Sprechen über Musik – Richard Wagner'', in ''Musik und Verstehen (2004)'', * ''„Oper im Kirchengewande.“ Zur Rezeption von Verdis „Requiem“ im deutschen Sprachraum'', in ''Das Bild der italienischen Oper in Deutschland (2004)'', * ''Prima e seconda prattica? Beethovens Musik für Bläser und ihre Position im Gesamtwerk'', in ''Die Musikforschung'', Jg. 58 (2005), * ''Zwischen Partitur und Aufführungsmaterial oder: Opernedition und Werkbegriff (Wagner)'', in ''Opernedition (2005)'', * ''Die klassische Symphonie. Haydns Londoner Symphonien im Überblick'', in ''Haydns Londoner Symphonien (2007)'', * ''Sozialismus und „freie Entwicklung der Kunst“.

und seine Oper „Simplicius Simplicissimus“'', in ''Musik-Konzepte'', vol. 147 (2010), * ''„So pocht das Schicksal an die Pforte!“ Überlegungen zu

Anton Schindler Anton Felix Schindler (13 June 1795 in Medlov – 16 January 1864 in Bockenheim (Frankfurt am Main)) was an Austrian law clerk and associate, secretary, and early biographer of Ludwig van Beethoven. Life Schindler moved to Vienna in 1813 to st ...

s Äußerungen über den Beginn of Beethoven Symphony No. 5'', in ''Bonner Beethoven-Studien'', vol. 11 (2014),

Publications

* Richard Wagner, ''

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (; "The Master-Singers of Nuremberg"), WWV 96, is a music drama, or opera, in three acts, by Richard Wagner. It is the longest opera commonly performed, taking nearly four and a half hours, not counting two breaks between acts, and is traditio ...

'', Mainz: Schott 1979, 1983, 1987 (', volume 9) * Ludwig van Beethoven, ''Kammermusik mit Blasinstrumenten'', Munich: Henle 2008 (', division 6, volume 1)

References

External links

* * "Egon Voss" in ''

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik (MGG)'' is one of the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth of research areas, and reference t ...

'', 2nd edition, edited by

Ludwig Finscher Ludwig Finscher (14 March 193030 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of music history at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1995 and editor of the encyclopedia ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. He is respecte ...

, volume 17 (2007),
Egon Voss
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