Ernst Hilmar (20 September 1938 – 23 November 2016) was an

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, editor, and

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Biography

Hilmar was born in Graz and studied musicology at the

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The univers ...

and the

University of Music and Performing Arts The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

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. From 1975 to 1994, he was head of the music division of the Vienna City and State Library. Owing to various shady events in connection with holdings that had disappeared from this collection, Hilmar was forced to retire from this position in 1994. Since 1987, he was also head of the Internationales Franz-Schubert-Institut (IFSI) in Vienna and editor of the scholarly journal ''Schubert durch die Brille'' (1988-2003), "tirelessly edited since its inception by Ernst Hilmar, ��quickly became the leading arena for the dissemination of Schubert research, news, and events." (''

Music & Letters ''Music & Letters'' is an academic journal published quarterly by Oxford University Press with a focus on musicology. The journal sponsors the Music & Letters Trust, twice-yearly cash awards of variable amounts to support research in the music fie ...

'', 2002) Due to several violations of the society's regulations he was removed from his position in 2001 and only continued to work as editor of the IFSI's journal. In 2005 Hilmar's successors had to disband the IFSI, because the publisher of ''Schubert durch die Brille'' ( Hans Schneider) demanded the debts to be paid back that Hilmar had amassed during his activity as editor. Hilmar's publications include books on

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

, Hugo Wolf,

Johann Strauss Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ove ...

, Second Viennese School and many contributions to symposia and dictionaries. He died in

Villach Villach (; sl, Beljak; it, Villaco; fur, Vilac) is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the federal state of Carinthia. It is an important traffic junction for southern Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the p ...

Works

Franz Schubert

* Verzeichnis der Schubert-Handschriften in der Musiksammlung der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek / Ernst Hilmar. Kassel 1978. XV, 144, 105 S. * Franz Schubert. ��zum_150._Todestag_des_Komponisten.html" ;"title="usstellung ��zum 150. Todestag des Komponisten">usstellung ��zum 150. Todestag des Komponistenhrsg. gemeinsam with

Otto Brusatti Otto Brusatti (born 29 June 1948) is an Austrian radio personality and musicologist. He has also made a name for himself as an author, director and exhibition organizer. Life Born in Zell am See, Brusatti grew up in Baden near Vienna. The son ...

. Vienna 1978. – XXXII, 315 S. * La Collection schubertienne de la bibliothèque municipale de Vienne, in ''Franz Schubert et la symphonie'', directed by

Paul-Gilbert Langevin Paul-Gilbert Langevin ( Boulogne-Billancourt, 5 July 1933 – Paris, 4 July 1986) was a French musicologist, who was a specialist on Anton Bruckner, Franz Schubert and 19th-century classical music. History Paul-Gilbert Langevin was the son of ...

, la Revue Musicale, Paris, 1981. * Franz Schubert in seiner Zeit. Wien/Graz 1985. 143 S. * Franz Schubert: Drei große Sonaten für das Pianoforte: D 958, D 959 u. D 960 (frühe Fassungen); Faksimile nach den Autographen �� Begl. Text u. Komm. v. E. Hilmar. Erstveröffentl. Tutzing 1987. 28 S. * Gesammelte Studien zu Leben und Werk von Franz Schubert. Habilitationsschr. Universität Wien 1987. 478 Bl. * Franz Schubert: Der Graf von Gleichen: Oper in 2 Akten D (918) ; Erstveröffentlichung der Handschrift des Komponisten aus dem Besitz der Wiener Stadt-und Landesbibliothek. Text von

Eduard von Bauernfeld Eduard von Bauernfeld (13 January 1802 – 9 August 1890), Austrian dramatist, was born at Vienna. Life Having studied jurisprudence at the University of Vienna, he entered the government service in a legal capacity, and after holding variou ...

. Hrsg. u. kommentiert von Ernst Hilmar. Mit einem Beitrag von Erich W. Partsch. Tutzing 1988. 19 S., 72 Bl. * Schubert (Bildbiographie). Graz ADEVA 1989 u. 1996. 216 S. * Franz Schubert dargestellt von Ernst Hilmar. Reinbek 1997. 158 S. * Schubert-Lexikon, hrsg. mit Margret Jestremski. Graz: ADEVA 1997. 534 S. * Bausteine zu einer neuen Schubert-Bibliographie vornehmlich der Schriften von 1929 bis 2000. Teil I: Alphabetische Ordnung nach Autoren. In: ''Schubert durch die Brille'' Nr. 25, (2000), S. 95-303 (Ergänzungen und Indizes in ''Schubert durch die Brille'' Nrn. 26, 27, Mitarbeit: Werner Bodendorff). * Franz Schubert. Dokumente 1801-1830. Erster Band. Addenda und Kommentar. Mitarbeit: Werner Bodendorff (Veröffentlichungen des IFSI, 10/2), Tutzing 2003. * Schubert-Enzyklopädie (2 Bde.), hrsg. mit Margret Jestremski. Tutzing 2004.

Hugo Wolf

* Hugo Wolf, Briefe an Frieda Zerny. Wien 1978. 83 S. * Hugo Wolf Enzyklopädie. 518 Einzelartikel zu Leben und Werk, Umfeld und Rezeption. Tutzing 2007. XXV, 593 S.

Wiener Schule

Arnold Schönberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

. Gedenkausstellung, Wien 1974. 386 S. *

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von Alban Berg. Entstehung, erste Erfolge, Repressionen (1914-1935). Wien 1975. 106 S. * Dank an

Ernst Krenek Ernst Heinrich Krenek (, 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer of Czech origin. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including ''Music Here and Now'' (1939), a study ...

: Katalog zur Ausstellung der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek im Historischen Museum der Stadt Wien, Mai-Juni 1982. Wien 1982. 100 S. *

Anton Webern Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern (3 December 188315 September 1945), better known as Anton Webern (), was an Austrian composer and conductor whose music was among the most radical of its milieu in its sheer concision, even aphorism, and stead ...

: 1883 – 1983; eine Festschrift zum hundertsten Geburtstag. Mit einer Einleitung von

Henri Pousseur Henri Léon Marie-Thérèse Pousseur (23 June 1929 – 6 March 2009) was a Belgian classical composer, teacher, and music theorist. Biography Pousseur was born in Malmedy and studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels from 1947 t ...

. Wien 1983. 296 S. * Begegnung mit Arnold Schönberg: Internationales Musikfestival Duisburg "Arnold Schönberg und neue Musik aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz" vom 13. September 1992 bis 30 Juni 1993; Ausstellung im Kultur- und Stadthistorischen Museum Duisburg, 24. Februar bis 28. März 1993. Katalog von Margret Jestremski und Ernst Hilmar. Duisburg 1993. 102 S.

Other subjects

* Die Nestroy-Vertonungen in den Wiener Sammlungen. In: Maske und Kothurn 18 (1972) 1-2, S. 38-98. * 75 Jahre Universal-Edition (1901–1976). atalog zur Ausstellung der Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek im Historischen Museum der Stadt Wien Dezember 1976 / Jänner 1977 itarbeit: Otto Brusatti Wien 1976. 102 S. * Richard Wagner: "Schusterlied" aus der Oper "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg": früheste Reinschrift (WWV deest); Faks. nach dem Autograph. Tutzing 1988. 20 S. * Musiker-Karikaturen von Mahler bis zur Gegenwart. (Wiener Rathaus März 1988-September 1988) Hrsg. Franz Patzer. Katalogred. E. Hilmar. Wien 1987. 61 S. *

Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, baptised Leo Eugen Janáček; 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic musics, including Eastern European f ...

: Briefe an die Universal Edition. Tutzing 1988. 385 S. * Internationales Symposium Musikerautographe: Bericht 5.-8. Juni 1989, Wien. Tutzing 1990. 236 S. * 40.000 Musikerbriefe auf Knopfdruck: Methoden der Verschlagwortung anhand des UE-Briefwechsels – Untersuchungen – Detailergebnisse. Tützing 1989. 168 S.

References

External links

Ernst Hilmar – WorldCat
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