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Gerd Rienäcker (3 May 1939 – 3 February 2018) 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 mu ...
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Life

Rienäcker was born on 3 May 1939 in Göttingen as son of the chemist . Rienäcker 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 ...
from 1959 to 1964 (minor subject: "art science'") with
Ernst Hermann Meyer Ernst Hermann Ludimar Meyer (8 December 1905 – 8 October 1988) was a German composer and musicologist, noted for his expertise on seventeenth-century English chamber music. Life Meyer was born in Berlin. He received his first piano lessons ...
,
Georg Knepler Georg Knepler (21 December 1906 – 14 January 2003) was an Austrian pianist, conductor and musicologist. Life Born in Vienna, Knepler was a son of the composer and librettist and nephew of the music publisher and impresario . He studied pi ...
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Walther Vetter Walther Hermann Vetter (10 May 1891 – 1 April 1967) was a German musicologist. From 1946 to 1958, he was professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Life Born in Berlin, Vetter, Lutheran, was the son of the Kapellmeister Johannes Vetter ...
, Peter H. Feist and Carl Heinz Claasen at the
Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
, and also
musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...
with Hans Georg Görner. From 1964 to 1966 Rienäcker worked as music dramaturge (for opera, operetta, concert) at the . In 1966 he became scientific aspirant, from 1967 to 1985 scientific assistant at the ''Institute for Musicology'' of the Humboldt University. There he obtained a
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 ''l ...
in 1973 with a
thesis A thesis ( : theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.International Standard ISO 7144: ...
on dramaturgical principles in operas by
Paul Dessau Paul Dessau (19 December 189428 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and composed incidental music for his plays, and several operas based on them. Biography Dessau was born in Hamburg into a ...
,
Siegfried Matthus Siegfried Matthus (13 April 1934 – 27 August 2021) was a German composer, conductor, and festival founder and manager. Some of his operas, such as '' Judith'', were premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin in East Berlin. In 1991, he founded the ...
,
Udo Zimmermann Udo Zimmermann (6 October 1943 – 22 October 2021) was a German composer, musicologist, opera director, and conductor. He worked as a professor of composition, founded a centre for contemporary music in Dresden, and was director of the Leipzig ...
and Robert Hanell.
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 ''l ...
. In 1984 he habilited on the dramaturgy of the finale in operas by E. T. A. Hoffmann,
Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...
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Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (18 or 19 November 17865 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and critic who was one of the first significant composers of the Romantic era. Best known for his opera ...
and
Heinrich Marschner Heinrich August Marschner (16 August 1795 – 14 December 1861) was the most important composer of German opera between Weber and Wagner.
. In 1985 he was appointed university lecturer, in 1988 associate professor and in 1990 professor for "Theory and History of Music Theatre" at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Since 1996 he had taught at several German universities. His research interests were on the one hand the theory of music theatre as an institution and genre, the history of opera and operetta, Wagner's operas and dramas and
Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a pl ...
's significance for music theatre; on the other hand, the European compositional history of modern times and methodological problems of music historiography and music analysis. These interests resulted in the contents and methods of his courses (among others on the dramaturgy of music theatre, the history of notation and instrumentation, the analysis of works of opera and operetta, the analysis of music theatre productions) as well as the topics of several books and many essays.''Prof. Dr. Gerd Rienäcker.'' Biography
auf der Website der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, retrieved 10 May 2020.
Among his academic students were
Peter Wicke Peter Wicke (born in 1951 in Zwickau) is a German musicologist, who is particularly interested in popular music; he teaches as a university professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Life and achievements Born in Zwickau, Wicke studied musi ...
, Daniela Reinhold, Antje Kaiser, Susanne Binas-Preisendörfer, Sebastian Klotz and . Rienäcker had two more siblings: Doctor ''Anne Rienäcker'' (b. 1951), married to ''Wilke'' and Doctor of physics ''Jürgen Rienäcker'' (b. 1936), whose son, the computer scientist ''Uwe Rienäcker'', is married to the artist . Rienäcker died in Berlin at age 78.


Publications


Books

* ''Gedanken zu einigen sinfonischen Werken sowjetischer Komponisten : Einführungsmaterial für Kulturfunktionäre.'' Berlin: Central Committee of the German/Soviet Union Friendship, Kulturpolitik, Arbeitsgruppe Musik department, 1969 * ''Die 11. und 12. Sinfonie von Dmitri Schostakowitsch. Einführungsmaterial für Kulturfunktionäre.'' Berlin: Zentralvorstand d. Ges. f. Dt.-Sowjet. Freundschaft, Abt. Kulturpolitik, 1970 (together with Vera Reising) * ''Zu einigen Aspekten dialektischer musikalisch-dramaturgischer Figureninterpretationen in neueren Werken des Opernschaffens der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.'' East-Berlin, Dissertation A, 1973 * ''Arbeitsmaterial zur Werkanalyse.'' Berlin: Hauptabt. Lehrerbildung d. Ministeriums für Volksbildung, 1979/81 (together with Wilhelm Baethge and
Hella Brock Hella Maria Brock (''née'' Siegmund-Schultze; 3 October 191930 November 2020) was a German music educator, musicologist, and an internationally known Edvard Grieg scholar. Brock was professor of music and English studies at the Leipzig Universi ...
) * ''Finali in Opern von E. T. A. Hoffmann, Louis Spohr, Heinrich Marschner und Carl Maria von Weber. Gedanken zur Theorie u. Geschichte d. Opernfinales.'' Berlin, Humboldt-Univ., Dissertation B, 1984 * Article in the encyclopedia ''
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 Kassel 1994 ff: ''Ensemble'', ''Finale'', ''Introduktion'', ''Quartett (vokal)'', ''Terzett (vokal)'' * ''Vorträge und Aufsätze 1982–2000. Sonderausgabe zum Internationalen Richard Wagner Kongress 1. bis 4. Juni 2000 in Berlin.'' Berlin 2000 * ''Richard Wagner. Nachdenken über sein "Gewebe".'' Berlin 2001 * ''Musiktheater im Experiment. Fünfundzwanzig Aufsätze.'' Berlin 2004


Essays / reports


Publikationsverzeichnis der Festschrift für Gerd Rienäcker zum 65. Geburtstag (für die Jahre 1967–2004)
Berlin 2004 * ''Gedanken zum Verhältnis musiktheoretischer Lehrsysteme zur musikgeschichtlichen Entwicklung.'' In ''Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft.'' Jg. 9/2, 1967, . * ''Ernst Hermann Meyer – Sinfonie in B.'' In Heinz Alfred Brockhaus et al. (ed.): ''Sammelbände zur Musikgeschichte der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. Band I.'' Berlin 1969, . * ''Vertane Chancen. Nachdenken über Bach-Bilder in der DDR.'' In Joachim Lüdtke (ed.): ''Bach und die Nachwelt. Volume 4: 1950–2000.'' Frankfurt/Laaber 1996/2005, .
''Die industrialisierte Idylle – zur Revue 'Im Weißen Rößl''
written on 30 November 1997 for the production of at the Kleist Theatre Frankfurt/ Oder
''Händel und die Opera seria''
Berlin 2003/04
''Stichworte zu Bachs musikalischer Theologie''
Berlin 2004
''Der Zauberer hinter dem Zauberer – zur Dramaturgie des ersten Finales der Oper Faust von Louis Spohr''
Berlin 2004 * ''Fibel-Musik? Anmerkungen zu Hanns Eislers und Paul Dessaus Vertonung der "Kriegsfibel".'' In Nina Ermlich Lehmann (ed.): ''Fokus „Deutsches Miserere“ von Paul Dessau and Bertolt Brecht. Festschrift Peter Petersen zum 65. Geburtstag.'' Hamburg 2005, . * ''Im Blick zurück nach vorn : Komposition als Vermittlung zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft.'' In Maren Köster und Dörte Schmidt (ed.): ''„Man kehrt nie zurück, man geht immer nur fort“. Remigration und Musikkultur.'' Munich 2005, .
''Musizieren im Zeichen Benjamins – Rückfragen an Geschriebenes.''
In Hanns-Werner Heister, Wolfgang Martin Stroh and Peter Wicke (ed.): ''Musik-Avantgarde. Zur Dialektik von Vorhut und Nachhut. Eine Gedankensammlung für Günter Mayer zum 75. Geburtstag.'' Oldenburg 2006, . * ''Wagner und die Neudeutsche Schule.'' In Detlef Altenburg (ed.): ''Liszt und die Neudeutsche Schule. (series: Weimarer Liszt-Studien, vol. 3).'' Laaber 2006, .
''Unterwegs zu Dmitri Schostakowitsch – in fünfzehn Schritten''
Berlin 2006/07 * ''Über das Einleiten – Gedanken zur Ouvertüre der Oper „Die Zauberflöte“ von W. A. Mozart.'' In Friederike Wißmann, Thomas Ahrend and Heinz von Loesch (ed.): ''Vom Erkennen des Erkannten. Musikalische Analyse und Editionsphilologie. Festschrift für Christian Martin Schmidt.'' Wiesbaden 2007, . * ''Peter Konwitschny – Marxist und Realist.'' In Anja Oeck (ed.): ''Musiktheater als Chance. Peter Konwitschny inszeniert.'' Berlin 2008, . * ''Thesen zur „Dreigroschenoper“.'' In ''Musik & Ästhetik.'' VOlume 13/50, 2009/April, . * ''... von moralischen Konnotationen befreien. Über DDR-Musikgeschichte vor und nach 1989/90.'' In ''NZfM.'' Vol. 171, 2010/2, . * ''Peter Konwitschny inszeniert Verdi.'' In Camilla Bork et al. (ed.): ''Ereignis und Exegese. Musikalische Interpretation – Interpretation der Musik. Festschrift für Hermann Danuser zum 65. Geburtstag.'' Schliengen 2011, . * ''Stichworte zu Bachs musikalischer Theologie.'' In Thomas Phleps and Wieland Reich (ed.): ''Musik-Kontexte. Festschrift für Hanns-Werner Heister. Vol. 2.'' Münster 2011, . * ''... aber ändre die Welt, sie braucht es!'' In Ulrich Tadday (ed.): ''Hanns Eisler. Angewandte Musik. (series: Musikkonzepte, Sonderband).'' Munich 2012, . * ''Künftigen Glückes gewiß, gewiß, gewiß. – fünf Sätze über Eislers "Ernste Gesänge"'' In Hartmut Krones (ed.): ''Hanns Eisler. Ein Komponist ohne Heimat?. (series: Schriften des Wissenschaftszentrums Arnold Schönberg, vol. 6).'' Vienna 2012, . * ''Hanns Eisler – ein Sonderfall.'' In Hartmut Krones (ed.): ''Hanns Eisler. Ein Komponist ohne Heimat?. (series: Schriften des Wissenschaftszentrums Arnold Schönberg, vol. 6).'' Vienna 2012,. * ''Musizieren über Traditionen. ''Die Soldaten'' von Bernd Alois Zimmermann, ''Einstein'' by Paul Dessau.'' In Detlef Altenburg and Rainer Bayreuther (ed.): ''Musik und kulturelle Identität. (Report on the XIII International Congress of the Society for Music Research, Weimar 2004). Vol. 2: Symposien B.'' Kassel 2012, . * ''Musik im Raum – Musik als Raum? Notate zu einigen Passagen des Requiems von Berlioz.'' In: Veronika Busch et al. (ed.): ''Wahrnehmung, Erkenntnis, Vermittlung. Musikwissenschaftliche Brückenschläge. Festschrift für Wolfgang Auhagen zum sechzigsten Geburtstag.'' Hildesheim 2013, . * ''Ernst Hermann Meyer über Georg Friedrich Händel – einige Notate.''''Ernst Hermann Meyer über Georg Friedrich Händel : einige Notaten''
on WorldCat ''
Händel-Jahrbuch The ''Händel-Jahrbuch'' (HJb) is a music scientific journal dedicated to the composer George Frideric Handel. It is published annually by the international Handel-Gesellschaft in conjunction with the foundation Handel House in Halle. The "scient ...
.'' Vol. 60, 2014, . * ''Schostakowitschs Klage um Jüdisches Leid.'' In Deutsche Schostakowitsch-Gesellschaft (ed.): ''Schostakowitsch-Aspekte. Analysen und Studien'' Berlin 2014, .


References


External links

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Festschrift für Gerd Rienäcker zum 65. Geburtstag als PDF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rienacker, Gerd 1939 births 2018 deaths 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Writers from Göttingen