Hans Ludwig Kurt Reinhold Grüß (4 March 1929 – 24 November 2001) was a German musicologist and ensemble leader.

Life

Childhood and studies

He spent his childhood and adolescence in Freiberg since his father taught as professor of mathematics and technical mechanics at the

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from 1936. As a grammar school student he was drafted to the Volkssturm and was only able to take his

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after he had been a prisoner of war. First he studied German language and literature, musicology and pedagogy at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1947, and from 1949 at the Leipzig University and the

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. Early on, he became interested in performance practice of

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and received his doctorate in 1956 with a work on

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Professional activity

In 1957 Grüß was given a lectureship at the University of Leipzig. Because of political disagreements he was threatened with the withdrawal of his teaching license by the SED in 1963. It was only after the political change in 1993 that he was appointed extraordinary professor and taught until 1996. As a sought-after specialist, he continued to hold lectureships at the Technical University of Dresden and at the Leipzig Academy of Music after his retirement.

Ensemble leader

In 1957 he founded the Capella Fidicinia, an ensemble consisting of members of the Leipzig Institute for Musicology, which was dedicated to the faithful performance of early music. They played on historical instruments of the Museum of Musical Instruments of Leipzig University, whereby Grüß played the viol. For larger performances Grüß and his ensemble regularly received support from musicians of the Gewandhausorchester and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. A particularly close collaboration existed with the

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and the soloists

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(organ),

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and

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, who has led the ensemble since the death of its founder. Grüß died in

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at the age of 72.

Honours

* Ehrennadel der Karl-Marx-Universität Leipzig, 1984 *

Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig From 1959 to 1989, the city of Leipzig awarded the Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig, which was given for outstanding merits in the artistic field to persons who promoted the reputation of the city beyond the region: architects, visual artists, compo ...

, 1985 * Ordinary member of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1995

Literature

* Hans Grüß: ''Ansichtssachen'', Verlag Kamprad, Altenburg 1999. *

: ''Magister und Musicus. Hans Grüß zum Gedenken'',''Magister und Musicus : Hans Grüss zum Gedenken''
on WorldCat Leipzig 2005.

Recordings

*Ockeghem/Obrecht "Missa L'Homme armé" Capella Fidicinia, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Hans Grüß querstand

References

External links

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Hans Grüß im Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig

Mitglieder der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Capella Fidicinia
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gruss, Hans 20th-century German musicologists Musicologists from Berlin German conductors (music) Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig Academic staff of TU Dresden 1929 births 2001 deaths Volkssturm personnel German prisoners of war in World War II Child soldiers in World War II