Hermann Alexander Moeck (16 September 1922 – 9 July 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 mu ...

and

publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

Life

Born in

Lüneburg Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also calle ...

, after attending Gymnasium in Celle, Moeck obtained his university entrance qualification in 1942, served in the

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

until 1945 and studied musicology, philosophy,

art history Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

and

ethnology Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural anthropology, cultural, social anthropolo ...

Göttingen Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

and

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

until 1948. In 1951 he was awarded a doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen with the dissertation ''Ursprung und Tradition der Kernspaltflöten der europäischen Folklore und die Herkunft der musikgeschichtlichen Kernspaltflötentypen'' (Origin and tradition of the core fission flutes of European folklore and the origin of the music-historical core fission flute types). In 1960 Moeck took over the company of his father , which was renamed

Moeck Musikinstrumente + Verlag Moeck Musikinstrumente + Verlag is a leading German manufacturer of recorders and a music publisher. The company was founded in 1925 by ''Hermann Moeck'' (1896-1982) in Celle. In 1960 his son Hermann Alexander Moeck (1922-2010) took over the bus ...

in 1965. At the end of 2002 he retired from the company management. Moeck died in

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...

at the age of 87.

Work

;as author * ''Ursprung und Tradition der Kernspaltflöten der europäischen Folklore und die Herkunft der musikgeschichtlichen Kernspaltflötentypen''. Edition Moeck, Celle 1996, . * ''Zur „Nachgeschichte“ und Renaissance der Blockflöte''. Edition Moeck, Celle 1980 (Sonderdruck aus: ''Tibia. Magazin für Holzbläser'', vol. 3 (1978)). * ''Typen europäischer Kernspaltflöten''. Edition Moeck, Celle 1987, . ;as publisher * ''Fünf Jahrhunderte deutscher Musikinstrumentenbau''. Edition Moeck, Celle 1987 (2 vols).

Literature

* Nikolaus Delius (ed.): ''Sine musica nulla vita. Festschrift Hermann Moeck zum 75. Geburtstag''.''Sine musica nulla vita. Festschrift Hermann Moeck zum 75. Geburtstag''
on WorldCat Edition Moeck, Celle 1997, (in German, English and Italian languages).

References

External links

*
www.moeck.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moeck, Hermann Alexander German music publishers (people) German musicologists Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1922 births 2010 deaths People from Lüneburg