Hansjürgen Schaefer (1930 – 1999) 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

music critic ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of mus ...

Life

Born in

Freiberg Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany. It is a so-called ''Große Kreisstadt'' (large county town) and the administrative centre of Mittelsachsen district. Its historic town centre has been placed under heritage c ...

, Schaefer studied music in Leipzig from 1952 to 1954 and musicology in Berlin from 1954 to 1957. From 1957 to 1960 he was editor of the ''

Berliner Zeitung The ''Berliner Zeitung'' (, ''Berlin Newspaper'') is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in East Germany in 1945, it is the only East German paper to achieve national prominence since reunification. It is published by Berliner ...

''. From 1960 to 1973 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine ''

Musik und Gesellschaft ''Musik und Gesellschaft'' was a music magazine in the German Democratic Republic German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers o ...

''. From 1973 to 1991 he was the

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogul, since the ...

of the

VEB Deutsche Schallplatten The VEB Deutsche Schallplatten was the monopolistic music publisher in the German Democratic Republic from the 1950s until the 1980s. On August 12, 1946, the German singer and actor Ernst Busch got permission by Soviet military administration ...

Publications

* ''Musik in der sozialistischen Gesellschaft''. (1967) * ''Johann Sebastian Bach : 1685-1750''. (1984) * ''Orchestermusik''. (1987) * ''Johannes Brahms : ein Führer durch Leben und Werk''. (1997) * ''Joseph Haydn : Leben und Werk : ein Konzertbuch''.''Joseph Haydn : Leben und Werk : ein Konzertbuch''
on WorldCat (2000)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaefer, Hansjurgen Musicologists from Berlin 20th-century German musicologists German music critics 20th-century German journalists Male journalists German music journalists 1930 births 1999 deaths People from Freiberg Musik und Gesellschaft editors