Jürgen Elsner (born 22 April 1932) is a German

music ethnologist Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

and author.

Life

Born in Finsterwalde, Elsner studied

music theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

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 ...

and Arabic studies at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" and the

Humboldt-Universität zu 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 ...

. From 1958 to 1964, he was a research assistant at the Institute for Musicology there. In 1964, he was awarded a doctorate with the dissertation ''Zum vokalsolistischen Vortrag der Eislerschen Kampfmusik''. In 1970, he

habilitated Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

with the thesis ''Zum vokalsolistischen Vortrag der Eislerschen Kampfmusik'' ''Der Begriff des maqam in Ägypten in neuerer Zeit''. He then taught music history and music ethnology at the Humboldt University in Berlin and the Leipzig University. From 1975 to 1993, he was Professor of Music Ethnology at the Humboldt University of Berlin and from 1979 to 1990 he was head of the musicology department.''Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft'' 27/28 (1985), .

Awards

* 1971: Hanns Eisler Prize

Publications

As author

* with

Nathan Notowicz Nathan "Noto" Notowicz (31 July 1911 – 15 April 1968) was a German musicologist and composer. Leben Born in Tyczyn, Notowicz was the son of a merchant. The family moved to Munich in 1913, where Notowicz attended primary schools. In Düsseldo ...

: ''Hanns Eisler. Quellennachweise''. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1966. * ''Zur vokalsolistischen Vortragsweise der Kampfmusik Hanns Eislers''. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1971. (Beiträge zur musikwissenschaftlichen Forschung in der DDR, vol. 1) * ''Der Begriff des maqām in Ägypten in neuerer Zeit''. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1973. (Beiträge zur musikwissenschaftlichen Forschung in der DDR, vol. 5) * with Paul Collaer: ''Nordafrika''. Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1983.

As editor

* with Givi Ordžonikidze: ''Sozialistische Musikkultur. Traditionen, Probleme, Perspektiven''. 2 volumes, Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin 1977/83. * ''Die Musik der Alten Welt in Ost und West. Aufstieg und Entwicklung''. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1968. * ''Wir reden hier nicht von Napoleon, wir reden von Ihnen! Gespräche mit Hanns Eisler und Gerhart Eisler''. Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin 1971. * with Carola Schramm: ''Dichtung und Wahrheit – die Legendenbildung um Ernst Busch''. 2 volumes, Trafo-Verlag, Berlin 2006, /

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elsner, Jurgen German ethnomusicologists 20th-century German non-fiction writers Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of Leipzig University 1932 births Living people People from Finsterwalde