Martin Karl Hermann Schoppe (24 October 1936 – 28 April 1998) was a German
musicologist and painter.
Life
Born in Leimbach near
Mansfeld, In 1956 Schoppe studied art history, music education, physical education and musicology at the
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. In 1961 he passed the state examination as a musicologist. In 1962 Schoppe began his first attempts at painting using various techniques. In 1968 he was awarded his doctorate at the
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. From 1965 to 1992 he was director of the
Robert Schumann House in Zwickau.
From 1974 Schoppe was also
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
Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers of the city of
Zwickau and from 1990 to 1996 chairman of the Robert Schumann Society Zwickau . Martin Schoppe lived as a painter and graphic artist in the Saxon town of
Lichtenstein.
Schoppe died in
Zwickau at age 61.
Publications
* ''Schumann im Spiegel der Tagesliteratur. Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der Schumann-Rezeption zwischen 1830 und 1856.'' Phil. Diss. Halle/Saale 1968.
* Vorwort zu ''Robert Schumann –Tagebücher vol. I (1827–1838).'' Published by Georg Eismann. Leipzig 1971 (Lizenzausgabe Basel/Frankfurt 1988).
* with
Gerd Nauhaus
Gerd Nauhaus (born 28 July 1942 in Erfurt) is a German musicologist.
Books
* Robert Schumann, ''Tagebücher'', 2 volumes, published by Gerd Nauhaus, Leipzig: Deutscher Verlag für Musik 1971–1987
* Robert Schumann, ''Dichtergarten für Mus ...
: ''Das Robert-Schumannhaus Zwickau.'' Zwickau 1973.
* ''Robert Schumann, Selbstbiografische Notizen.'' Faksimile und Übertragung. Hg. im Auftrag der Robert-Schumann-Gesellschaft Zwickau, 1977.
* ''Robert Schumann 1810–1856 – Seine Kindheit und Jugend in Zwickau.'' Published by Robert-Schumann-Haus Zwickau on the occasion of the IX International Robert Schumann Competition and the 175th birthday of Robert Schumann, Zwickau 1981.
* Illustrations to ''Hunde'', , 1990.
* Illustrations to ''Ein Mädchen fand einen Stein'',
''Ein Mädchen fand einen Stein''
on ZVAB by Pludra, Benno, Berlin, Kinderbuchverlag, 1981
Bibliography
* ''Martin Schoppe 1936–1998'', Kulturamt Zwickau / Galerie am Domhof Zwickau im Auftrag der Stadt Zwickau, Redaction Wilfried Stoye and Karla Schoppe, October 2001
References
External links
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1936 births
1998 deaths
People from Mansfeld
20th-century German musicologists
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists