Michael Custodis (born 1973) is 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 ...
,
sociologist and university
lecturer
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at the
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in
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 ...
.
Career
Born in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
, Custodis studied musicology, sociology, comparative politics, educational science and film studies at the
Universität Mainz. He then moved to the University of Bergen (Norway) and finally to
Albrecht Riethmüller
Albrecht Riethmüller (born 21 January 1947) is a German musicologist.
Life
Born in 1947 in Stuttgart, Riethmüller studied musicology, philosophy and modern German literature at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, where he received his do ...
at
Freie Universität Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
. He received his diploma in sociology, his doctorate in musicology and his habilitation at the FU Berlin.
His work focuses on music sociology and music aesthetics; music and politics as well as the interactions between "popular" and "classical" music and finally music in literature.
Publications
Author
* ''Die soziale Isolation der neuen Musik. Zum Kölner Musikleben nach 1945'' (''
Archiv für Musikwissenschaft
The ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'' is a quarterly German-English-speaking trade magazine devoted to music history and historical musicology, which publishes articles by well-known academics and young scholars.
It was founded in 1918 as the su ...
'') Beiheft 54), Stuttgart 2004.
* ''Musik im Prisma der Gesellschaft. Wertungen in literarischen und ästhetischen Texten.'' Münster 2009.
* ''Klassische Musik heute. Eine Spurensuche in der Rockmusik.'' Bielefeld 2009.
* with
Friedrich Geiger
Friedrich Geiger (24 November 1907 – 13 June 1996) was a German automobile designer whose most notable cars, the pre-World War II Mercedes-Benz 540K and post-war Mercedes-Benz 300SL, are among the most highly regarded in automotive history.
...
: ''Netzwerke der Entnazifizierung. Kontinuitäten im deutschen Musikleben am Beispiel von Werner Egk, Hilde und Heinrich Strobel''
''Netzwerke der Entnazifizierung. Kontinuitäten im deutschen Musikleben am Beispiel von Werner Egk, Hilde und Heinrich Strobel''
on WorldCat (''Münsteraner Schriften zur zeitgenössischen Musik.'' 1). Münster among others 2013.
Editor
* With Friedrich Geiger
Friedrich Geiger (24 November 1907 – 13 June 1996) was a German automobile designer whose most notable cars, the pre-World War II Mercedes-Benz 540K and post-war Mercedes-Benz 300SL, are among the most highly regarded in automotive history.
...
, Michael Lüthy, Sabine Slanina: ''KünstlerKritiker. Zum Verhältnis von Produktion und Kritik in bildender Kunst und Musik.'' Saarbrücken 2007.
* with Insa Bernds, Frank Hentschel: ''Albrecht Riethmüller, Annäherung an Musik – Studien und Essays.'' Stuttgart 2007.
* with Albrecht Riethmüller: ''Georg Kreisler − Grenzgänger. Sieben Beiträge mit einem Nachwort von Georg Kreisler.'' Freiburg i.Br. 2009.
* ''Erfolg − Entgrenzung − Erfahrung. Soziologische Perspektiven auf die Künste der Gegenwart.'' Berlin 2010.
* ''Traditionen, Koalitionen, Visionen. Wolfgang Steinecke und die Internationalen Ferienkurse in Darmstadt.'' Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt, Saarbrücken 2010.
* : Ministerialrat, Wissenschaftler, Netzwerker. NS-Hochschulpolitik und die Folgen (''Münsteraner Schriften zur zeitgenössischen Musik.'' 2). Münster among others. 2014.
References
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German musicologists
Academic staff of the University of Münster
1973 births
Living people
Writers from Cologne