Othmar Wessely (31 October 1922 – 20 April 1998) was an Austrian

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 m ...

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Born in

Linz Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital ...

, Wessely studied musicology at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hist ...

with

Erich Schenk Erich Schenk (5 May 1902 – 11 October 1974) was an Austrian musicologist and Music history, music historian. Personal and scientific life Born in Salzburg (Austria-Hungary), Schenk studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum and then at the University ...

. From 1963 to 1971 he was a university professor at the Karl-Franzens-

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The univers ...

, and from 1972 to 1992 he succeeded his teacher Schenk at the University of Vienna. From 1974 Wessely was the director of publications of the ''Denkmäler der Tonkunst'' in Austria (DTÖ). From 1982 to 1998, he was chairman of the of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and scientific director of the . Wessely died in Vienna at age 75. He had been married since 1951 to the musicologist Helene Wessely-Kropik (1924-2011). Both were buried at

Döbling Cemetery The Döbling Cemetery (Döblinger Friedhof) is a cemetery in the 19th district of Döbling in Vienna, Austria. Location The cemetery lies in the south of Döbling on the border to Währing in the Katastralgemeinde of Oberdöbling, in the Hartä ...

(group 32, row 4, number 25) (tombstone toppled over).

Publications

* ''Musik in Oberösterreich'', Linz 1951. * ''Die Musikinstrumentensammlung des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums'', Linz 1952. * '' Johannes Brassicanus'', Linz 1948 and 1954. * ''

Arnold von Bruck Arnold von Bruck (also Arnold de Pruck, Arnoldus de Bruck, Arnoldus Brugensis, indicating his origin) (c. 1500 – 6 February 1554) was a Franco-Flemish composer of Renaissance music, active in several Habsburg courts. He was one of the most famou ...

'',

Habilitationsschrift 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 ...

, Vienna 1958 (1961). * ''Musik'', Darmstadt 1972. * ''Bruckner-Studien'', Vienna 1975. * ''Die älteren Libretti der Bibliothek des Instituts für Musikwissenschaft der Universität Wien'',''Die älteren Libretti der Bibliothek des Instituts für Musikwissenschaft der Universität Wien''
on WorldCat Vienna 1998.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wessely, Othmar 20th-century Austrian musicologists Academic staff of the University of Graz Academic staff of the University of Vienna Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 1922 births 1998 deaths Writers from Linz

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