Siegfried Schmalzriedt (4 April 1941 – 9 December 2008) 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 ...

, University

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and vice-rector of the

Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Karlsruhe's University of Music (Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in German) is a college of music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Originally the Baden Conservatory of Music, it was elevated to a Hochschule under the direction of Franz Philipp, who led ...

Life and career

Born in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

, Schmalzriedt studied

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 ...

, Roman philology and

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at the Universities of

Tübingen Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...

, Paris and Bologna. He received his

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in 1969 in

with

Walter Gerstenberg Walter Gerstenberg (26 December 1904 in Hildesheim – 26 October 1988 in Tübingen) was a German musicologist and an expert on Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert.Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

und andere zeitgenössische Musiker in der Lehre

Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift f ...

s''. From 1970 to 1976 he was assistant to

Georg von Dadelsen Georg may refer to: * ''Georg'' (film), 1997 *Georg (musical), Estonian musical * Georg (given name) * Georg (surname) * , a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker See also * George (disambiguation) George may refer to: People * George (given name) * ...

at the musicology seminar. Until 1983 he was employed in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

as a research assistant and editor of the ' at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Since 1983 he was professor of musicology at the

University of Music Karlsruhe A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

and head of the Institute for Musicology at the

University of Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

. From 1986 to 1990 and again from 1992 to 1996 he served as vice-rector of the University of Music Karlsruhe. Since 1999 he has been the editor of the ''Karlsruher Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft'' (ISSN: 1434-4270), which is published annually. From 1997 he was chairman of the board of trustees of the Max-Reger-Institut Karlsruhe and from 1999 to 2007 chairman of the Händel-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe. He was also active in the Handel Academy. He was a co-founder of the Association for the Promotion of Karlsruhe City History and its chairman until his death in

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

at age 67.

Publications

* as editor with

Walther Dürr Walther Dürr (27 April 1932 – 6 January 2018) was a German musicologist. He is especially known for his research of the work of Franz Schubert. From 1965 to 1997 Dürr was editor of the ''Neue Schubert-Ausgabe'', with particular responsibility f ...

and Thomas Seyboldt: ''Schuberts Lieder nach Gedichten aus seinem literarischen Freundeskreis. Auf der Suche nach dem Ton der Dichtung in der Musik'' (''Karlsruher Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft.'' Vol. 1). Lang, Frankfurt a. o. 1999, . * as editor: ''Ausdrucksformen der Musik des Barock. Passionsoratorium – Serenata – Rezitativ'' (''Veröffentlichungen der Internationalen Händel-Akademie Karlsruhe.'' Vol. 7: ''Bericht über die Symposien der Internationalen Händel-Akademie.'' 6, 1998/2000). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2002, . * as editor with Jürgen Schaarwächter: ''Festschrift für Susanne Popp'' (''Schriftenreihe des Max-Reger-Instituts Karlsruhe.'' Vol. 17: ''Reger-Studien.'' 7). Carus, Stuttgart 2004, . * as editor: ''Aspekte der Musik des Barock. Aufführungspraxis und Stil'' (''Veröffentlichungen der Internationalen Händel-Akademie Karlsruhe.'' 7, 2001/2004). Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2006, . * ''Ravels Klaviermusik. Ein musikalischer Werkführer''''Ravels Klaviermusik. Ein musikalischer Werkführer''
on Google books (''Beck'sche Reihe.'' 2210, ''C.-H.-Beck-Wissen''). C. H. Beck, Munich 2006, .

Honours

* Susanne Mautz, Jörg Breitweg (ed.): ''Festschrift für Siegfried Schmalzriedt zum 60. Geburtstag.'' Lang, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 2001, .

External links

Literaturliste im Online-Katalog
der

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmalzriedt, Siegfried 20th-century German musicologists Music publishers (people) Schubert scholars Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe 1941 births 2008 deaths People from Stuttgart