Steffen Lieberwirth (born 10 March 1952) is a German musicologist, dramaturge and journalist.
Life
Born in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
, Lieberwirth 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 ...
and German literature at the
Karl-Marx-University Leipzig and the
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university i ...
. Afterwards, he worked for the entertainment agency in Leipzig. In 1979, he became a freelancer in the field of reportage and music history at
Radio DDR
Radio DDR 1 ( en, Radio GDR 1) was a radio channel produced and transmitted by Rundfunk der DDR, the radio broadcasting organization of East Germany (GDR). It had a mixed schedule of news and light entertainment, with the emphasis on events in the ...
, Leipzig station. From 1981 he worked as
dramaturg
A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults auth ...
, from 1982 to 1989 he was head of the dramaturgy at the
Gewandhaus
Gewandhaus is a concert hall in Leipzig, the home of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Today's hall is the third to bear this name; like the second, it is noted for its fine acoustics.
History
The first Gewandhaus (''Altes Gewandhaus'')
The fi ...
under
Kappel Meister.
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur (18 July 1927 – 19 December 2015) was a German conductor. Called "one of the last old-style maestros", he directed many of the principal orchestras of his era. He had a long career as the Kapellmeister of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Or ...
. During this period (1987), Lieberwirth was awarded a
dissertation, supervised by Reinhard Szeskus, submitted to the Scientific Council of the University of Leipzig, Faculty of Cultural, Linguistic and Educational Sciences and prepared by the Art and Cultural Sciences Section of the Faculty of Musicology-Music Education
dissertation A "Der Sozialstatus der Musiker in städtischen Diensten vom Beginn ihrer Sesshaftwerdung bis zum 19. Jahrhundert im sächsisch-thüringischen Raum" (The Social Status of Musicians in Municipal Services from the Beginning of their Settlement to the 19th Century in the Saxon-Thuringian Region) earned him a
Dr. phil.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
doctorate. Among the reviewers of the thesis were
Bernd Baselt and . As a consultant, he participated in international symposia in Amsterdam, Bratislava, Leipzig, Linz, Prague and other cities.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990, Lieberwirth became editor at the ''
Neue Musikzeitung'', responsible for the states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. In 1990/91 he was head of the department of culture at the and built up the programme "Sachsen 3 - Kultur". From 1992, he was
music director
A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the d ...
of
MDR Kultur
MDR Kultur is a German public radio station owned and operated by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR; ''Central German Broadcasting'') is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt i ...
and
MDR Figaro. In 2010, he became chief producer of the radio programmes of the
MDR.
From 1996 to 2008, Lieberwirth was a member of the advisory board of the
Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut (, GI, en, Goethe Institute) is a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and ...
. In 1996, he founded the radio programme guide ''Triangel. Das Radio zum Lesen'', whose
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
he was until 2006. He then became project manager of the CD/DVD documentation series "Edition Staatskapelle Dresden" (2005), "Semperoper Edition" (2009) and "Edition Gewandhausorchester" (2011). Since 2005, he has also been responsible for the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk CD label "MDR Klassik".
Publications
* ''Die Gewandhaus-Orgeln''.
Edition Peters
Edition Peters is a classical music publisher founded in Leipzig, Germany in 1800.
History
The company came into being on 1 December 1800 when the Viennese composer Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) and the local organist Ambrosius Kühnel ( ...
, Leipzig among others 1986. (2nd edition 1988: )
* ''Gerhard Bosse. Ein Leben am ersten Pult''. Ed. Peters, Leipzig among others 1987, .
* ''Anton Bruckner und Leipzig. Die Jahre 1884–1902''.
''Anton Bruckner und Leipzig. Die Jahre 1884–1902''
on WorldCat Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt
:''There also were unrelated publishing houses in Stuttgart and in (East-)Berlin, and there is the (JAVG).''
The Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) is an Austrian book publisher in Graz that specialises primarily in publishing lavis ...
, Graz 1988, .
* (ed.): ''Anton Bruckner. Leben, Werk, Interpretation, Rezeption. Anlässlich der Gewandhaus-Festtage 1987, Leipzig, 9. – 11. Oktober 1987'' (''Dokumente zur Gewandhausgeschichte''. Vol. 7). Ed. Peters, Leipzig 1988, .
* ''Bruckner und Leipzig. Vom Werden und Wachsen einer Tradition''. Edition Peters, Leipzig 1990, .
* ''"Wer eynen Spielmann zu Tode schlaegt…". Ein mittelalterliches Zeitdokument anno 1989''. Ed. Peters, Leipzig 1990, .
* (ed.): ''Gustav Mahler. Leben, Werk, Interpretation, Rezeption. Anlässlich der Gewandhaus-Festtage 1985, Leipzig, 11. – 13. Oktober 1985'' (''Dokumente zur Gewandhausgeschichte''. Vol. 5). Ed. Peters, Leipzig 1990, .
* (ed.): ''Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk – die Geschichte des Sinfonieorchesters''. Kamprad, Altenburg 1999, .
* (ed.): ''Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk – Radio-Geschichte(n)''. Kamprad, Altenburg 2000, .
* (ed.): ''Vom Kofferstudio zum Mediencenter. Die Geschichte des Rundfunks in Thüringen 1925–2000''. Kamprad, Altenburg 2002, .
* with Eszter Fontana and Veit Heller (ed.): ''Wenn Engel musizieren. Musikinstrumente von 1594 im Freiberger Dom''. Stekovics, Dößel 2004, . (2nd edition 2008: )
* with Hagen Kunze (ed.): ''Der Thomanerchor Leipzig zwischen 1928 und 1950. Umbrüche: Erinnerungen und Dokumente. CD-Beilage mit frühesten Schallaufnahmen des Thomanerchores seit 1928'' (''Edition Thomanerchor''. Vol. 1). Querstand, Altenburg 2013, .
References
External links
*
Literatur von Steffen Lieberwirth
in der Bibliography of Music Literature
The Bibliography of Music Literature (BMS or BMS online, german: Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums) is an international bibliography of literature on music. It considers all kind of music and includes both current and older literature. Since 196 ...
Steffen Lieberwirth
on SächsBib
*
Steffen Lieberwirth
auf rundfunkschaetze.de
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1952 births
Living people
German music historians
German music journalists
20th-century German journalists
German radio journalists
German newspaper journalists
Dramaturges
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk people
Writers from Leipzig