Udo Fritz Peter Klement (born 12 January 1936) 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 ...

and

music critic ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' defines music criticism as "the intellectual activity of formulating judgments on the value and degree of excellence of individual works of music, or whole groups or genres". In this sense, it is a branch of mus ...

Life

Klement, non-denominational, was born in 1936 in Dresden as the son of a gear cutter and an agricultural worker and saleswoman. He attended the Dresdner

Kreuzschule The ''Kreuzschule'' (German for "School of the Cross") in Dresden (also known by its Latin name, ''schola crucis'') is the oldest surviving school in Dresden and one of the oldest in Germany. As early as 1300, a schoolmaster (''Cunradus puerorum re ...

and the Oberschule Dresden West

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...

1954). From 1954 to 1958 he studied music education and German language and literature at the philosophical faculty of the Karl-Marx-University Leipzig. In 1958 he passed the

Staatsexamen The ("state examination" or "exam by state"; pl.: ''Staatsexamina'') is a German government licensing examination that future physicians, dentists, teachers, pharmacists, food chemists, psychotherapists and jurists (i.e., lawyers, judges, public ...

for the teaching profession in music (at the 12-class secondary school). Afterwards he was a teacher of music and German, in 1964 he acquired the teaching qualification for German (up to grade 10). From 1966 to 1969 he was a research assistant for music education at the . In 1969 he was awarded a doctorate by

Paul Willert Max Paul Georg Willert (12 December 1901 – 17 June 1988) was a German musicologist and baritone singer. Life Willert was born in 1901 as the son of a teacher and a housewife in Tanna, Thuringia. He was a pupil at the elementary school and t ...

with the musicological Dissertation A "Das Musiktheater

Carl Orff Carl Orff (; 10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator, best known for his cantata ''Carmina Burana'' (1937). The concepts of his Schulwerk were influential for children's music education. Life Early life Car ...

s. Untersuchungen zu einem bürgerlichen Kunstwerk" to the degree of

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 ...

The other reviewers of the work were

Walther Siegmund-Schultze Walther Siegmund-Schultze (6 July 1916 – 6 March 1993) was a German musicologist. He was the elder brother of musicologist Hella Brock. Biography Siegmund-Schultze was born in Schweinitz (Elster). In July 1940 he was promoted to Dr. ph ...

and the Orff student Paul Kurzbach. He then became senior research assistant for music education at the Department of Musicology, section Theory and Methodology of Music Education, and in 1972 in the section Historical and Systematic Musicology in the Cultural Studies and German Studies Section, and in 1976 in the Cultural and Artistic Sciences Section. In 1976 he received the '. In 1977 he received his "Promotion B" as Dr. sc. phil. in musicology (topic: "The importance of the dramatic in the orchestral music of the German Democratic Republic"). Besides Walther Siegmund-Schultze, this time

Ernst Hermann Meyer Ernst Hermann Ludimar Meyer (8 December 1905 – 8 October 1988) was a German composer and musicologist, noted for his expertise on seventeenth-century English chamber music. Life Meyer was born in Berlin. He received his first piano lessons ...

and

Hella Brock Hella Maria Brock (''née'' Siegmund-Schultze; 3 October 191930 November 2020) was a German music educator, musicologist, and an internationally known Edvard Grieg scholar. Brock was professor of music and English studies at the Leipzig Universi ...

were among the reviewers. In 1991 the academic degree was changed to Dr. phil. habil. From 1977 he was a lecturer, from 1980 to 1993

full professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

for

music history Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is a highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies music from a historical point of view. In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history o ...

at the Section for Cultural and Art Studies of the Karl Marx University Leipzig. He was then dismissed and went into early retirement. In addition to music history, his main areas of research were the dramaturgy of classical

instrumental music An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

, the history of musicology,

music analysis Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances. According to music theorist Ian Bent, music analysis "is the means of answering directly the question 'How does it work?'". The method employed to answer ...

and criticism, and

symphonic music An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, ...

. From 1967 to 1969 he was a managing assistant at the Institute for Musicology and from 1973 to 1975 he was head of the teaching staff Music/German. From 1981 to 1985 he was Section Director and from 1986 to 1990 Head of the Department of Musicology and Music Education. Among his academic students were among others

Ulrike Liedtke Ulrike Liedtke (''née'' Nehrdich,''Musikakademie Rheinsberg Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Rheinsberg''. In ''Handelsregister-Bekanntmachungen'' dated 4 February 1995. 17 November 1958) is a German musicologist and politician (Social De ...

and

Christoph Sramek Christoph Sramek (born 6 September 1950) is a German music historian and music critic. Life Born in Chemnitz, Sramek passed his Abitur in 1969 in Burgstädt. He also obtained a skilled worker degree as bricklayer. From 1969 to 1973 he studied ...

. From 1973 to 1989 he was a member of the , and from 1982 to 1989 he was a member of the central board. He was repeatedly a member of the musicology working group of the Scientific Advisory Board for Cultural, Artistic and Linguistic Studies at the

Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (East Germany) The Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (German: ''Ministerium für das Hoch- und Fachschulwesen'') was created in 1967 to provide co-ordination to the universities and technical colleges of the German Democratic Republic. Its journal was ...

. From 1986 to 1989 he was chairman of the Central Expert Commission for Music Education at the

Council of Ministers of East Germany The Council of Ministers (German: ''Ministerrat der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik'') was the cabinet and executive branch of the German Democratic Republic from November 1950 until the country was reunified on 3 October 1990.Starcevi, Nesha ( ...

. Klement was a permanent contributor and music critic for the daily newspaper '. From 1973 to 1989 he contributed articles on the "GDR musical development" for the ''Yearbook of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' in Moscow. From 1973 he edited musical keywords for all encyclopaedias of the

Bibliographisches Institut The German publishing company was founded 1826 in Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and wa ...

in Leipzig.

Awards

* 1965: * 1968: (Bronze) * 1978: Pestalozzi-Medaille für treue Dienste (Silber) * 1978: Ehrennadel des Komponistenverbandes (Bronze) * 1983:

Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig From 1959 to 1989, the city of Leipzig awarded the Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig, which was given for outstanding merits in the artistic field to persons who promoted the reputation of the city beyond the region: architects, visual artists, compos ...

für Kunstkritik * 1986: Ehrennadel des Komponistenverbandes (Silber) * 1988: * 1990: Pestalozzi-Medaille für treue Dienste (Gold)

Publications

* ''Das Musiktheater Carl Orffs''(''Beiträge zur musikwissenschaftlichen Forschung in der DDR''. Bd. 14). Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1982. * ''Die Bedeutung des Dramaturgischen in der Orchestermusik der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.''''Die Bedeutung des Dramaturgischen in der Orchestermusik der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik.''
on WorldCat

References

External links

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