Walter Kolneder (1 July 1910 – 30 January 1994) 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 ...

and

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Life and career

Koldener was born in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the ...

Upper Austria Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, an ...

. From 1925 to 1935 he studied music with Bernhard Paumgartner (conducting), Theodor Müller (violin) and Friedrich Frischenschlager (composition) at the

Mozarteum Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Mo ...

in Salzburg. He also attended a

master class A master class is a class given to students of a particular discipline by an expert of that discipline—usually music, but also science, painting, drama, games, or on any other occasion where skills are being developed. "Masterclass" is als ...

for viola with Max Strub and was a member of the Mozarteum orchestra (1929-1936). Privately he studied composition with

Johann Nepomuk David Johann Nepomuk David (30 November 1895 – 22 December 1977) was an Austrian composer. Life and career David was born in Eferding. He was a choirboy in the monastery of Sankt Florian and studied at an episcopal teacher training college in Linz, ...

in Wels from 1927 to 1929. In 1934/35, he began musicological studies 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 ...

. In 1936 he became head of department at the Conservatory of the and in 1939 lecturer at the State College for Music Education in Graz-Eggenberg. In the post-war period, he was initially active as a conductor in Wels. From 1947 to 1953, he was deputy principal violist at the . He continued his studies with Wilhelm Fischer at the

University of Innsbruck The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...

and in 1949 he was awarded the doctorate with his dissertation ''Die vokale Mehrstimmigkeit in der Volksmusik der österreichischen Alpenländer''. Kolneder taught at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg from 1953 to 1959. In 1956, he qualified as a professor of musicology with a thesis on Antonio Vivaldi at the

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in s ...

in Saarbrücken, where he became Privatdozent. From 1959 to 1965 he was director of the . From 1960 he also taught in Gießen. Between 1966 and 1972 he was 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 th ...

. He became extraordinary professor 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 ...

in 1966 and founded the Institute for Musicology. He retired in 1974. Koldener was engaged in the history and repertoire of violin playing. He published studies on Antonio Vivaldi and

Anton Webern Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern (3 December 188315 September 1945), better known as Anton Webern (), was an Austrian composer and conductor whose music was among the most radical of its milieu in its sheer concision, even aphorism, and stead ...

. He also edited the complete edition of

Tomaso Albinoni Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. While famous in his day as an opera comp ...

's instrumental music. Furthermore, he dedicated himself to the Austrian

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

. In addition, he published baroque instrumental music of the 17th and 18th century and its arrangements. Koldener died 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 the age of 84.

Awards

* 1986: Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich for music

Work

* ''Aufführungspraxis bei Vivaldi.'' First published in 1955, New edition by Amadeus Verlag 1999, . * ''Das Buch der Violine''. Atlantis Musikbuch, . * ''Antonio Vivaldi, Dokumente seines Lebens und Schaffens''. Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven, . * ''Die Kunst der Fuge. Mythen des 20. Jahrhunderts''. Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven 1977, . * ''Johann Sebastian Bach. Lebensbilder''. Lübbe Verlag, . * ''Lübbes Bach-Lexikon (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch Band 61288)'', Lübbe Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1994, . * ''Musikinstrumentenkunde Ein Studien- und Prüfungshelfer''. Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven, . * ''Geschichte der Musik. Ein Studien- und Prüfungshelfer''. Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven, . * ''Schule des Generalbassspiels''. Part I: The instrumental music. First publication 1983, Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven, . * ''Singen nach Noten. Praktische Musiklehre für Chorsänger zum Erlernen des Vom-Blatt-Singens''. ''Singen nach Noten. Praktische Musiklehre für Chorsänger zum Erlernen des Vom-Blatt-Singens''
on Google Books (Edited with Karl Heinz Schmitt), Schott Verlag, 2 volumes, and .

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