Walter Pass (22 January 1942 – 7 March 2001) 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 ...

. Born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Pass studied music education, conducting, piano and singing (1960–1964) at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

. One year later he also studied musicology at the University of Vienna and graduated with a Dr. phil. In 1964 he became an assistant at the musicological institute there. His habilitation followed in 1973. He was subsequently awarded a scholarship for research in Rome from 1974 to 1977. As successor to Franz Zagiba, he taught early music history as a full professor at the University of Vienna since 1981. Pass died in

Tullnerbach Tullnerbach is a municipality in the district of St. Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It was here in 1901 that Wilhelm Kress failed at his attempt of motorized seaplane flight on the Wienerwaldsee. The town belonged to Wien-Umg ...

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

at age 61 and was buried at (group 24, number 24) in Vienna. WalterPass

Publications

* ''Musik und Musiker am Hof Maximilians II''. Tutzing : Schneider, 1980. * ''Gedenkschrift für Walter Pass''. Tutzing : H. Schneider, 2002. * ''Orpheus im Exil : die Vertreibung der österreichischen Musik von 1938 bis 1945''. Vienna: Verlag für Gesellschaftskritik, ©1995. * ''Thematischer Katalog sämtlicher Werke Jacob Regnarts, ca. 1540-1599''. Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1969. * ''Musik in Vorarlberg''.''Musik in Vorarlberg''
on WorldCat

References

External links

Walter Pass in WorldCat
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pass, Walter 1942 births 2001 deaths People from Feldkirch, Vorarlberg 20th-century Austrian musicologists Academic staff of the University of Vienna