Werner Bodendorff (born in 1958) is a German oboist, musicologist (with a focus on

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

Werner Egk Werner Egk (, 17 May 1901 – 10 July 1983), born Werner Joseph Mayer, was a German composer. Early career He was born in the Swabian town of Auchsesheim, today part of Donauwörth, Germany. His family, of Catholic peasant stock, moved to A ...

church music Church music is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. History Early Christian music The on ...

and wind music) as well as a writer.

Career

Bodendorff was born in Radolfzell. After the Abitur, he studied

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

and conducting at the Leopold Mozart Centre as well as musicology, philosophy and history in

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. In 1993 he received his

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen. From 1994 to 2003 he was research assistant to

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at the International Franz Schubert Institut (IFSI) in Vienna and in the , subsequently a scholarship holder of the Austrian Science Fund in Vienna. From 1998 to 2005 he was a lecturer for instrumental instruction at the Werner-Egk-Musikschule in

Donauwörth Donauwörth () is a town and the capital of the Donau-Ries district in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It is said to have been founded by two fishermen where the rivers Danube (Donau) and Wörnitz meet. The city is part of the scenic route called "Roman ...

. From winter semester 2000 to summer semester 2004 he simultaneously held a teaching position 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 Hochschule für Musik in Augsburg. Bodendorff is currently working as music critic of the ''

Kieler Nachrichten The ''Kieler Nachrichten'' (literally "Kiel News") or ''KN'' is the only German-language newspaper published in Kiel, Germany. It is published by "Kieler Zeitung Verlags und Druckerei KG-GmbH & Co.", a subdivision of Axel Springer AG which owns ...

'', freelance publicist and conductor of the Symphony Orchestra in

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. He is also a freelance reviewer,

essay An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal a ...

ist, author of scientific articles and fiction books, especially on Franz Schubert, Werner Egk and the history of wind music. He is the author of numerous encyclopaedia articles and short biographies, editor of Schubert's and Salieri's church music works at

Carus-Verlag Carus-Verlag is a German music publisher founded in 1972 and based in Stuttgart. Carus was founded by choral conductor Günter Graulich and his wife Waltraud with an emphasis on choral repertoire. The catalogue currently includes more than 26,00 ...

and is also active as a musician and arranger.

Books and editions on Franz Schubert

* Werner Bodendorff: ''Franz Schuberts Frauenbild''. January 1996. Augsburg: . * Werner Bodendorff: ''Die kleineren Kirchenwerke Franz Schuberts.'' Augsburg: Wißner 1997. * Werner Bodendorff: ''Wer war Franz Schubert: Eine Biographie''. January 1997. Augsburg: Wißner. * Ernst Hilmar (cooperation: W. Bodendorff): ''Bausteine zu einer neuen Schubert-Bibliographie vornehmlich der Schriften von 1929 bis 2000. Part I: Alphabetische Ordnung nach Autoren''. In ''Schubert durch die Brille'' No. 25, (2000), (supplements and indexes in''Schubert durch die Brille'' No. 26, 27). * Ernst Hilmar (cooperation: W. Bodendorff): ''Franz Schubert. Dokumente 1801-1830. First volume. Addenda und Kommentar.'' (''Veröffentlichungen des IFSI'', vol. 10, 2), Hans Scneider in

Tutzing Tutzing is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany, on the west bank of the Starnberger See. Just 40 km south-west of Munich and with good views of the Alps, the town was traditionally a favorite vacation spot for thos ...

2003. * Werner Bodendorff: ''Franz Schuberts kvindebillede på baggrund af hans Frauenlieder.''

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: Franz Schubert Selskabet Danmark, 2004 * Ernst Hilmar (cooperation: W. Bodendorff): ''Schubert-Enzyklopädie'', Hans Schneider in Tützing 2004. * Werner Bodendorff: ''Franz Schubert – die Texte seiner einstimmig und mehrstimmig komponierten Lieder und ihre Dichter'' (critical eds, vol. 3),

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the L ...

2006 * Schubert, Franz. '' alve regina, D 811Salve regina.'' Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag, 2003, Partitur, Neuaufl. * Schubert, Franz. '' essen, D 950Messe in Es.'' Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag, 2004, Partitur,

Urtext edition An urtext edition of a work of classical music is a printed version intended to reproduce the original intention of the composer as exactly as possible, without any added or changed material. Other kinds of editions distinct from urtext are facs ...

, Neuaufl.

Books and editions

* Werner Bodendorff: ''Historie der geblasenen Musik.'' Obermayer, Buchloe 2002. * Werner Bodendorff, Herbert Kurz, Werner Egk, Ottmar Seuffert: ''Der Unbekannte Werner Egk: Beiträge Zum 2. Werner-Egk-Symposium Donauwörth, 17-19 Mai 2001.'' Verlag der Stadt Donauwörth. January 2007.

Literary publications

* Werner Bodendorff: ''Schwimmbad-Reigen : aus dem wechselvollen Leben eines Bademeisters im Stadtbergener Bad''; Augsburg: Wißner 1996. * Werner Bodendorff: ''Der Zorn des

Marsyas In Greek mythology, the satyr Marsyas (; grc-gre, Μαρσύας) is a central figure in two stories involving music: in one, he picked up the double oboe ('' aulos'') that had been abandoned by Athena and played it; in the other, he challenged ...

(Roman)''. Würzburg 2009. * Werner Bodendorff: ''Gehör-Gänge Erzählungen''.''Gehör-Gänge Erzählungen ; Tierisches - Sinnfreies - Musikalisches''
on WorldCat Würzburg 2012.

References

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