Wilhelm Heinitz (9 December 1883 in Altona – 31 March 1963 in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

) was 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 ...

. After training and working as a

bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

ist, Heinitz became a member of staff at the Phonetics Laboratory of the

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in 1915 and studied musicology there. He received his doctorate (PhD) on a topic of

phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians. ...

in 1920 in

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and his

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in 1931 with the paper ''Strukturprobleme in primitiver Musik'' at the University of Hamburg, where he subsequently headed the research department for

comparative musicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

until 1949. In November 1933 he signed the

vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State Bekenntnis der Professoren an den Universitäten und Hochschulen zu Adolf Hitler und dem nationalsozialistischen Staat officially translated into English as the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Ad ...

. Heinitz died at the age of 79.

Work

;Books * ''Vorstudien über die Psychologischen Arbeitsbedingungen des Maschinenschreibens'', 1922 * ''Instrumentenkunde (Ernst Bückens Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft)'', 1929 * ''Instrumentenkunde. Die Musik der aussereuropäischen Natur- und Kulturvölker / Robert Lachmann.'', 1934 * ''Neue Wege der Volksmusikforschung Mit einer wissenschaftlichen Einführung in die Homogenitätslehre u.d. physiologische Resonanz.'' * ''Was kann die vergleichende Musikwissenschaft zur Indogermanenfrage beitragen?''.,''Was kann die vergleichende Musikwissenschaft zur Indogermanenfrage beitragen?''
on WorldCat 1936 * ''Taktprobleme in J. S. Bachs "Wohltemperiertem Klavier" (Fs Max Schneider...)'', 1955 ;Articles * ''Experimentelle Untersuchungen über musikalische Reproduktionen'', 1915 * ''Eine lexikalische Ordnung für die vergleichende Betrachtung von Melodien'', 1921

Literature

Thomas Phleps Thomas Phleps (2 September 1955 – 5 June 2017) was a German guitarist and musicologist. Life Born in Bad Hersfeld, Phleps studieded at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and the University of Kassel and completed his studies in 1981 and 1983 res ...

: ''Ein stiller, verbissener und zäher Kampf um Stetigkeit – Musikwissenschaft in NS-Deutschland und ihre vergangenheitspolitische Bewältigung'', in Isolde v. Foerster et al. (ed.), '' Musikforschung – Nationalsozialismus – Faschismus'', Mainz 2001,
online Uni Giessen
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Horst Seeger Horst Seeger (6 November 1926 – 2 January 1999), pseudonyme ''Horst Schell'', was a German musicologist, music critic, dramaturg, librettist and opera director. Leben Born in Erkner, Seeger studied musicology at the Humboldt University of Be ...

: ''Musiklexikon Personen A–Z'' / Deutscher Verlag für Musik

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(1981)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heinitz, Wilhelm 20th-century German musicologists 1883 births 1963 deaths People from Altona, Hamburg