Wolfgang Plath (27 December 1930 – 19 March 1995) was a German
musicologist
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specialising in research on
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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.
Life
Born in
Riga
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, Plath studied musicology under
Walter Gerstenberg
Walter Gerstenberg (26 December 1904 in Hildesheim – 26 October 1988 in Tübingen) was a German musicologist and an expert on Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert.Free University of Berlin
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, then at
University of Tübingen
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. His
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thesis
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in 1958 dealt with the ''
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
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''.
In 1959, he became the assistant of
Ernst Fritz Schmid in
Augsburg
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and the
International Mozarteum Foundation
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appointed him, together with
Wolfgang Rehm
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, editor of the ''
Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
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''; Plath held this position until his death.
"Wach geküsst – Höhepunkte aus 50 Jahren ''Neue Mozart-Ausgabe''"
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He also worked as honorary professor
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at the universities of Augsburg
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and Salzburg
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.
In 1977, he received the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
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History
The "Austrian D ...
, 1st Class. He died in Augsburg, aged 64.
Further reading
* Dietrich Berke
Dietrich Berke (26 February 1938 – 16 October 2010) was a German musicologist and Chief editor of the Bärenreiter music publishing house.
Born in Castrop-Rauxel, Berke studied musicology, German, and philosophy in Kiel and Würzburg where he ...
: ' In Marianne Danckwardt und Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (eds.): '' (1930–1995). Augsburg, 13 to 16 June 2000.'' Bärenreiter, Kassel etc. 2003, .
* Wolfgang Rehm: ''Wolfgang Plath (1930–1995).'' In ''Die Musikforschung
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'', 48 (1995), vol. 3. Kassel, July–September 1995, .
* Wolfgang Rehm: ''Wolfgang Plath in memoriam.'' In ', 43 (1995), vol. 1–2, Salzburg, June 1995, .
* Wolfgang Rehm: ' In ', 44 (1996), vol. 1–2, Salzburg, June 1996, .
References
External links
* Works edited by Wolfgang Plath at the International Music Score Library Project
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1930 births
1995 deaths
Writers from Riga
Free University of Berlin alumni
University of Tübingen alumni
Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
Mozart scholars
20th-century German historians
20th-century German musicologists