Wolfgang Rathert (born 17 July 1960) is 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 ...
born in
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
.
Life and career
Born in
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
, Rathert passed the C-examination as
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 onl ...
ian during his school time and acquired the
Abitur
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at the
Herder-Gymnasium Minden. After his
community service
Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service can be distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed ...
he studied historical
musicology
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 ...
, philosophy and
Modern history
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at the
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
from 1980 to 1987. In 1987 he was awarded a PhD in
musicology
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 ...
by
Rudolf Stephan
Rudolf Stephan (3 April 1925 – 29 September 2019) was a German musicologist.
Life
Stephan was born in Bochum. After studying violin at the conservatory, he entered the Institute of Heidelberg, where he studied musicology at the University unde ...
with a thesis on the US-American composer
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. His music was largely ignored during his early career, and many of his works went unperformed f ...
.
Afterwards he worked for the ' and later with a scholarship of the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The German Research Foundation (german: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germ ...
postdoctoral researcher at the in
Basel
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. From 1989 to 1991, he completed a
career training to become a
scientific librarian at the
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and at the Fachhochschule für Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen Köln, which he completed with an assessor work on the historical textbook collection (
opera libretti
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...
) of the music department of the Berlin State Library.
From 1991 to 2002 he was head of the music and performing arts department of the
Zentralbibliothek der TU und UdK Berlin
The University Library of the TU Berlin and UdK (german: Zentralbibliothek der TU und UdK Berlin) is the central library of the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) and the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK). It is located in the Fasanenstr ...
of the
Universität der Künste Berlin
The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...
;
in 1994/1995 he was also briefly head of the music department of the
Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden. From 1996 to 2002 he was
lecturer
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and
Privatdozent
''Privatdozent'' (for men) or ''Privatdozentin'' (for women), abbreviated PD, P.D. or Priv.-Doz., is an academic title conferred at some European universities, especially in German-speaking countries, to someone who holds certain formal qualific ...
respectively at the
Humboldt University of Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
, where he received his habilitation in 1999 under the mentorship of
Hermann Danuser
Hermann Danuser (born 3 October 1946) is a Swiss-German musicologist.
Life
Born in Frauenfeld, Danuser studied piano, oboe, musicology, philosophy and German language and literature at the Musikhochschule and the University of Zurich from 1965; ...
.
In the summer semester 2000 he represented the chair of Wilhelm Seidel at the Musicological Institute of the
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...
.
In 2002 he was appointed professor for historical musicology with a focus on 20th century and new music at the Institute for Musicology of the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...
.
He has given guest lectures at
Cornell University
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,
Harvard University
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, the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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and the
Seoul National University
Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...
.
Rathert has been a member of the board of trustees of the
Géza Anda Foundation in
Zurich since 2012.
Since 2014 he has been chairman of the jury of the
Schneider-Schott Music Prize
The Schneider-Schott Music Prize is a cash award bestowed to an outstanding composer, performing artist, or music ensemble in classical music—with emphasis, but not mandatory, on contemporary music. From 1986 to 2006, the prize was awarded annu ...
and a member of the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Committee of the Paul Sacher Foundation.
He is also chairman of the advisory board of the
Deutsches Musikarchiv,
deputy managing director of the Karl Amadeus Hartmann Society in Munich and member of the project advisory board of the
Deutscher Musikrat
The Deutscher Musikrat (DMR, ''German Music Council''; ) is an umbrella organization for music associations and the 16 music councils of the German federal states.musikrat.deÜberblick über Organisationsstruktur des DMR(retrieved on 10 May 2019) ...
music information center. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the book series ''Musical Cultures of the Twentieth Century'' as well as the Advisory Board of the magazine ''
Musik-Konzepte''.
Publications
Author:
* ''The Seen and Unseen. Studien zum Werk von Charles Ives.''
Dissertation.
Freie Universität Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
1987. Katzbichler, Munich/Salzburg 1991, .
* ''Charles Ives.'' Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1989, . 2nd edition 1996.
* ''Die Textbuchsammlung der Musikabteilung der Deutschen Staatsbibliothek Berlin unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Mozartopern''. Assessorarbeit. Fachhochschule für Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen, Cologne 1991.
* (collaborator): ''Die Max-Reger-Sammlung im Stadtarchiv Weiden i. d. OPf''. Carus, Stuttgart 2007, .
* with Berndt Ostendorf: ''Musik der USA. Kultur- und musikgeschichtliche Streifzüge''. Wolke, Hofheim 2018, .
Publisher:
* with Dietmar Schenk: ''Pianisten in Berlin. Klavierspiel und Klavierausbildung seit dem 19. Jahrhundert.'' Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Berlin 1999, .
* with Dietmar Schenk: ''Carl Flesch und Max Rostal. Aspekte der Berliner Streichertradition''. Universität der Künste Berlin, Berlin 2002, .
* with
Giselher Schubert: ''Musikkultur in der Weimarer Republik''. Schott, Mainz u. a. 2001, .
* with Jürgen Selk:
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fru ...
: ''Chamber Music.'' Partitur und kritische Kommentierung. Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, New York 2004, .
* with
Herbert Schneider
Herbert Wallace Schneider (March 16, 1892 – October 15, 1984) was a German American professor of philosophy and a religious studies scholar long associated with Columbia University.
Born in Berea, Ohio, Schneider completed his undergraduat ...
,
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Karl Anton Rickenbacher (20 May 1940 – 28 February 2014) was a Swiss conductor.
Born in Basel, Rickenbacher studied at the Berlin Conservatory with Herbert von Karajan. He took part in master classes with Pierre Boulez. He was an assistant ...
:
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...
: ''Texte, Analysen, Zeugnisse.'' 2 volumes. Olms, Hildesheim.
Volume 1: ''Texte aus dem Traité de rythme, de couleur et d’ornithologie''.
''Texte aus dem Traité de rythme, de couleur et d’ornithologie''
on WorldCat 2012, .
Volume 2: ''Das Werk im historischen und analytischen Kontext.'' 2013, .
* With Carol J. Oja, Anne C. Shreffler, Felix Meyer: ''Crosscurrents. European and American Music in Interaction, 1900–2000. Proceedings of the Conferences at Cambridge, Mass. 2008, and Munich 2009.'' Boydell, Suffolk 2014, .
References
External links
*
auf der Website der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Literatur von Wolfgang Rathert
in the Bibliography of Music Literature
The Bibliography of Music Literature (BMS or BMS online, german: Bibliographie des Musikschrifttums) is an international bibliography of literature on music. It considers all kind of music and includes both current and older literature. Since 196 ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rathert, Wolfgang
20th-century German musicologists
21st-century German musicologists
Academic staff of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
German librarians
1960 births
Living people
People from Minden