Wolfram Steude (20 September 1931 – 9 March 2006) 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 ...

and musician.

Life

Born in

Plauen Plauen (; Czech language, Czech: ''Plavno'') is, with around 65,000 inhabitants, the fifth-largest city of Saxony, Germany after Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau, the second-largest city of the Vogtland after Gera, as well as the larges ...

, Steude is the grandson of the Dresden architect . He graduated from the Dresden

Kreuzschule The ''Kreuzschule'' (German for "School of the Cross") in Dresden (also known by its Latin name, ''schola crucis'') is the oldest surviving school in Dresden and one of the oldest in Germany. As early as 1300, a schoolmaster (''Cunradus puerorum re ...

and was a Crucian under

Rudolf Mauersberger Rudolf Mauersberger (29 January 1889 – 22 February 1971) was a German choral conductor and composer. His younger brother Erhard was also a conductor and composer. Career After positions in Aachen and Eisenach, he became director of the ren ...

for two years. He studied

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 ...

and organ at the Church Music Institute of the

University of Music and Theatre Leipzig The University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig) is a public university in Leipzig (Saxony, Germany). Founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn ...

and at the . Afterwards he studied music and art until 1958. He received his doctorate in 1973 in Rostock with

Rudolf Eller Rudolf Eller (9 May 1914 – 24 September 2001) was a German musicologist and professor at the University of Rostock. Life Born in Dresden, Eller was the son of violist Arthur Emil Eller and his wife Margarete. From 1934 to 1936 he studied organ ...

. From 1955 he was a full-time

cantor A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. In formal Jewish worship, a cantor is a person who sings solo verses or passages to which the choir or congregation responds. In Judaism, a cantor sings and lead ...

, first in Leipzig and later until 1976 in Dresden-Loschwitz. Between 1961 and 1981 Steude worked first as a freelancer and then full-time in the music department of the Saxon State Library in Dresden. In 1985, he was jointly responsible for the

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

Honour of the

GDR East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

and was honoured for this with the

National Prize of the German Democratic Republic The National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (german: Nationalpreis der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik) was an award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) given out in three different classes for scientific, artistic, ...

. Until 1996 he worked first as a

lecturer Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...

and

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

, and from 1992 as professor at the Dresden University of Music. Steude was regarded as one of the most important Schütz researchers. The association "Heinrich Schütz in Dresden" was founded under his leadership in January 2006. As part of the musicology department, he built up the , which was officially opened in 1988. His research work covered Central German music and the cultivation of music from

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

. In addition, he was engaged for many years in the church choir of the

Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony (''Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens'') is one of 20 member Churches of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), covering most of the state of Saxony. Its headquarters are in Dresden, and its b ...

. He was co-editor of the . Steude died in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

at the age of 74.

Literature

* ''Wolfram Steude: Annäherung durch Distanz. Texte zur älteren mitteldeutschen Musik und Musikgeschichte''. On the occasion of the 70th birthday of Wolfram Steude ed. by Matthias Herrmann. Kamprad, Altenburg 2001, (: Bibliographie Steude). * Wolfram Steude: ''Heinrich Schütz – Mensch, Werk, Wirkung. Texte und Reden.''''Heinrich Schütz - Mensch, Werk, Wirkung : Texte und Reden''
on WorldCat With a foreword by Josua Rifkin, edited by Matthias Herrmann, Marburg 2016 (Dresdner Schriften zur Musik, vol. 7), ( Bibliographie Steude about Schütz). *

Matthias Herrmann Matthias Herrmann (born 14 October 1955) is a German musicologist and university professor. Life Born in Mildenau, Herrmann became a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conducted by Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger, later Martin Flämig. He then s ...

: ''in memoriam Wolfram Steude.'' In ''Forum Kirchenmusik.'' 57, 6, 2006, , pp. 36 f.

References

External links

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Wolfram Steude studies on H. Schütz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steude, Wolfram 20th-century German musicologists German music educators Recipients of the National Prize of East Germany 1931 births 2006 deaths People from Plauen