Wolfram Steinbeck (born 5 October 1945) 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 ...

Life

Steinbeck was born in

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. He studied musicology, philosophy and modern German literature at the

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

and the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. He received his doctorate in 1972 from

Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (5 January 1919 – 30 August 1999) was a German musicologist and professor of historical musicology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität in Freiburg. Life Eggebrecht was born in Dresden. His father was a Protestant mini ...

with a dissertation on ''The Minuet in the Instrumental Music of Joseph Haydn''. In 1972, he became assistant at the musicological institute of the

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Kiel University, officially the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel, (german: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, abbreviated CAU, known informally as Christiana Albertina) is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in ...

, where he habilitated in 1979 with the work ''Struktur und Ähnlichkeit. Methoden automatisierter Melodienanalyse'' (in English: ''Structure and Similarity. Methods of Automated Melody Analysis''). In 1988, he became Professor of Musicology at the

. From 2001 to 2011, he held the chair of Historical Musicology at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

. He was a lecturer at the '' Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes'' (1990–2000) and deputy chairman of the ''

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'' in Bonn (1996–2004). He is corresponding member of the

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to s ...

in Mainz, chairman of the ''Joseph Haydn-Institut'' in Cologne, member of the board of trustees of the

Max-Reger-Institute The Max-Reger-Institute (MRI) is a musicological research institute and archive in Karlsruhe, Germany, dedicated to the work of the composer Max Reger, a representative of German music around the turn of the 20th century. An associated foundation, ...

in Karlsruhe, and co-editor of the journal ''

Archiv für Musikwissenschaft The ''Archiv für Musikwissenschaft'' is a quarterly German-English-speaking trade magazine devoted to music history and historical musicology, which publishes articles by well-known academics and young scholars. It was founded in 1918 as the su ...

''. He wrote numerous books and articles about European musical history of composition of the 17th to the early 20th century.

Publications

* ''Das Menuett in der Instrumentalmusik Joseph Haydns'' (Freiburger Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft 4), Munich 1973. * ''Struktur und Ähnlichkeit. Methoden automatisierter Melodienanalyse'' (Kieler Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft 25), Kassel 1982. * ''Anton Bruckner. Neunte Sinfonie'' (Meisterwerke der Musik 60), Munich 1993. * "'Und über das Ganze eine Romantik ausgegossen'. Die Sinfonien on Franz Schubert, in ''Schubert-Handbuch'', ed.

Walther Dürr Walther Dürr (27 April 1932 – 6 January 2018) was a German musicologist. He is especially known for his research of the work of Franz Schubert. From 1965 to 1997 Dürr was editor of the ''Neue Schubert-Ausgabe'', with particular responsibility f ...

and Andreas Krause, Kassel and Stuttgart 1997, . * ''Die Symphonie im 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts'',''Die Symphonie im 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts''
on Google Books 2 parts, together with

Christoph von Blumröder Christoph von Blumröder (born 18 July 1951) is a German musicologist. Career Born in Northeim, Blumröder studied musicology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Breisgau with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht, philosophy and history of the ...

(Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen 3), Laaber 2002.

External links

Biographie
auf der Homepage der Universität zu Köln

Schriftenverzeichnis
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References

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