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Christoph von Blumröder (born 18 July 1951) 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 m ...
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Career

Born in
Northeim Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document r ...
, Blumröder studied musicology at the
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...
in Breisgau with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht, philosophy and history of the . After his
doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' ...
in 1979, Blumröder was a research assistant at the ' (1972–2006). From 1980 Blumröder also taught at the university there, where he received his
habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including ...
in 1990. After assistant professorships at the
University of 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 ...
in the winter semester of 1991/92 and at the
Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...
in the summer semester of 1995, he accepted an appointment as professor for
contemporary music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included se ...
at the Musicological Institute of 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 ...
in the winter semester of 1996/97. There he founded the cycles of events ''Composition and Musicology in Dialogue'' (1997) and ''Space Music'' (1998) as well as the publication series ''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit'' and was elected chairman of the association ''Signale aus Köln'' in 1999. Furthermore, Blumröder is a member of the ''Centre for Modern Research'' at the University of Cologne and was involved in the Cultural Studies Research College Media and Cultural Communication from 2002 to 2007.


Publications

* ''Der Begriff Neue Musik im 20. Jahrhundert'' (''Freiburger Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft.'' XII). Munich/Salzburg 1981. * ''Die Grundlegung der Musik
Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groundb ...
's'' (''
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 ...
'', issue 32). Stuttgart 1993. * (Editor): Karlheinz Stockhausen: ''Texte zur Musik 1970–1977.'' Volume 4: ''Werk-Einführungen, Elektronische Musik, Weltmusik, Vorschläge und Standpunkte, Zum Werk Anderer.'' Cologne 1978. – ''Texte zur Musik 1977–1984.'' Volume 5: ''Composition.'' Volume 6: ''Interpretation.'' Cologne 1989. – ''Texte zur Musik 1984–1991.'' Volume 7: ''Neues zu Werken vor Licht, Zu Licht bis Montag, Montag aus Licht.'' Volume 8: '' Dienstag aus Licht, Elektronische Musik.'' Volume 9: ''Über Licht, Komponist und Interpret, Zeitwende.'' Volume 10: ''Astronische Musik, Echos von Echos.'' Kürten 1998. * with Wolfram Steinbeck: ''Die Symphonie im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert.'' Part 2: ''Stationen der Symphonik seit 1900'' (''Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen.'' III, 2). Laaber 2002. * '' François Bayle's Acousmatic music.'' In Chr. von Blumröder (edit.): ''Kompositorische Stationen des 20. Jahrhunderts'' (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 7), Münster 2004, . * ''Neue Musik im Spannungsfeld von Krieg und Diktatur'' (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 13). Vienna 2009. * ''
Musique concrète Musique concrète (; ): " problem for any translator of an academic work in French is that the language is relatively abstract and theoretical compared to English; one might even say that the mode of thinking itself tends to be more schematic, wit ...
Elektronische Musik Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...
Acousmatic music. Konzeptionen der
electroacoustic music Electroacoustic music is a genre of popular and Western art music in which composers use technology to manipulate the timbres of acoustic sounds, sometimes by using audio signal processing, such as reverb or harmonizing, on acoustical instr ...
.'' In T. Hünermann, Chr. von Blumröder (edit.): ''Topographien der Kompositionsgeschichte seit 1950 Pousseur, Berio, Evangelisti, Kagel, Xenakis, Cage, Rihm, Smalley, Brümmer, Tutschku'' (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 16). Vienna 2011, . * ''Die elektroakustische Musik. Eine kompositorische Revolution und ihre Folgen''''Die elektroakustische Musik. Eine kompositorische Revolution und ihre Folgen''
on GoogleBooks (''Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit.'' Volume 22). Vienna 2017, .


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