Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (25 May 1932 – 13 February 2012) 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 lecturer at various universities.
Life and career
Born in Berlin, Mahling studied
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
Walter Gerstenberg, Georg Reichert,
Joseph Müller-Blattau, and
Walter Salmen
Walter Salmen (20 September 1926 in Paderborn – 2 February 2013 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German musicologist and university lecturer. Salmen taught from 1958 to 1992 as a professor of musicology at the Saarland University and the Univers ...
at the
University of Tübingen
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and 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 ...
(
Saarbrücken
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) from 1957 to 1962.
In 1962 he obtained his doctorate of phil. (Dissertation: ''Studien zur Geschichte des Opernchors'') and became assistant at the Musicological Institute of the Saarland University in 1963. In 1972, he won his
habilitation
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there with
Walter Wiora
Walter Wiora (30 December 1906 – 8 February 1997) was a German musicologist and music historian.
Life and career
Born in Kattowitz, Wiora received his doctorate in Freiburg with Wilibald Gurlitt and then worked as an assistant at the Deutsches ...
for the subject Musicology (Habil.-Schrift: ''Orchester und Orchester-Musiker in Deutschland von 1700 bis 1850''). In the same year he was appointed Scientific Councilor and Professor. Since 1981 he had a professorship at the
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...
; until March 2000 he was director of the musicological institute there. From 1987 to 1992 Mahling was president of the
International Musicological Society. Mahling also acted as one of the leading pioneers of a complete edition of the letters of
Gaspare Spontini
Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (14 November 177424 January 1851) was an Italian opera composer and conductor from the classical era.
Biography
Born in Maiolati, Papal State (now Maiolati Spontini, Province of Ancona), he spent most of his ...
, which have been published by since 2013 in
Göttingen
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.
Mahling died in
Mainz
Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...
at age 79.
Selected publications
*
Richard Wagner
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und seine "Lehrmeister" : Bericht der Tagung am Musikwissenschaftlichen Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 6./7. June 1997;
Egon Voss
Egon Voss (born 7 November 1938) is a German musicologist, who is particularly known for his contributions to Richard Wagner research.
Life and career
Born in Magdeburg, Voss studied musicology and German studies at the Universities in Detmold, ...
zum 60. Geburtstag / edited by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling
€¦ Mainz: Are-Musik-Verl., 1999
* Zur Harmoniemusik und ihrer Geschichte / Villa Musica. Hrsg. von Christoph-Hellmut Mahling, Kristina Pfarr, Karl Böhmer. Colloquium.
Villa Musica
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; 2 (Schloß Engers, Neuwied): 1998.10.30-31. Mainz: Villa Musica, c 1999
* Musiktheater im Spannungsfeld zwischen Tradition und Experiment (1960 bis 1980) / edited by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling and Kristina Pfarr. Tutzing: Schneider, 2002
* Aspekte historischer und systematischer Musikforschung: zur Symphonie im 19. Jahrhundert, zu Fragen der Musiktheorie, der Wahrnehmung von Musik und anderes ;
ahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung, ... 1997 an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz ...] / editors Christoph-Hellmut Mahling and Kristina Pfarr. Mainz: Are-Ed., 2002
* Kammermusik an Rhein und Main: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Streichquartetts; Christoph-Hellmut Mahling zum 75. Geburtstag / edited by Kristina Pfarr. Unter Mitwirkung des Jubilars. Mainz: Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz, 2007
* Kammermusik im Ãœbergang vom Barock zur Klassik / edited by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling. Mainz: Villa Musica, 2009
* Kurmusik in Kreuznach und Münster am Stein im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert / Heinz Koch. Posthum herausgegeben von Wolfgang Birtel und Christoph-Hellmut Mahling. Bad Kreuznach: Kreisverwaltung, 2009
* Musiker auf Reisen: Beiträge zum Kulturtransfer im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert / im Auftrag der Deutschen Mozartstadt Augsburg published by Christoph-Hellmut Mahling. - Augsburg: Wißner, 2011
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Festschrift
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en'' for Christoph-Hellmut Mahling
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Axel Beer,
Wolfgang Ruf Wolfgang Ruf (born 29 August 1941) is a German musicologist and emeritus professor.
Life
Born in Radolfzell, Ruf studied musicology and history at the University of Freiburg, and obtained his doctorate in 1974. Until 1985 he was a research assis ...
and Kristina Pfarr (editors): ''Festschrift Christoph-Hellmut Mahling zum 65. Geburtstag''. (''Mainzer Studien zur Musikwissenschaft'', 37) 2nd volume –
Tutzing
Tutzing is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany, on the west bank of the Starnberger See. Just 40 km south-west of Munich and with good views of the Alps, the town was traditionally a favorite vacation spot for th ...
: Hans Schneider 1997.
ith pictures and note examplesXXIII, 1618 p. 8°
* Wolfgang Birtel (Author),
Ursula Kramer (editors): ''Chöre und Chorisches Singen: Festschrift für Christoph-Hellmut Mahling zum 75. Geburtstag'' (''Schriften zur Musikwissenschaft'', 16) Mainz: Are Musik, 2009.
Recordings
on MLSP
References
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Christoph-Hellmut Mahling
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1932 births
2012 deaths
Writers from Berlin
Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
20th-century German musicologists
21st-century German musicologists