Hans-Joachim Schulze (born 3 December 1934) 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 ...

, a Bach scholar who served as the director of the

Bach Archive The Bach-Archiv Leipzig or Bach-Archiv is an institution for the documentation and research of the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach. The Bach-Archiv also researches the Bach family, especially their music. Based in Leipzig, the city whe ...

in Leipzig from 1992 to 2000. With

Christoph Wolff Christoph Wolff (born 24 May 1940) is a German musicologist. He is best known for his works on the music, life, and period of Johann Sebastian Bach. Christoph Wolff is an emeritus professor of Harvard University, and was part of the faculty sinc ...

, he was editor of the ''

Bach-Jahrbuch The ''Bach-Jahrbuch'' ("Bach yearbook" or according to the publication's website "Bach Annals") is an annual publication related to the composer Bach. It is published in German by the Neue Bachgesellschaft in Leipzig. It is the most respected publ ...

'' (Bach yearbook) from 1975 to 2000. He published an introduction to all cantatas by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

in 2006.

Career

Born in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

, Schulze studied musicology and German studies at 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 ...

from 1952 to 1954, and at 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 ...

from 1954 to 1957. He worked at the

in Leipzig as its director from 1992 to 2000. He achieved a Ph.D. at the

University of Rostock The University of Rostock (german: link=no, Universität Rostock) is a public university located in Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Founded in 1419, it is the third-oldest university in Germany. It is the oldest university in continen ...

with studies of the history of Bach tradition in the 18th century (Studien zur Bach-Überlieferung im 18. Jahrhundert). He was awarded the

Hanns Eisler Prize The Hanns Eisler Prize was an East-German music award, named after the composer Hanns Eisler. It was awarded by Radio DDR – with advisory participation of the music section of the Akademie der Künste der DDR in Berlin (East) and the (VDK) � ...

in 1973 for the ''Dokumente zum Nachwirken Johann Sebastian Bachs 1750–1800'' (Documents of the legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach 1750–1800), which he edited. In 1993, Schulze was appointed ''Honorarprofessor'' at the

. From 1975 to 2000, he was the co-editor of the ''

'' (Bach yearbook), together with

. He has been a member of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig since 2001. In 2006, he published ''Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführung zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs'', an introduction to all

cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ...

. The introductions were originally written for weekly broadcasts of Bach cantatas on

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR; ''Central German Broadcasting'') is the public broadcaster for the federal states of Thuringia, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Established in January 1991, its headquarters are in Leipzig, with regional studi ...

, begun in the early 1990s and covering 226 cantatas over a period of five years. Schulze included not only musicological facts, such as the structure of a work, but also social context, reliability of a work's sources, and relation to other compositions.

Publications

* ''Bach-Dokumente'' volumes I–III and V. Kassel and Leipzig 1963–72, 2007 (vol. I and II with

Werner Neumann Werner Neumann (21 January 1905, Königstein – 24 April 1991, Leipzig) was a German musicologist. He founded the Bach-Archiv Leipzig on 20 November 1950 and was a principal editor of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, the second edition of the complete wo ...

) * ''Johann Gottfried Walther, Briefe''. Leipzig 1987 (with Klaus Beckmann) * ''Bach Compendium'', Leipzig and Frankfurt. 1986 (with

) * ''Studien zur Bach-Überlieferung im 18. Jahrhundert''. Leipzig, 1984 * ''Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführung zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs'',

Evangelische Verlagsanstalt The Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (EVA) is a denominational media company founded in Berlin in 1946. Its shareholders are the and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony. The managing director is Sebastian Knöfel. Book publisher The range inc ...

/ Carus, 2006

References

External links

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Hans-Joachim Schulze (Musicologist, Arranger)
Bach Cantatas Website
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) / Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke
Bärenreiter {{DEFAULTSORT:Schulze, Hans-Joachim 1934 births Living people German musicologists University of Music and Theatre Leipzig faculty Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Bach scholars Leipzig University alumni Musicians from Leipzig University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni 21st-century conductors (music)