Jürg Thomas Stenzl (born 23 August 1942) is a Swiss

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

, and university professor.

Life

Born in

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, Stenzl began his musical education in 1949, first took flute and violin lessons. From 1961 he studied

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with Walter Huwyler and from 1963 to 1968 musicology, German literature and philosophy at the

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(with Arnold Geering and Lucie Dikenmann-Balmer) as well as in 1965 at the Sorbonne, where he listened to

Jacques Chailley Jacques Chailley (24 March 1910 – 21 January 1999) was a French musicologist and composer. Alain Lompech, "Jacques Chailley, musicologue-praticien et infatigable chercheur", ''Consociatio internationalis musicæ sacræ, Musicæ sacræ ministeriu ...

. With his dissertation ''The Forty Clausulae of the Manuscript Paris,

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latin 15139 (

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– Clausulae)'', a work on 13th century music, he was awarded a doctorate in 1968 at the University of Bern. In 1970 the work appeared as a publication of the . From 1969 to his

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in 1974 as assistant to Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and from 1980 to 1991 as titular professor, he taught musicology at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

. Afterwards he was a representative and

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, so from 1988 to 1990 for

Carl Dahlhaus Carl Dahlhaus (10 June 1928 – 13 March 1989) was a German musicologist who was among the leading postwar musicologists of the mid to late 20th-century. #Selected bibliography, A prolific scholar, he had broad interests though his research foc ...

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, 1990 in Cremona/Italien (1990) and 1991/92 and 1996 at the University of Bern. 1992/93 Stenzl was artistic director of the

Universal Edition Universal Edition (UE) is an Austrian classical music publishing firm. Founded in 1901 in Vienna, it originally intended to provide the core classical works and educational works to the Austrian market. The firm soon expanded to become one of t ...

in Vienna. In 1993 he habilitated a second time at the

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, this time on Italian music from 1922 to 1952. Stenzl was visiting professor at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Graz The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, also known as Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) is an Austrian university. Its roots can be traced back to the music school of the '' Akademischer Musikverein'' founded in 1816, making it the oldest un ...

from 1994 to 1996 and in 2003 visiting professor at

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in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1996 he succeeded Gerhard Croll ordinary university professor for historical musicology and head of the department of art, music and dance studies at the University of Salzburg. Together with Claudia Jeschke, he expanded the institute in 2004. The Salzburg activities ended with his retirement in 2010 He is also active as an author and music critic (''

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'' and since 1992 for the ''

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''). From 1975 to 1983 he was editor of the '' Schweizer Musikzeitung'' and from 1983 to 1992 co-editor of ''Contrechamps'' and ''Musica/Realtà''. He is considered a patron of new music, so he was congress organizer in Boswil from 1982 to 1988 and from 1985 on director of the concert series (Festival Belluard Bollwerk International (1985 to 1990) and Musiques du treizième Siècle (in the Kunsthalle of the ,Jürg Stenzl – Public Relations
www.uni-salzburg.at, accessed on 4 April 2020 1990 to 1994) in Freiburg in the Üechtland. Stenzl has been a member of the board of trustees of the in Freiburg im Breisgau since 1992, of which he is vice president. In 1994 he was programme consultant of the Donaueschinger Musiktage. From 2003 to 2005 he was chairman of the Salzburg State Cultural Advisory Board, of which he has been a member since 1998. In 2006 he conceived the counterpoint concerts at the

Salzburg Easter Festival The Salzburg Easter Festival (, sometimes OFS) is a classical music and opera festival held every year over the extended week before Easter (Holy Week) in Salzburg, Austria since 1967. It was created by the conductor Herbert von Karajan, and for ...

. He also worked as a production dramaturge. Stenzl is a former member of the Central Institute for Mozart Research of the

International Mozarteum Foundation The International Mozarteum Foundation (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum) was founded in 1880 in Salzburg with its primary concern being the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Closely affiliated with the Mozarteum University Salzburg, it w ...

in Salzburg. He has published mainly books and essays on the European

history of music Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the origin of la ...

from

medieval music Medieval music encompasses the sacred music, sacred and secular music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. It is the Dates of classical music eras, first and longest major era of Western class ...

to the present, including

Arcangelo Corelli Arcangelo Corelli (, also , ; ; 17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713) was an List of Italian composers, Italian composer and violinist of the middle Baroque music, Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of Sonata a ...

Georg Friedrich Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, Han ...

and

Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( ; ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

. A special research focus is

Luigi Nono Luigi Nono (; 29 January 1924 – 8 May 1990) was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music. Biography Early years Nono, born in Venice, was a member of a wealthy artistic family; his grandfather was a notable painter. Nono bega ...

: Since 1971 a Luigi Nono archive has been established, which is on loan from the Institute of Musicology at the University of Salzburg. He has written articles in the ', in ''

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'' and in ''

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''. Stenzl has been married to Nike Wagner, a great-granddaughter of

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

, since 1991 and lives mainly in Vienna since his retirement.

Awards

* 1986: Liszt Memorial Plaque of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education in recognition of the contributions to the research of the music of

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

and

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hunga ...

.Jürg Stenzl – Preise
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Publications

; Author * ''Die Vierzig Clausulae der Handschrift Paris, Bibliothèque nationale latin 15139: Saint-Victor Clausulae.'' Dissertation. Haupt, Bern/ Stuttgart 1970. * ''Von

Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for List of compositions by Giacomo Puccini#Operas, his operas. Regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he ...

zu Luigi Nono. Italienische Musik 1922–1952. Faschismus – Resistenza – Republik''. Knuf, Buren 1990, . * ''Luigi Nono.'' Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1998, . * with A. T. Schaefer: ''Die Jahre der Oper 1996 bis 2001 – die Oper des Jahres 1998, 1999, 2000.'' Ed.

Staatsoper Stuttgart The Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Opera) is a German opera company based in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Staatsorchester Stuttgart serves as its resident orchestra. History Performances of operas, ballet an ...

. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach 2001, . * ''Der Klang des

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– Vertonungen des "Canticum canticorum" vom 9. bis zum Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts.'' Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2008, . * ''Jean-Luc Godard – musicien. Die Musik in den Filmen von Jean-Luc Godard'', text + Kritik, Munich 2010. * ''Das Virgil-Offizium Pangens chorus dulce Melos'', in Irene Holzer: ''Die zwei Salzburger Rupertus-Offizien Eia laude condigna und Hodie posito corpora'', volume 6 of the series ''Salzburger Stier'', Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2012. * ''Auf der Suche nach Geschichte(n) der musikalischen Interpretation'', volume 7 of the series ''Salzburger Stier'', Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2012. * ''Musik für über 1500 Stummfilme. Musique pour plus de 1500 films muets. Music for more than 1500 silent films. Das Inventar der Filmmusik im Pariser Gaumont-Palace (1911–1928) von Paul Fosse.'' (''Filmwissenschaft.'' Band 18). Lit-Verlag, Münster 2017, . ; Editor * '' Carla Henius und Luigi Nono. Briefe, Tagebücher, Notizen.'' Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg 1995, . * ''Orchester Kultur. Variationen über ein halbes Jahrhundert. Aus Anlass des 50. Geburtstages des SWF-Sinfonieorchesters.'' Metzler, Stuttgart/ Weimar 1996, . * '' Alessandro Besozzi. Sechs Trios für Oboe oder Violine, Violine und Violoncello oder Fagott'', Amadeus-Verlag, Winterthur 1997 * ''

Ernst Krenek Ernst Heinrich Krenek (, 23 August 1900 – 22 December 1991) was an Austrian, later American, composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including ''Music Here and Now'' (1939), a study of Johannes Ock ...

Oskar Kokoschka Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright and teacher, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expre ...

und die Geschichte von Orpheus und Eurydike.'' (''Ernst-Krenek-Studien.'' Band 1). Edition Argus, Schliengen 2005, . * with Ernst Hintermaier und Gerhard Walterskirchen: ''Salzburger Musikgeschichte. Von Mittelalter bis ins 21. Jahrhundert.'' Pustet, Salzburg 2005, . * with Lars E. Laubhold: ''

Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan (; born ''Heribert Adolf Ernst Karajan''; 5 April 1908 – 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, ...

1908–1989. Der Dirigent im Lichte einer Geschichte der musikalischen Interpretation.'' Pustet, Salzburg 2008, .

Literature

* * Christian Fastl
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Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon The ''Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon'Oesterreichisch'' with ''Oe'' is the spelling of the print and online output. (, ) is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was offic ...

''. Online-edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Print edition: Volume 5, publishing house of the

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, Vienna 2006, . * Ulrich Mosch (ed.): Annäherungen. Festschrift für Jürg Stenzl zum 65. Geburtstag. Pfau, Saarbrücken 2007, . * Stenzl, Jürg. In

Ludwig Finscher Ludwig Finscher (14 March 193030 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of music history at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1995 and editor of the encyclopedia '' Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. He is respect ...

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''. Second edition, Personal part, volume 15 (Schoof – Stranz).

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/Metzler, Kassel among others 2006,
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References

External links

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