Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller (21 July 1929 in
Gelsenkirchen
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) 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 and career
Niemöller studied 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 ...
from 1950 to 1955. Afterwards he received his doctorate with a dissertation on
Nicolaus Wollick and in 1964 his
habilitation
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with ''Untersuchungen zu Musikpflege und Musikunterricht in den deutschen Lateinschulen vom ausgehenden
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
bis um 1600''. In 1969 he was appointed professor.
From 1975 to 1983, Niemöller was director of the musicological seminar of the
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
and from 1983 to 1994 director of the musicological institute of the University of Cologne. Niemöller was chairman of the
Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...
Institute in Cologne and the Robert Schumann Research Centre in Düsseldorf as well as president of the
Gesellschaft für Musikforschung
The ''Gesellschaft für Musikforschung'' (GfM) is a professional association of musicologists and institutes active in study, research and teaching in Germany. It has over 1600 members. The association is based in Kassel, Hesse.
History
The soc ...
.
Since 1976, Niemöller has been a full member of the
. His focus is on medieval music theory, and on the music history of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Publications
* ''Nicolaus Wollick (1480–1541) und sein Musiktraktat'', Dissertation Cologne 1956 (Beiträge zur rheinischen Musikgeschichte 13).
* ''Untersuchungen zu Musikpflege und Musikunterricht an den deutschen Lateinschulen vom ausgehenden Mittelalter bis um 1600'', Habilitationsschrift Regensburg 1969 (Kölner Beiträge zur Musikforschung 54).
* ''Der sprachhafte Charakter der Musik'', Opladen 1980.
Essays
* ''Die musikalische Rhetorik und ihre Genese in Musik und Musikanschauung der Renaissance'',
''Die musikalische Rhetorik und ihre Genese in Musik und Musikanschauung der Renaissance''
in Renaissance-Rhetorik. editor H. Plett, Berlin 1993, .
* ''Robert Schumann und Giacomo Meyerbeer'', in: Kongress Bericht 5. Internationales Schumann-Symposion Düsseldorf 1994, Mainz 1997, (Schumann Forschungen 6).
* ''Zusammenprall christlicher und antiker Überlieferungen'', in Musikästhetik, edit. H. de la Motte-Haber, Laaber 2004, (Handbuch der Systematischen Musikwissenschaft 1).
Editorial board
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* ''Schumann Forschungen''
* ''Robert Schumann: Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke''
References
External links
*
Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste
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German musicologists
1929 births
Living people
People from Gelsenkirchen