Manfred Angerer (15 October 1953 – 19 April 2010) was an Austrian

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 ...

Life

Born in

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), Angerer studied piano as a concert subject at the Vienna Academy of Music from 1970 and musicology as well as art history and philosophy at the University of Vienna from 1972. He completed 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 with a dissertation on

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's late works. Two years later he became assistant to Walter Pass at the Institute for Musicology of the University of Vienna, becoming a lecturer in 1984. In 1990 he habilitated with a

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. Angerer was married to the musicologist Eike Rathgeber (b. 1965). Angere died In Vienna at age 56.

Awards

* 1991 advancement Award

Publications

* Manfred Angerer: ''Musikalischer Ästhetizismus. Analytische Studien zu Skrjabins Spätwerk''(Wiener Veröffentlichungen zur Musikwissenschaft, 23), , Tutzing 1984. 124 p. Notenbeisp. * Manfred Angerer (ed.): ''Festschrift

Othmar Wessely Othmar Wessely (31 October 1922 – 20 April 1998) was an Austrian musicologist. Career Born in Linz, Wessely studied musicology at the University of Vienna with Erich Schenk. From 1963 to 1971 he was a university professor at the Karl-Franzens ...

zum 60. Geburtstag.'' Schneider, Tutzing 1982. * Manfred Angerer: ''Musik in Österreich, eine Chronik in Daten, Dokumenten, Essays und Bildern; klassische Musik, Oper, Operette, Volksmusik, Unterhaltungsmusik, Avantgardemusik, Komponisten, Dirigenten, Virtuosen, Sänger, Musikstätten, Festspiele, Instrumentenbau''. Gottfried Kraus (ed.); Vienne 1989. * ''Musik-Wissenschaft an ihren Grenzen. Manfred Angerer zum 50. Geburtstag''. Dominik Schweiger, Michael Staudinger, Nikolaus Urbanek (ed.); Lang, Frankfurt, Vienna among others. 2004. * ''Kürzen. Gedenkschrift für Manfred Angerer''.''Kürzen : Gedenkschrift für Manfred Angerer''
on WorldCat Wolfgang Fuhrmann, Ioana Geanta, Markus Grassl, Dominik Šedivý (ed.); Präsens, Vienna 2016.

References

External links

Erinnerung an Manfred Angerer
Wilhelm Sinkovicz in ''

Die Presse ''Die Presse'' is a German-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vienna, Austria. It is considered a newspaper of record for Austria. History and profile ''Die Presse'' was first printed on 3 July 1848 as a liberal (libertarian)-bourge ...

'', 26 April 2010
"Mir wird ganz angst um die Welt, wenn ich an die Ewigkeit denke"
Angerer in conversation with composer Karlheinz Essl Jr. {{DEFAULTSORT:Angerer, Manfred 20th-century Austrian musicologists Academic staff of the University of Vienna University of Vienna alumni 1953 births 2010 deaths People from Lower Austria