Wolfgang Hirschmann (born 1960) 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 ...
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Born in
Fürth
Fürth (; East Franconian: ; yi, פיורדא, Fiurda) is a city in northern Bavaria, Germany, in the administrative division ('' Regierungsbezirk'') of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the ...
, from 1979 to 1985 Hirschmann studied
musicology,
history of German literature
German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a less ...
and theatre at the
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (german: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU) is a public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich–Alexander comes from the univ ...
where he received his doctorate in 1985 with the thesis ''Studien zum Konzertschaffen von Georg Philipp Telemann''. He then worked as
research assistant
A research assistant (RA) is a researcher employed, often on a temporary contract, by a university, a research institute or a privately held organization, for the purpose of assisting in academic or private research. Research assistants are not in ...
in Erlangen and received a scholarship from the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
The German Research Foundation (german: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germ ...
until he was
habilitated in Erlangen in 1999. The title of his habilitation thesis was ''Auctoritas und Imitatio. Studien zur Rezeption von Guidos Micrologus in der Musiktheorie des Hoch- und Spätmittelalters''.
Initially as a private lecturer, from 2002 as
Academic senate, he taught in Erlangen, where he received a professorship at the Musicological Institute in 2005. In March 2007 he was appointed to the Chair of Historical Musicology at the
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg in succession to
Wolfgang Ruf. Since 2009 he has been president of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft, an international association which, among other things, has been associated with the ''
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe'' a
critical edition
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of the works of the composer
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759). In 2022, he received the
Handel Prize
The Handel Prize (german: Händel-Preis) is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel. It is awarded, "for exceptional artisti ...
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Publications
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References
External links
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Wolfgang Hirschmann' on the "Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der Europäischen Aufklärung" website at the
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
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Kurzlebenslauf' on klassik.com
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1960 births
Living people
People from Fürth
German music historians
German musicologists
Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg