Topic summary
Musicologist
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Musicology.
Famous musicologists
Famous musicologists include John Sullivan Dwight, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, and Ludwig Nohl. John Sullivan Dwight was best known for founding Dwight's Journal of Music, expanding the works of Beethoven to the American public, and writing the lyrics of O Holy Night into English. Ludwig Ritter von Köchel was best known for developing the Köchel catalogue, which categorized all of Mozart's works in chronological order. Ludwig Nohl was best known for discovering and publishing one of Beethoven's most famous pieces Für Elise. Nohl was one of the most famous musicologists in Europe during the 1800s and published biographies on Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, and Wagner.