Arthur Prüfer
German musicologist (1860–1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hermann Bernhard Arthur Prüfer (7 July 1860, Leipzig – 3 June 1944, Würzburg[1][2]) was a German musicologist. He was a son of a businessman and later studied musicology in Leipzig and Berlin,[1] especially under Philipp Spitta.[3][4] Prüfer was the musicology instructor for the Polish composer and conductor, Mateusz Gliński, during his teachings the Leipzig Conservatory.[5] As a musicologist, his noticeable contribution was the 1909 publication, the Work of Bayreuth (Das Werk von Bayreuth), that contains thoughts and ideas through the musical compositions by Richard Wagner.[6]
Bibliography
- Untersuchungen über den ausserkirchlichen Kunstgesang in den evangelischen Schulen des 16. Jahrhunderts. Dissertation Leipzig 1890.
- Johann Hermann Schein, 1895 (Reprint 1989, ISBN 3-7618-0936-0)
- Johann Hermann Schein und das weltliche Lied des 17. Jahrhunderts, 1903
- Das Werk von Bayreuth (Sammlung von Vorträgen über die Bayreuther Festspiele), 1909
- Musik als tönende Faust-Idee, 1920
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in 3 Aufzügen (Vollständige Dichtung mit einer Einführung in das Werk), 1926
- Einführung in Richard Wagners Lohengrin, 2 editions 1937
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