Werner Neumann | |
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| Born | (1905-01-21)21 January 1905 |
| Died | 24 April 1991(1991-04-24) (aged 86) |
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| Occupation | Musicologist |
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Werner Neumann (21 January 1905,Königstein – 24 April 1991,Leipzig) was a Germanmusicologist. He founded theBach-Archiv Leipzig on 20 November 1950 and was a principal editor of theNeue Bach-Ausgabe, the second edition of the complete works ofJohann Sebastian Bach.
Neumann studied at theConservatory of Leipzig from 1928 to 1930, and at theUniversity of Leipzig from 1928 to 1933, besides Musicology also Philosophy, Psychology andRomance studies. He wrote his thesis in 1938 on Bach's choralfugue, "J. S. Bachs Chorfuge. Ein Beitrag zur Kompositionstechnik Bachs". He worked as a teacher from 1934 to 1940 and served the military for five years. From 1945 to 1950 he worked as a freelance teacher, writer on music and teacher at theMusikhochschule Leipzig.
After theDeutsche Bachfeier 1950, the bicentennial of Bach, he founded theBach-Archiv Leipzig for documentation and research, which he presided until 1973, achieving international recognition.
From 1953 to 1974 Neumann was, together withAlfred Dürr, editor of theBach-Jahrbuch (Bach almanach), writing several contributions himself. He started in 1951 to lead the East German section of theNeue Bach-Ausgabe, the second complete edition of Bach's works, whereas Dürr was the director of the West German section. Neumann added several volumes ofcantatas to the project.[1][2]
In 1974 Neumann became a member of theSächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften [de], the SaxonianAcademy of Sciences.
Neumann wrote liner notes, articles for magazines, reviews, essays, music editions.[3]
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