Alan Krueck

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Alan Henry Krueck (born in Rochester, New York, November 15, 1939 died Brownsville, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2010) was an American musicologist, editor, and professor of German language, and the head of the North American branch of the International Draeseke Society.

Krueck wrote his doctoral dissertation, The symphonies of Felix Draeseke: a study in consideration of developments in symphonic form in the second half of the nineteenth century for the University of Zurich in 1967. [1] This was the first English-language study of Draeseke's music. In 1993, Krueck founded the North American adjunct of the International Draeseke Society, [1] and produced a number of CDs on the society's label. [2] He also edited, among other works, the previously unpublished 2nd of Draeseke's sonatas for viola alta [3] and his opera Bertran de Born.

He was professor emeritus at California University of Pennsylvania. [4]

He died on June 24, 2010, in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Felix Draeseke Societies". Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. E.g. OCLC   43799736, or see Barry Brenesal. "The International Draeseke Society: Alan Krueck's Quest to Render Musical Justice". Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010. (excerpted from an article in Fanfare magazine)
  3. OCLC   472833872
  4. Creamer, Noele (19 December 2004). "German dinner a tasty season's greeting". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  5. "Alan H. Krueck" (Obituary). Uniontown Herald-Standard . 27 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.