Bernhard R. Appel (born 20 February 1950 in Wallersdorf, Lower Bavaria) is a German musicologist. His research focuses on the life and work of the composer Robert Schumann, music history of the 18th and 19th centuries, Ludwig van Beethoven's works, compositional creative processes as well as methodology, theory and practice of music philology, in particular genetic textual criticism and digital music edition. In addition, Appel deals with the history of the viola da gamba.
Max Rostal was a violinist and a viola player. He was Austrian-born, but later took British citizenship.
Jörg Widmann is a German composer, conductor and clarinetist. In 2018, Widmann was the third most performed contemporary composer in the world. Formerly a clarinet and composition professor at the University of Music Freiburg, he is composition professor at the Barenboim–Said Akademie. His most important compositions are the two operas Babylon and Das Gesicht im Spiegel, an oratorio Arche, his string quartets and the concert overture Con brio. Widmann wrote musical tributes to Classical and Romantic composers. He was awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 2018.
Volkslied is a genre of popular songs in German which are traditionally sung. While many of them were first passed orally, several collections were published from the late 18th century. Later, some popular songs were also included in this classification.
Franz Schubert (1797–1828): New Edition of the Complete Works, commonly known as the New Schubert Edition (NSE), or, in German: Neue Schubert-Ausgabe (NSA), is a complete edition of Franz Schubert's works, which started in 1956 and is scheduled to conclude in 2027. The projected number of volumes of the publication, which includes score editions, critical reports and supplements, is 177, of which, as of 2020, 150 have been realised.
Dietrich Kilian was a German musicologist.
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer.
Performances of Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat come in three formats:
Margit L. McCorkle is a musicologist, music bibliographer, editor, translator, pianist, and harpsichordist.
Fritz Volbach was a German conductor, composer and musicologist.
Egon Voss is a German musicologist, who is particularly known for his contributions to Richard Wagner research.
The Deutscher Musikrat is an umbrella organization for music associations and the 16 music councils of the German federal states. It represents over 14 million music-loving citizens who, for professional reasons or as amateurs, are affiliated with the Musikrat and its member organizations. With more than 100 member associations, institutions and numerous personalities, it acts, together with its projects and support measures, as an advisor and competence centre for politics and civil society.
Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller is a German musicologist.
Albrecht Riethmüller is a German musicologist.
Giselher Schubert is a German musicologist
Dieter Rexroth is a German musicologist and dramaturge.
Birgit Lodes is a German musicologist and lecturer at the University of Vienna.
Hermann Danuser is a Swiss-German musicologist.
Michael Heinemann is a German musicologist and university professor.
Arno Forchert was a German musicologist.
Sieghard Brandenburg was a German musicologist, who stood out especially as a Beethoven researcher.