Elisabeth Schmierer (born in 1955) is a German musicologist. She researches and teaches at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.
Born in Tübingen, Schmierer graduated from high school in Freudenstadt and initially studied school music at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. This was followed by studies in musicology, history and art history at the University of Kiel, where she also received her doctorate in 1989. Her habilitation was completed at the Technische Universität Berlin. Seit 2000 lehrt sie in Essen. She is married to Matthias Brzoska.
Inori, for one or two soloists with orchestra, is a composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, written in 1973–74.
Jörg Herchet is a German composer.
Silke Leopold is a German musicologist and university lecturer.
Albrecht Riethmüller is a German musicologist.
Elmar Budde is a German musicologist. He studied at the Universität der Künste Berlin.
Matthias Brzoska is a German musicologist. He leads his research and teaches at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.
Hermann Danuser is a Swiss-German musicologist.
Gösta Neuwirth is an Austrian musicologist, composer and academic teacher. He studied in Vienna and Berlin, where he wrote a dissertation on harmony in Franz Schreker's Der ferne Klang. He has taught at universities and music schools including the Musikhochschule Graz, University of Graz, Universität der Künste Berlin and University of Freiburg. His compositions include a string quartet and a chamber opera.
Siegfried Schmalzriedt was a German musicologist, University lecturer and vice-rector of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.
Hanns-Werner Heister is a German musicologist.
Helga de la Motte-Haber is a German musicologist focusing on the study of systematic musicology.
Matthias Herrmann is a German musicologist and university professor.
Michael Heinemann is a German musicologist and university professor.
Peter Hollfelder was a German classical pianist.
Thomas Reuter is a German composer, choral conductor, and a pianist focused on free improvisation.
Arnfried Edler is a German musicologist and university faculty in Kiel and Hanover.
Thomas Seedorf is a German musicologist and university lecturer.
Fritz Reuter was a German musicologist, music educator, composer and Kapellmeister. Reuter was one of the most important German music educators of the 20th century. After studying music and musicology in Dresden and Leipzig, with Teichmüller, Riemann, Schering and Abert, he received his doctorate in 1922. In 1945, he was appointed Kapellmeister at the Volksoper in Dresden. In 1949, he was appointed as the first professor of music education at a German university. He was also director of institutes at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and the Humboldt University Berlin. In 1955, he was one of the initiators of the first Hallische Musiktage.
Volker Rohde was a German conductor and academic teacher. After being principal conductor of the Orchester des Opernhauses Halle from 1976 to 1979, he subsequently served as deputy principal conductor at the Semper Oper Dresden and as musical director at the Oper Leipzig.
Christoph Kammertöns is a German musicologist and music educator.