Margit L. McCorkle

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Margit L. McCorkle (born 1942) is a musicologist, music bibliographer, editor, translator, pianist, and harpsichordist. [1]

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Life and studies

Born in the United States, Margit L. McCorkle settled in Vancouver, Canada, in 1972, together with her husband, Donald M. McCorkle, professor and Head of Music at the University of British Columbia. [2] Her earlier professional training was as concert pianist and harpsichordist, followed by Ph.D. studies in musicology and music bibliography at the University of Maryland. Together, the McCorkles pursued source studies on the music of Johannes Brahms in Maryland and then in Vancouver (1966-1978).

Following Donald's death in 1978, she initiated the preparation of the definitive scholarly thematic catalogue of all the works of Johannes Brahms under the auspices of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts. This project was supported by major research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and culminated in the publication of the Brahms catalogue in 1984 by G. Henle Verlag in Munich. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] In 1985, the Federal Republic of Germany conferred on her the Order of Merit [Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande] in recognition of her great service to German music literature.

In 1989, McCorkle was invited to prepare the definitive scholarly thematic catalogue of all the works of Robert Schumann under the auspices of the Robert-Schumann-Forschungsstelle/Gesellschaft in Düsseldorf and Zwickau, to be supported by the Peter-Klöckner-Stiftung in Duisburg. In 2003 this project culminated in joint publication of the Schumann catalogue by the publishers G. Henle Verlag and Schott Music International (Mainz). [10] [11] [12] [13] McCorkle was honored in 2007 as co-recipient of the Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau (Robert-Schumann-Preis der Stadt Zwickau).

It has more than once been noted that Margit L. McCorkle is to date the only musicologist/bibliographer to have prepared monumental catalogues for two major classical composers, that is, for Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann. [14] In addition to these works, her scholarly bibliography since 1973 has included monographs, articles, and invited papers within the context of international conferences and publications featuring Brahms and Schumann studies, together with redacting Brahms music editions and writing commentaries for Brahms and Schumann autograph facsimiles. [15] Since 1998 she has prepared recent English translations of scholarly German texts, primarily for the ongoing complete editions of the music of Robert Schumann (RSA) and Carl Maria von Weber (WeGA), published in Mainz by Schott Music International. [16] She is also engaged as translator for the G. Henle Verlag and Breitkopf & Härtel Verlag (Wiesbaden).

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References

  1. ↑ Margit McCorkle (English, French) In: Encyclopedia of Music in Canada edited by The Canadian Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ McCorkle, Donald M. (1929 - 1978), Musicologist, in Grove Music Online
  3. ↑ G. Henle Publishers
  4. ↑ Review: Brodbeck, David, in Journal of the American Musicological Society, 42/2 (Summer 1989), pp. 418-431
  5. ↑ Review: Geiringer, Karl, in Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association, 42 (December 1985), pp. 289ff.
  6. ↑ Review: Herbort, Heinz Josef, "Mit Essensspuren und Brandlöchern," in Die Zeit, 30 November 1984
  7. ↑ Review: Hinson, Maurice, in Journal of the American Liszt Society, XVII (June–December 1985, p. 149)
  8. ↑ Review: Meurs, Norbert, in Musica XXXIX/1 (Jan/Feb 1985), pp. 68ff.
  9. ↑ Review: Musgrave, Michael, in Music and Letters 71/1 (Feb 1990), pp. 115-120.
  10. ↑ Review: Jost, Peter, in Musiktheorie, 21/3 (2006), pp. 283f.
  11. ↑ Review: Koch, Juan Martin, in Neue Musikzeitung, 52/7 (2003), p. 21.
  12. ↑ Review: Lichtenhahn, Ernst, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung,10 August 2004
  13. ↑ Review: Marston, Nicholas in Fontes Artis Musicae, 51/3-4 (Jul-Dec 2004), p. 414.
  14. ↑ Cf. Struck, Michael, in Musikforschung, January 2005
  15. ↑ See Selected Bibliography/Music Editions Margit L. McCorkle biography#MUSIC EDITIONS
  16. ↑ See Selected Bibliography/Translations Margit L. McCorkle biography#TRANSLATIONS
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