Martin Karl Hermann Schoppe (24 October 1936 – 28 April 1998 [1] ) was a German musicologist and painter.
Born in Leimbach near Mansfeld, In 1956 Schoppe studied art history, music education, physical education and musicology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. In 1961 he passed the state examination as a musicologist. In 1962 Schoppe began his first attempts at painting using various techniques. In 1968 he was awarded his doctorate at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. From 1965 to 1992 he was director of the Robert Schumann House in Zwickau.
From 1974 Schoppe was also artistic director of the Robert Schumann International Competition for Pianists and Singers of the city of Zwickau and from 1990 to 1996 chairman of the Robert Schumann Society Zwickau . Martin Schoppe lived as a painter and graphic artist in the Saxon town of Lichtenstein.
Schoppe died in Zwickau at age 61.
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Literature by and about Martin Schoppe in the German National Library catalogue