Volkmar Braunbehrens

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Volkmar von Braunbehrens (born 22 March 1941 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German musicologist, specialising in research about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Braunbehrens studied history of literature, musicology, and art history in Munich, Heidelberg and Berlin; he received his PhD from the Free University of Berlin in 1974. He is Privatdozent (associate professor) since 1981. In 1976, he co-founded, and until 1981 co-edited, the journal Berliner Hefte – Zeitschrift für Kultur und Politik; for many years, he was director of an art gallery in Berlin. [1]

Braunbehrens is a former board member of the Humanist Union. [2] He lives as a freelance author in Freiburg. His brother, Adrian Braunbehrens  [ de ], is a writer and philologist.

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  1. Volkmar Braunbehrens, Piper Verlag
  2. Former board members, Humanistische Union