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Franz Xaver Krautwurst (7 August 1923 – 30 November 2015)[1] was a German musicologist and academic teacher .
Life edit
Born in Munich, In addition to his many years as professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the University of Augsburg, Krautwurst excelled in musicological regional research and founded and established this as an important branch of musicology. Krautwurst was editor of the Neues Musikwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch and emerged as author of other writings. In addition, Krautwurst was instrumental in the International Valentin Rathgeber Society researching the biography of the composer Valentin Rathgeber.[2] He was also a contributor to Schubert publications of the Internationales Franz-Schubert-Institut in Vienna.
Krautwurst died in Erlangen at the age of 92.
Work (selection) edit
- Franz Krautwurst: Rathgeber, Johann Valentin. In Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Vol 7. Kassel 1989. pp. 19–22.
Awards edit
- 1961: Preis der Stadt Nürnberg
- 2007: Wolfram-von-Eschenbach-Preis of the Mittelfranken district
- 2008: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Honorary membership of the Internationale Valentin-Rathgeber-Gesellschaft
References edit
- ^ Obituary Franz Krautwurst. 2 December 2015
- ^ Internationale-Rathgeber-Gesellschaft
External links edit
- Literature by and about Franz Krautwurst in the German National Library catalogue
- Horst Leuchtmann: Quaestiones in musica. Festschrift für Franz Krautwurst zum 65. Geburtstag (with Friedhelm Brusniak), Tutzing 1989
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