Ernst Hilmar Explained

Ernst Hilmar
Birth Date:20 September 1938
Birth Place:Graz, Austria
Death Place:Villach, Austria
Occupation:Musicologist
Education:PhD University of Graz
Subject:Music
Notableworks:Schubert-Enzyklopädie 2004,
Hugo Wolf Enzyklopädie 2007

Ernst Hilmar (20 September 1938 – 23 November 2016[1]) was an Austrian librarian, editor, and musicologist.[2]

Biography

Hilmar was born in Graz and studied musicology at the University of Graz and the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.

From 1975 to 1994, he was head of the music division of the Vienna City and State Library. Owing to various shady events in connection with holdings that had disappeared from this collection, Hilmar was forced to retire from this position in 1994.

Since 1987, he was also head of the Internationales Franz-Schubert-Institut (IFSI) in Vienna and editor of the scholarly journal Schubert durch die Brille (1988–2003), "tirelessly edited since its inception by Ernst Hilmar, […] quickly became the leading arena for the dissemination of Schubert research, news, and events."[3] (Music & Letters, 2002) Due to several violations of the society's regulations he was removed from his position in 2001 and only continued to work as editor of the IFSI's journal. In 2005 Hilmar's successors[4] had to disband the IFSI, because the publisher of Schubert durch die Brille (Hans Schneider) demanded the debts to be paid back that Hilmar had amassed during his activity as editor.[5]

Hilmar's publications include books on Franz Schubert, Hugo Wolf, Johann Strauss, Second Viennese School and many contributions to symposia and dictionaries.

He died in Villach.

Works

Franz Schubert

Hugo Wolf

Wiener Schule

Other subjects

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kath-kirche-kaernten.at/images/OEKE-bilder/gdo_531.pdf Requiem for Ernst Karl Hilmar at Viktring Abbey
  2. E. Hilmar: Schubert-Lexikon, Graz 1996.
  3. Schubert durch die Brille, vol. 29 (2002), p. 3.
  4. Thomas Aigner and Michael Lorenz.
  5. Web site: Internationales Franz Schubert Institut. aon.at.