| Hans John | |
| Birth Name: | Hans Karl Ferdinand John |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1936 |
| Birth Place: | Bad Freienwalde, Brandenburg, Germany |
| Occupation: | Musicologist and former university professor |
| Nationality: | German |
Hans Karl Ferdinand John (born 7 September 1936) is a German musicologist and former university professor.
John was born in Bad Freienwalde. His father was cantor and organist and enabled him to attend the Dresdner Kreuzschule. He was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchores from 1946 until his Abitur in 1954. He studied music education and science and classical philology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1961 he was awarded his doctorate under Fritz Reuter at the Faculty of Philosophy in Berlin with the dissertation Music education in ancient Greece and its relevance for our time.[1]
After his Staatsexamen he taught at the Humboldt University and at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. He then worked for 25 years at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden as a lecturer and professor of musicology. In 1993 he was appointed director of the Institute for Musicology at the Dresden university.[2] of which he was the founder.
John's research focuses on historical musicology of the 19th century, the music history of Dresden, Protestant church music and the Romantic music.
Hans John has published numerous musicological articles, among others on Carl Maria von Weber, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Karol Lipiński, Richard Wagner and the history of the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden. John has also published several series on Dresden's music history.
John was vice chairman of the International Carl Maria von Weber Society, member of the and chairman of the Dresden Society of Friends of Music. He participated as a speaker at numerous international musicological congresses, among others in Oxford, Sintra, Copenhagen St. Petersburg, Breslau, Berlin and Dresden.