Horst Leuchtmann Explained

Horst Leuchtmann (26 April 1927 – 10 April 2007) was a German musicologist.

Early life and education

Leuchtmann was born in Braunschweig. He was a student of the composer Philippine Schick (1893–1970). They compiled a German-English dictionary of music (R. D. Brühs, F. Messmer, R. Reitzer: Philippine Schick, Tutzing 2005).[1]

He was promoted to the Doctorate in 1957, having completed his thesis, The Musical Interpretations of Words in the Motets of the Magnum Opus Musicum by Orlando di Lasso.[2]

Career

Leuchtmann became a research associate at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. From 1983 to 1995, he was a lecturer (since 1986 in an honorary professorship) at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, and from 1986 to 1995 he held lectureship at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.[3]

The focal points of his research were the music of the 16th century and the modern era. On behalf of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, he compiled an index of the compositions of Orlando di Lasso.[4] [5]

From 1972 to 1995, Leuchtmann was editor for Musik in Bayern (Music in Bavaria), the journal of the Society for Bavarian Music History. He was senior editor for the 1978 published polyglot music dictionary Terminorum Musicae Index Septem Linguis Redactus.

Honors and awards

Personal life and demise

Leuchtmann died at age 79 on 10 April 2007, and he was buried at the Neukeferloh cemetery on 27 April.

Publications

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Horst Leuchtmann. IMSLP.org. International Music Score Library Project . April 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Bernhold . Schmid. Horst Leuchtmann. Nachruf. de. Horst Leuchtmann Obituary. Akademie aktuell. 2007. 2. 62–63. badw.de .
  3. Web site: Partitions de Horst Leuchtmann. stretta-music.fr. Music Stretta. fr. April 12, 2022.
  4. Web site: Horst Leuchtmann. library.vanderbilt.edu. . April 12, 2022.
  5. Web site: Orlando di Lasso / Horst Leuchtmann. nla.gov.au. National Library of Australia. April 12, 2022.
  6. Web site: Mitglieder, Necrologium . Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste . de . 8 March 2021.
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/832763587 Die musikalischen Wortausdeutungen in den Motetten des Magnum opus musicum von Orlando di Lasso
  8. Encyclopedia: Robijns . J. . Zijlstra . Miep . Leuchtmann, Horst . Algemene muziek encyclopedie . 1982 . nl.