Philippe A. Autexier Explained

Philippe A. Autexier
Birth Name:Philippe Alexandre Autexier[1]
Birth Place:Châtellerault, France
Death Place:Poitiers, France
Occupation:Music historian

Philippe Alexandre Autexier (1954–1998) was a French music historian, musicologist, journalist and Masonic researcher, whose research on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and other Masonic composers is particularly significant.[2]

Biography

Autexier's passion for music led him to become a musicologist and music historian. He spoke French, English, German and Italian.[3] He taught at several conservatories and universities in France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States. He wrote music reviews for various specialised journals, and a number of books on Mozart, Liszt, Bartók and other Freemason musicians. He was director of the “French: Mozart et franc maçon|italic=no” (Mozart and Freemason) exhibition in 1991 in Cahors.[4] He also participated in many radio programmes, such as France Musique, France Culture, BBC Radio, as well as German and Swiss channels.[5] [6]

During more than 20 years, he worked on the subject of “French: Colonne d’Harmonie|italic=no” (Column of Harmony)—a research on the history of Masonic music—which led him to study all the collections of Masonic archives in Europe (Paris, Strasbourg, Zürich, Vienna, Bayreuth, Berlin, Poznań, The Hague, et cetera). The research results were published in his book French: La Colonne d’Harmonie : Histoire, Théorie, Pratique|italic=yes.[7]

Among Autexier's publications, the only work written for the general public is French: Beethoven: La force de l’absolu, a richly illustrated pocket book belonging to the “Découvertes Gallimardcollection, which has been translated into seven languages, including English. It is simple, concise and accessible to all, unlike the rest of his books which are specialist works.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Autexier, Philippe Alexandre . . 2018-02-16 . fr.
  2. Web site: Zwei Arbeiten aus dem Nachlass Philippe Autexier . Netzwerk Freimaurerforschung . 2018-02-16 . de.
  3. Web site: Autexier, Philippe : Biographie . Éditions Detrad . 2018-02-16 . fr.
  4. Web site: Exposition Mozart et franc maçon à Cahors . . 2018-02-16 . fr.
  5. Book: Beethoven - La force de l'absolu : À propos de l'auteur . . 2018-02-16 . fr.
  6. Web site: Philippe Alexandre Autexier . Babelio . 2018-02-16 . fr.
  7. Web site: La Colonne d'Harmonie - Philippe Autexier . detrad.com . 2018-02-16 . fr.
  8. Web site: Beethoven : La force de l'absolu, collection Découvertes Gallimard (n° 106) . gallimard.fr . Éditions Gallimard . 2018-02-16.