Franz Födermayr
Franz Födermayr (13 September 1933 – 4 April 2020)[1] was an Austrian musicologist.
Life[]
Born in Grieskirchen, Upper Austria, Födermayr studied musicology from 1954 at the University of Vienna with Erich Schenk (doctorate 1964). From 1964 to 1974 he worked as a university assistant at the musicological institute of the university, and in 1972 he received his habilitation.[2][3]
From 1973 he held the professorship for comparative musicology at the University of Vienna, where he became emeritus in 1999. From 1986 he served as president of the for four years. From 1987 to 1997 he was a member of the board of directors of the International Musicological Society.
Publications[]
- Die musikwissenschaftlichen Phonogramme Ludwig Zöhrers von den Tuareg der Sahara,[4] Dissertation, Vienna 1964
- Zur gesanglichen Stimmgebung in der außereuropäischen Musik,[5] 1971
- with Rudolf Flotzinger and Josef-Horst Lederer edition of the MusAu 6 (1986)
Further reading[]
- Barbara Boisits: Födermayr, Franz. In Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online, 2001
- Franz Födermayr: Födermayr, Franz. In MGG Online, November 2016 (Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 2001)
References[]
- ^ Franz Födermayr † Austrian Academy of Sciences
- ^ Födermayr, Frans on the site of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- ^ Feier zum 80. Geburtstag von em. O. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Födermayr
- ^ Die musikwissenschaftlichen Phonogramme Ludwig Zöhrers von den Tuareg der Sahara on WorldCat
- ^ Zur gesanglichen Stimmgebung in der außereuropäischen Musik on WorldCat
Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2020 deaths
- Austrian ethnomusicologists
- Members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- University of Vienna alumni
- University of Vienna faculty
- People from Upper Austria
- Musicologist stubs
- Ethnologist stubs