About Ludwig Finscher
Lived 1930 – 2020 (aged 90). Ludwig Finscher was a German musicologist, music historian, composer, editor, university teacher and journalist.
Ludwig Finscher (14 March 193030 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of music history at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1995 and editor of the encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. In 1967 he obtained his habilitation in Saarbrücken with the work Das klassische Streichquartett und seine Grundlegung durch Joseph Haydn (The classical string quartet and its foundation by Joseph Haydn). (dissertation)
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart
1997 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Who was Ludwig Finscher?
German musicologist (1930–2020)
When was Ludwig Finscher born?
Ludwig Finscher was born on 14 March 1930 in Kassel.
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Ludwig Finscher died on 30 June 2020 in Wolfenbüttel.
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Ludwig Finscher was a musicologist, music historian, composer, editor, university teacher and journalist.
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Ludwig Finscher was German.
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