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Rudolf Westphal

1826 – 1892

German classical scholar

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Lived 1826 – 1892 (aged 66). Rudolf Westphal was a German musicologist, classical philologist, music theorist, university teacher, scholar and philosopher.

Rudolf Westphal (3 July 182610 July 1892) was a German classical scholar.

Life Westphal was born at Obernkirchen in Schaumburg. He studied at Marburg and Tübingen, and was professor at Breslau (1858–1862) and Moscow (1875–1879). He subsequently lived at Bückeburg, and died at Stadthagen in Schaumburg-Lippe on 10 July 1892. Westphal devoted his life in translating and interpreting the works of Aristoxenus. He then applied Greek theories of poetic meter to eighteenth- and nineteenth century music.

Westphal was a man of varied attainments, but his chief claim to remembrance rests upon his contributions on Greek music and metre. His chief works were: Griechische Metrik (3rd ed., 1885–1889) System der antiken Rhythmik (1865) Hephaestion's De metris enchiridion (1866) Aristoxenus of Tarentum (translation and commentary, 1883–1893, vol. ii. being edited after his death by F Saran) Die Musik des griechischen Altertums (1883) Allgemeine Metrik der indogermanischen and semitischen Volker (1892) He made translations of Catullus (1870) and of Aristophanes' Acharnians (1889), in which he successfully reproduced the Dorisms in Low German.

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University of Marburg, University of Tübingen
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University of Tübingen, University of Wrocław

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Rudolf Westphal?

German classical scholar (1826–1892)

When was Rudolf Westphal born?

Rudolf Westphal was born on 3 July 1826 in Obernkirchen.

When did Rudolf Westphal die?

Rudolf Westphal died on 10 July 1892 in Stadthagen.

What was Rudolf Westphal's occupation?

Rudolf Westphal was a musicologist, classical philologist, music theorist, university teacher, scholar and philosopher.

What nationality was Rudolf Westphal?

Rudolf Westphal was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Rudolf Westphal

· Wikidata: Q71726

· DBpedia: Rudolf Westphal

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