Anna Amalie Abert

Anna Amalie Abert
Born19 September 1906
Died4 January 1996
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Kiel
OccupationProfessor
EmployerUniversity of Kiel

Anna Amalie Abert or Anna Abert (19 September 1906 – 4 January 1996) was a German musicologist.

Life

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Abert was born in Halle (Saale) in 1906.[1]

Abert was the daughter of the music historian Hermann Abert. She studied with Hans Joachim Moser and Friedrich Blume at the University of Kiel. From 1943 to 1971 she worked at the university. In 1950 she became a professor. She has studied the works of Heinrich Schütz, Monteverdi, Gluck and Richard Strauss.

Abert wrote a thesis on the 1625 Cantiones sacrae by Heinrich Schütz which was published in 1935.[2]

In 1962 she published her book on the history of opera.[3]

In 1964 she published a thesis which convincingly argued that Symphony, K. 45a was an unknown work by Mozart.

Abert died in Kiel in 1996 at age 89.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Anna Annalie Abert, gelehrtenverzeichnis.de, Retrieved 31 March 2016
  2. ^ Breig, Werner (2005). "Die "Cantiones sacrae" von Heinrich Schütz by Heide Volckmar-Waschk". Die Musikforschung (in German). 58. Bärenreiter on behalf of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung: 88–90. JSTOR 41125649.
  3. ^ Anna Amalie Abert (1962). Opera. Arno Volk Verlag.
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