Karl Gustav Fellerer

Karl Gustav Fellerer (* July 7, 1902 in Freising / Bavaria; † January 7, 1984 in Munich) was a professor of musicology and rector of the University of Cologne.

Career

After graduation Fellerer studied at the School of Church Music Regensburg, then in Munich at the university, where he was also a student of Joseph Haas, and in Berlin. Here he completed his studies in 1925 with the PhD. from. Then he was after the first postdoctoral lecturer at the University of Münster. In 1932 he got a position at the University of Fribourg / Switzerland, where he became a full professor in 1934.

As a student Fellerer was each member of the Catholic student fraternities in Regensburg at the Agilolfia, when K.St.V. Ottonia Munich, then in the Southmarch and Isaria - Freising, in Berlin at K.St.V. Askania Burgundia. In Fribourg / Switzerland, he was honor the Philistines Carolingia -Fribourg, all in KV, the life he remained faithful.

Professor in Cologne

1939 Fellerer was appointed professor at the University of Cologne and the Director of The Musicology Department. From 1943 to 1945 Fellerer was a soldier and came at war's end in American captivity. 1947 Fellerer was again entrusted with the conduct of the business of the Musicological Institute of the University of Cologne, his appointment as a professor it was carried out on 27 June 1949 after completion of the denazification process, because " the ministry said in Dusseldorf demanded an additional decision reinstating all » Uncategorised teachers " at universities, Fellerer was in Category V - » entlasted " - classified ".

In the following years he promoted to a considerable extent the further expansion of the Musicological Institute of the University, which is one of the largest such facilities ever since. The library was further expanded, Departments of Ethnomusicology and Musical Acoustics have been established.

In the years 1956-1958 Fellerer was dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1967 to 1968 he was rector of the University of Cologne. 1970 Fellerer became Professor Emeritus.

Period of National Socialism

Fellerer had a close proximity to National Socialism, even though he joined the NSDAP in 1941 .. The behavior Fellerers in the Nazi era is essentially uncontroversial, his motives are interpreted differently.

Work

The scientific work Fellerers are very numerous, more than 600 publications. His researches were mainly of the Catholic church music, Italian music from 1600 to the beginning of the 20th century and the history of music of the 19th century. He has written monographs on Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Max Bruch. From 1930 to 1946 he was editor of Church Music Yearbook, from 1941, the "Cologne posts for Music Research " and other periodicals.

Fellerer also conducted research on compounds of musicology sociology, medicine and politics. He was also involved in free improvisation or the use of computers in music.

From 1939 to 1970 Fellerer also launched the " Collegium Musicum vocal et instrumental " of the university.

Fellerer worked for many scientific societies and institutions. From 1949 to 1967 he was president of the Joseph Haas Company, from 1951 to 1975 the Association for the Rhenish musical history, from 1973 to 1976 the Joseph Haydn Institute in Cologne, he headed since 1964, the working group musical history of the Thyssen Foundation and 1971-1980, the Central Institute for research Mozart in Salzburg.

When WDR Fellerer was 1967-1972 Chairman of the Programme Committee.

Honors

Fellerer was a regular member of the Rhenish- Westphalian Academy of Sciences in Dusseldorf and of the Academies of Science in London, Copenhagen and Brussels. To him, the great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st Class of the Republic of Austria and the Commander's Cross of the Pontifical Order of St.Gregorius were awarded, in 1968, he received the Austrian Mozart Medal.

60th and 70th Birthday Fellerers two Commemorative published.

Works (selection)

  • Palestrina, 1930, 21960th
  • The Gregorian Chant, 1936
  • History of Catholic Church Music, 1939, 31972/76
  • German Gregorian chant in the Frankish Empire, 1941
  • Immortal musical art. Edvard Grieg, 1942
  • Mozart's church music, 1955
  • Sociology of Church Music, 1963
  • The problem New Music 1967
  • The style change in Western Music, 1972
  • Futurism in Italian music, 1977
  • Studies on the music of the 19th century, in 1984 posthumously
  • Organ and organ music. Augsburg, 1929.
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