Willi Apel

Willi Apel ( born October 10, 1893 in Konitz (now Chojnice ); † March 14, 1988 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States) was a born in Germany American musicologist.

Life

Willi Apel was one of the most influential personalities in the field of musicology of the 20th century. He studied piano and musicology in Berlin and in 1936 received his doctorate with a thesis on " Accidentien and tonality in the music monuments of the 15th and 16th century." In the same year emigrated Apel in the U.S.. Here he taught from 1936 to 1943 at the " Longy School of Music " in Cambridge (Massachusetts ). From 1938 to 1942 he was a professor at Harvard University and Radcliffe College, from 1950 to 1970, he taught musicology at Indiana University. Emeritus since 1963, he died in 1988.

After his death his widow Ursula Apel - Siemering founded in his memory, a foundation to promote student age music at the " School of Music " Indiana University.

Publications (selection )

  • As Publisher: Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1944.
  • The notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600 ( = Mediaeval Academy of America. Publication 38, ISSN 0076- 583X ). The Mediaeval Academy of America, Cambridge MA 1942 ( In German language: .. The notation of polyphonic music 900-1600 5th Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden, inter alia, 2006, ISBN 3- 7651-0180 -X. ).
  • Masters of the keyboard. A brief Survey of Pianoforte Music. Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1947.
  • History of organ and piano music until 1700 Barenreiter -Verlag, Kassel, among other things, 1967 ( In English as:. .. , The History of Keyboard Music to 1700 Translated and revised by Hans Tischler Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, inter alia, 1972, ISBN 0-253 -32795-4 ).
  • The Italian violin music in the 17th century ( = Archive of Musicology. Supplement 21). Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-515-03786-1 ( In English as:. . Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century Edited by Thomas Binkley Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN, among other things, 1990, ISBN 0-253-30683 - 3).
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