Walther Dürr

Walther Dürr (born 27 April 1932) is a German musicologist. He is especially known for his research of the work of Franz Schubert. From 1965 to 1997 Dürr was editor of the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe with particular responsibility for the 14 volumes of lieder.^[1]^[2]

Born in Berlin, Dürr studied from 1951 musicology and German and Romance studies in Berlin and Tübingen. He gained a PhD in 1956. Further studies and teaching lead him to Bologna and back to Tübingen. He also taught at the universities of Stuttgart, Freiburg, and Bern.

Besides his musicology work, Dürr works as music critic, editor of numerous magazines, and as a translator of opera librettos.

References

↑ "Prof. Dr. Walther Dürr", biography, photo, list of works, Neue Schubert-Ausgabe
↑ "Dürr, Walther" by Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht and Konrad Küster, Grove Music Online (subscription required)

External links

Literature by and about Walther Dürr in the German National Library catalogue
Walther Dürr at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

Franz Schubert

Compositions

By genre	chamber music church music orchestral works (symphonies) piano music (piano solo) sonatas, duos and fantasies songs and part-songs (song cycles) stage works

Publications	Deutsch catalogue opus/Deutsch number concordance 19th century complete edition New Schubert Edition

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People

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 109070110 LCCN: n82106224 GND: 119035812 SUDOC: 030239672 BNF: cb12169826x (data)

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