Albrecht, Hans
Albrecht, Hans
Albrecht, Hans, German musicologist, father of Gerd Albrecht; b. Magdeburg, March 31, 1902; d. Kiel, Jan. 20, 1961. He studied at the Essen Cons., the Univ. of Münster, and with Wolf, Abert, Sachs, and Hornbostel at the Univ. of Berlin (Ph.D., 1925, with the diss. Die Aufführungspraxis der italienischen Musik des 14. Jahrhunderts) completed his Habilitation there, 1942, with his Caspar Othmayr: Leben und Werk; publ. in Kassel, 1950). He taught at the Essen Cons. (1925–37). In 1939 he joined the Staatliche Inst. für Deutsche Musikforschung in Berlin, where he was a prof. (from 1940) and its director (from 1941). In 1947 he became director of the Landesinstitut für Musikforschung in Kiel; also taught at the Univ. of Kiel, where he became a prof. in 1955. He was ed. of Die Musikforschung (1948–60) and Acta Musicologica (1957–60).
Bibliography
W. Brennecke and H. Haase, eds., H. A. in Memoriam (Kassel, 1962).
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