- Hellmut Federhofer
Hellmut Federhofer (born
August 6 ,1911 ) is anAustria nmusicologist .Born in
Graz , he studied music there and inVienna at the Vienna Conservatory, graduating in 1936. In 1937, he became a librarian at the library of the Technische Hochschule Graz (BTH) and later the Universitätsbibliothek Graz. He became director of the BTH in 1940.In 1959 he became professor of music theory. From 1962 until 1979 he was director of the musicology Institute of
Mainz University , where he is now Emeritus Professor of musicology.He is an honourary member of the
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft and theAkademie für Mozart-Forschung (founded in 1931 as Zentralinstitut für Mozart-Forschung)In 2001, he received an honourary doctorate from the
Philosophy department of theUniversity of Graz .References
* [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hellmut_Federhofer&stableid=47402388 German Wikipedia article]
External links
* [http://www.kfunigraz.ac.at/communication/news/archiv/2001/federhofer.html Honorary PhD from Graz University. Includes biography] (in German)
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