- Hans Hickmann
Hans Robert Hermann Hickmann (b.
Roßlau ,Germany ,May 19 ,1908 ; d.Blandford Forum ,England ,September 4 ,1968 ) was an eminent German musicologist. He lived in Egypt and specialized in the music andorganology ofAncient Egypt , and survivals thereof in Egyptian traditional music. He wrote about Egypt's tradition ofcheironomy (as practiced in Ancient Egypt and still found inCoptic music ) for the "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ".He studied at the
University of Berlin , studying withCurt Sachs andErich von Hornbostel , and graduating in 1934. He also played the piano and organ, and conductedHickmann first investigated Egyptian music in 1932-33, during a visit to the
Siwa Oasis , and settled in Egypt in 1933. He operated a conservatory called Musica Viva, located at 1 Seket el Fadl in downtown Cairo.His notable students included the composer
Rifaat Garrana .References
Books by Hans Hickmann
*Hickmann, Hans (1980). "Miscellanea musicologica (Vies et travaux)". Organization des antiquites de l'Egypte, Service des musees. ISBN 9770203343. ISBN 9789770203347.
Articles by Hans Hickmann
*Hickmann, Hans. "Un Zikr Dans le Mastaba de Debhen, Guîzah (IVème Dynastie)." "Journal of the International Folk Music Council", v. 9 (1957), pp. 59-62.
*Hickmann, Hans. "La dans l'Egypte ancienne." "Zeitschrift fur ägyptische Sprache und Altertumkunde", vol. 83, no. 2 (1958).Obituaries
*"Hans R. H. Hickmann (1908 - 1968)." "Ethnomusicology", v. 13, no. 2 (May 1969), pp. 316-319.
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