Georg von Dadelsen
German musicologist (1918–2007)
Georg von Dadelsen (17 November 1918 – 25 May 2007) was a German musicologist, who taught at the University of Hamburg and the University of Tübingen. He focused on Johann Sebastian Bach, his family and his environment, and the chronology of his works. As director of the Johann Sebastian Bach Institute in Göttingen, he influenced the Neue Bach-Ausgabe (NBA), the second complete edition of Bach's works.
Life
Von Dadelsen was born in Dresden. He obtained his Abitur at the humanistic Gymnasium in Berlin-Zehlendorf. After military service and captivity, he studied musicology at the University of Kiel with Blume from 1946, at the Humboldt University Berlin with Vetter from 1947, and at the Free University of Berlin from 1948 with Walter Gerstenberg. Von Dadelsen also took courses in philosophy, and German language and literature. In 1951 he received his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin with the dissertation Alter Stil und alte Techniken in der Musik des 19. Jahrhunderts (Old style and old techniques in the music of the 19th century).
In 1952, von Dadelsen and his wife Dorothee followed Gerstenberg to the musicological institute of the University of Tübingen, where he worked as Gerstenberg's assistant.
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