Rudolph Angermüller


Rudolph Kurt Angermüller was a German musicologist, who rendered great services to Mozart studies in particular.

Life

Born in near Bielefeld, Angermüller took classes in piano, double bass and music theory at the Fösterling-Konservatorium in Bielefeld. He obtained his Abitur in 1961. From 1961 to 1970 he studied musicology, Romance studies and history at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, and the University of Salzburg, with Arnold Schmitz, Günther Massenkeil, Hellmut Federhofer and Gerhard Croll. From 1968 to 1975, he was a lecturer of musicology at the University of Salzburg. In 1970 he received his doctorate at the University of Salzburg with a thesis on Antonio Salieri, focused on his secular works, especially his operas.
Angermüller worked on the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, a complete edition of the composer's works, from 1973 to 1981. He then became head of the scientific department of the International Mozarteum Foundation, and in 1988 the Foundation's General Secretary. In 1991, he was the scientific head of a Salzburg exhibition of Mozart, entitled Bilder und Klänge.
Since 1996, Angermüller has been a corresponding member of the, among several academies and Mozart associations.
Angermüller died on 15 July 2021 in Neumarkt am Wallersee, Austria, at age 80.

Work

Angermüller wrote a book about Mozart's travels, looking at 3,720 days and their locations and meetings in geographical, historic and social context. He worked on it over 20 years. He has been one of four editors of the Mozart Bibliography.
He also wrote liner notes and program notes for the Salzburg Festival and recordings of Mozart's works.
Angermüller's works are held by the German National Library, including:
  • Antonio Salieri. Sein Leben und seine weltlichen Werke unter besonderer Berücksichtigung seiner "großen" Opern. In drei Teilbände. Musikverlag Katzbichler, Munich 1971–1974, Dissertation at the University of Salzburg.
  • * Teil I: Werk- und Quellenverzeichnis, 1971, .
  • * Teil II, 1: Vita und weltliche Werke, 1974, .
  • * Teil III: Dokumente, 1972,