Stefan Kunze
Stefan Kunze was a German musicologist.
Life
Born in Athens, Kunze, son of the classical archaeologist Emil Kunze, studied musicology from 1952 with his godfather Thrasybulos Georgiades in Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, besides classical philology, flute and conducting, the latter with Kurt Eichhorn. In 1961 he received his doctorate in Munich with the thesis Die Kanzonen und Sonaten G. Gabrielis, in 1970 he was habilitated in Munich. From 1973 until his death he was Professor of Musicology at the University of Bern. The focus of his research was on 18th and 19th century music, especially the First Viennese School.
He was married to the classical archaeologist. His sons are the painter Michael Kunze and the classical archaeologist.
Publications
Die Instrumentalmusik Giovanni Gabrielis, mit einem Notenanhang z. T. erstmalig veröffentlichter Instrumentalkompositionen G. Gabrielis und seiner Zeitgenossen. Schneider, Tutzing 1963.Don Giovanni vor Mozart. Die Tradition der Don-Giovanni-Opern im italienischen Buffa-Theater des 18. Jahrhunderts. Fink, Munich 1972.Der Kunstbegriff Richard Wagners. Voraussetzungen und Folgerungen.,, Regensburg 1983,.Mozarts Opern. Reclam, Stuttgart 1984, ; italienische Ausgabe: Il teatro di Mozart. Dalla Finta semplice al Flauto magico. Marsilio, Venezia 1990, ; spanische Ausgabe: Las Operas de Mozart. Alianza Editorial, Madrid 1990,.Die Antike in der Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts. Buchner, Bamberg 1987,.Die Sinfonie im 18. Jahrhundert. Von der Opernsinfonie zur Konzertsinfonie. Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1993,.De musica. Ausgewählte Aufsätze und Vorträge. In collaboration with Erika Kunze-Götte, published by Rudolf Bockholdt. Schneider, Tutzing 1998,.