Stegeman, Michael

Michael Stegemann ( German: Michael Stegemann ; born 1956 , Osnabruck ) - German musicologist.

He graduated from the University of Münster , then studied in Paris , having passed, among other things, a master class in composition with Olivier Messian . In 1981, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the influence of Camille Saint-Saens on the genre of the French piano concerto. In 1982-1986 co-editor of the New Music Newspaper . Then for a decade and a half he was engaged in creative and research work. Since 2002, professor of music history at the Dortmund Technical University .

Best known for exploring the creative heritage of Glenn Gould . Published the monograph Glenn Gould. Life and Creativity ”( German: Glenn Gould - Leben und Werk ; 1992, 4 reprints), staged several radio plays about the pianist, including“ Glenn Gould and Elizabeth Schwarzkopf - a chronicle of one “unhappy love” ”( German: Glenn Gould und Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Chronik einer "unglücklichen Liebe" ). He also published monographs about Antonio Vivaldi (1983), Camille Saint-Saens (1988) and Maurice Ravel (1996), short popular books about Mozart and Liszt , a biographical novel about Franz Schubert “I parted with all my dreams” ( German Ich bin zu Ende mit allen Träumen - a line from a poem by W. Müller , used by Schubert in the vocal cycle " Winter Path "; 1996). Edited the scientific and critical edition of Requiem by Gabriel Foret .