Ludwig Finscher#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1247 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MUSICOLOGY & ART HISTORY |
| Elected: | 1992 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Ludwig Fischer passed away June 30, 2020.
Positions Held
- Professor Emeritus at Ruprecht-Karls-Universtität, Heidelberg
- 1977 - 1981 President of the International Society for Music Research
- 1974 - 1977 President of the Society for Music Research
- 1981 - 1995 Chair of Musicology in Heidelberg
- 1968 - 1981 Chair of Musicology in Frankfurt
Fields of Scholarship
- Western music history, from the Renaissance to late Romanticism
Honours and Awards
- 1995 of the Order (Pour le Mérite)
- 2002 Honorary doctorate degree to the Philosophical Faculty of the National Kapodistrian University, Athens
- 2002 Honorary Member of the Greek magazine "Mousikologia"
- 2003 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Zurich
- 2006 Balzan Prize for History of Western Music since 1600
- 2009 Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Arts University of the Saarland
- Knight of the Grand Cross of Merit with Star
