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Maximilian Seiffert (9 February 1868 – 15 April 1948)[1] was a German musicologist and editor of Baroque music.[2]

Biography

Seiffert was born in Beeskow an der Spree, Germany, the son of a teacher. He was first educated at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium, in Berlin, where he studied under Philipp Spitta, and then at the University of Berlin where he received a Ph.D. in 1891 for his dissertation J. P. Sweelinck und seine direkten deutschen Schüler (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and his German pupils).[2]

He died in Schleswig, Germany on the fifteenth, of April, 1948.

Career

As well as producing modern editions of organ pieces by Bach and Buxtehude, Seiffert was responsible for the following:[2]

• Making piano transcriptions of some of Bach's works (in association with Max Schneider).[3]
• Assisting with the editing of the Händel-Gesellschaft.[4]

In 1938 he received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science.[5]

References

На других языках

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[de] Max Seiffert

Max Seiffert (* 9. Februar 1868 in Beeskow; † 13. April 1948 in Schleswig) war ein deutscher Musikwissenschaftler und Herausgeber Alter Musik.

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- [en] Max Seiffert

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[ru] Зайферт, Макс

Макс Зайферт (нем. Max Seiffert; 9 февраля 1868 (1868-02-09), Бесков — 13 апреля 1948, Шлезвиг) — немецкий музыковед и музыкальный издатель.

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