Franz Krautwurst

Franz Xaver Krautwurst (7 August 1923 – 30 November 2015)[1] was a German musicologist and academic teacher .

Life

Born in Munich, In addition to his many years as professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the University of Augsburg, Krautwurst excelled in musicological regional research and founded and established this as an important branch of musicology. Krautwurst was editor of the Neues Musikwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch and emerged as author of other writings. In addition, Krautwurst was instrumental in the International Valentin Rathgeber Society researching the biography of the composer Valentin Rathgeber.[2] He was also a contributor to Schubert publications of the Internationales Franz-Schubert-Institut in Vienna.

Krautwurst died in Erlangen at the age of 92.

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