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Anna Amalie Abert

German musicologist

Anna Amalie Abert
Born	19 September 1906 Halle
Died	4 January 1996 Kiel
Nationality	German
Education	University of Kiel
Occupation	Professor
Employer	University of Kiel

Anna Amalie AbertorAnna Abert (19 September 1906 – 4 January 1996) was a German musicologist.

Life[edit]

Abert was born in Halle (Saale) in 1906.^[1]

Abert was the daughter of the music historian Hermann Abert. She studied with Hans Joachim Moser and Friedrich Blume at the University of Kiel. From 1943 to 1971 she worked at the university. In 1950 she became a professor. She has studied the works of Heinrich Schütz, Monteverdi , Gluck and Richard Strauss.

Abert wrote a thesis on the 1625 Cantiones sacraebyHeinrich Schütz which was published in 1935.^[2]

In 1962 she published her book on the history of opera.^[3]

In 1964 she published a thesis which convincingly argued that Symphony, K. 45a was an unknown work by Mozart.

Abert died in Kiel in 1996 at age 89.^[1]

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External links[edit]

• "Anna Amalie Abert (1906-1996)". BnF Data (in German). Retrieved Dec 22, 2020.
• "Abert, Anna Amalie, 1906-1996". VIAF. Retrieved Dec 22, 2020.

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