Reinhard Strohm

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Reinhard Strohm (b. Munich, 1942) is a German-English musicologist.

Studied musicology, Latin and Italian literature in Munich and Berlin with Georgiades, Osthoff and Carl Dahlhaus (1961–71) and took the doctorate in 1971 with a dissertation on Italian opera arias of the early 18th century. After attending the Milan Conservatory, he worked in Munich as editor of the Wagner collected edition (1970–82). In 1975 he was made lecturer at King's College London, where he worked until he was appointed professor at Yale University (1983–90). He returned to King's College in 1991 and was made professor; from 1996-2007 he held the post of Heather Professor of Music at Oxford University. He is an honorary member of the AMS and a Fellow of the British Academy and in 1977 he was awarded the Dent medal of the Royal Musical Association. He has worked as editor for Acta Musicologica, Early Music History, Orbis musicae, Dramaturgia Musicale Veneta and the critical editions of Vivaldi and Locatelli. In addition to his numerous publications, he has contributed 36 articles on opera composers to Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters. His principal areas of research include medieval, Renaissance and 18th-century music, the history of opera and the historiography of musicology. He is an associate member of the APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama). On 2012 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Musicology.

References

Christian Berger, "Reinhard Strohm". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians online.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 18420142 LCCN: n83134800 ISNI: 0000 0001 2021 8718 GND: 133677311 BNF: cb121715925

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Name	Strohm, Reinhard
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Short description	German musicologist
Date of birth	1942
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