Viertel-jahrsschrift für Musikwissen-schaft

German magazine

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The Vierteljahresschrift für Musikwissenschaft was a German quarterly magazine founded in 1884 by Guido Adler, Philipp Spitta, and K.F.F. Chrysander. Adler, a prominent Austrian musicologist, was instrumental in establishing modern musicology as a scholarly discipline. The magazine, whose title translates to "Quarterly of Musicology," aimed to advance the scientific study of music, encompassing its history, theory, and various forms. Musicology itself is the scholarly study of music, covering a broad range of topics from European art music to folk and non-Western traditions, including musical form, notation, composers, instruments, theory, aesthetics, and acoustics.12

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Guido Adler
Chrysander, Adler founded the Viertel-jahrsschrift für Musikwissenschaft (“Quarterly of Musicology”) in 1884. The following year he was appointed professor of the history of music at the German University at Prague.
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Chrysander, Adler founded the Viertel-jahrsschrift für Musikwissenschaft (“Quarterly of Musicology”) in 1884. The following year he was appointed professor of the history of music at the German University at Prague.
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