The Handel and Telemann Prize winner Wolfgang Hirschmann (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) is honored on his 65th birthday with essays that focus on his main academic topics, the research and edition of music of the 17th and 18th centuries, especially Telemann and Handel, as well as his broader academic interests. The content of the 35 essays ranges from philosophical-aesthetic studies to music-historical and edition-methodical individual presentations to contemporary cultures – also from an interdisciplinary perspective.
For this festschrift commissioned by the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft, authors were found who are associated with Wolfgang Hirschmann as colleagues and students as well as in his functions as university professor, editorial director and leading member of cultural institutions and associations.
Ulrike Harnisch, Annette Landgraf, Tomi Mäkelä, Ute Poetzsch, Teresa Ramer-Wünsche (eds.)
“Und alle Sphären klingen“
Musikgeschichtliche Entdeckungen und Reflexionen
Wolfgang Hirschmann zum 65. Geburtstag
XII + 426 Seiten; Leinen (dt./engl.)
ISBN 978-3-7618-2659-1
BVK04033 – € 69,00
https://www.baerenreiter.com/product/BVK04033
The book is available during the opening hours of the museum in the museum store of the Handel House https://haendelhaus.de/hh/museum/besucherservice
The handover ceremony took place on May 14, 2025 in the Glass Hall of the Handel House. The Director of the Handel House, Florian Amort, the Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy II at Martin Luther University, Prof. Dr. Susanne Voigt-Zimmermann, representing the Managing Director of Bärenreiter-Verlag, Clemens Scheuch, the editor, Diana Rothaug, the Chairman of the Saalesparkasse Foundation, Dr. Jürgen Fox, and the Cultural Councillor of the City of Halle, Dr. Judith Marquardt, all gave welcoming speeches. Congratulations were also offered by the institutions with which Wolfgang Hirschmann has been closely associated over the years and which have contributed to the financing of the festschrift. Yulia Sokolik – alto (ensemble member of the Halle Opera), Constanze Karolic – transverse flute and alto recorder, Johannes Hartmann – violoncello and Bernhard Prokein – harpsichord (members of the Halle Handel Festival Orchestra) as well as colleagues and friends of the jubilarian performed.
Photos: Robin Knötzsch, Handel House Foundation