Arnold Schmitz


Arnold Schmitz was a German musicologist who was particularly concerned with Beethoven, as well as a pianist and composer.

Life

Born in Le Sablon bei Metz, Schmitz habilitated in 1921 and was subsequently professor at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the Breslau University. From 1946 he taught at the Mainz University, whose rector he was in 1954/54 and 1960/61. He was a member of the. In 1973, the Beethoven House in Bonn appointed him an honorary member for his Beethoven research.
Schmitz died in Mainz at age 87.

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