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Albert Smijers
Born
Albertus Antonius Smijers

19 July 1888
Raamsdonksveer
Died15 May 1957(1957-05-15) (aged 68)
Huis ter Heide
EducationUniversity of Vienna (PhD)
OccupationMusicologist

Albertus Antonius Smijers (19 July 1888 – 15 May 1957),[1][2] better known as Albert Smijers, was a Dutch musicologist who served as Professor of Musicology at the University of Utrecht.[3] Born in Raamsdonksveer, he studied church music in Klosterneuburg[2] and was ordained as a Catholic priest on 1 June 1912.[4] He later studied medieval music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and was supervised by Guido Adler at the University of Vienna,[5] where he wrote a dissertation on Carolus Luython titled Karl Luython als Motettenkomponist. He graduated in 1917 and became one of the first Dutch musicologists to receive a doctorate.[2][4]

In 1921, he published the first volume of Werken van Josquin des Prez, which was closely modelled on Ottaviano Petrucci's publications and would eventually comprise fifty-five volumes.[6] Until 1929, Smijers taught at a Catholic seminary in Amsterdam. In 1930, he apppointed Professor of Musicology at the University of Utrecht.[2] He worked on the Werken until his death and it was completed in 1969 by two of his students—Myroslaw Antonowycz [nl] and Willem Elders.[7][8][9] Among his other students were Jacques Chailley;[10] Arend Koole [nl];[11] Eduard Reeser [nl];[12] and Marius Flothuis.[13] Apart from Josquin, Smijers also wrote on Jacob Obrecht, Johannes Ockeghem, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.[2]

Smijers was president of the Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis (Royal Society for Music History of The Netherlands) from 1934 till his death, succeeding his mentor Anton Averkamp [nl].[4] From 1952 till 1955, Smijers also served as president of the International Musicological Society.[14] Having been ill since the start of the year, Smijer died on 15 May 1957,[15] in Huis ter Heide.[16] Writing in The Musical Quarterly, Paul Henry Lang hailed Smijers as "that tower of international musical scholarship".[17]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Hamel 1957, p. 583.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kuhn 2001, p. 3372.
  3. ^ Kunst 1958, p. 65.
  4. ^ a b c van Langen 2018, p. 152.
  5. ^ Lenaerts 1957, p. 49.
  6. ^ Fulcher 2013, p. 375.
  7. ^ Judd 2000, p. 288.
  8. ^ Elders 2018, p. 6.
  9. ^ Elders 2021, p. 11.
  10. ^ Kuhn 2001, p. 612.
  11. ^ Kuhn 2001, p. 1933.
  12. ^ Kuhn 2001, p. 2947.
  13. ^ van der Klis 2000, p. 132.
  14. ^ Lenaerts 1957, p. 50.
  15. ^ van Langen 2018, p. 161.
  16. ^ Thompson & Slonimsky 1975, p. 2397.
  17. ^ Lang 1963, p. 257.

Works cited

  • Elders, Willem (2018). "Sweelinck — Obrecht — Josquin, and the Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis". Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis. 68: 5–15. JSTOR 26626631.
  • Elders, Willem (2021). Josquin Des Prez and His Musical Legacy: An Introductory Guide. Leuven University Press. ISBN 9789462702851.
  • van der Klis, Jolande (2000). The Essential Guide to Dutch Music: 100 Composers and Their Work. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789053564608.
  • Fulcher, Jane F. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of the New Cultural History of Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199354092.
  • Hamel, Fred (1957). Musica (in German). Vol. 11. Bärenreiter-Verlag.
  • Judd, Cristle Collins (2000). Reading Renaissance Music Theory: Hearing with the Eyes. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521771443.
  • Kuhn, Laura (2001). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780028655253.
  • Kunst, Jaap (1958). "Albert Smijers". Journal of the International Folk Music Council. 10 (1): 65. doi:10.1017/S0950792200020135.
  • Lang, Paul Henry (1963). "Johann Josef Fux Als Opernkomponist". The Musical Quarterly. 49 (2): 254–257. doi:10.1093/mq/XLIX.2.254.
  • Lenaerts, Rene (1957). "In Memoriam Albert Smijers". Acta Musicologica (in French). 29 (2/3): 49–51. JSTOR 931419.
  • Thompson, Oscar; Slonimsky, Nicolas (1975). International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead & Co. ISBN 9780396070054.
  • van Langen, Petra (2018). "Anton Averkamp and Albert Smijers: Two Catholic Presidents". Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis. 68: 148–162. JSTOR 26626637.
  • van Langen, Petra (2019). "Albert Smijers, the First Dutch Professor of Musicology" (PDF). Vremennik Zubovskogo Instituta. 27 (4): 114–121.
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