Hermann Bernhard Arthur Prüfer (7 July 1860, Leipzig – 3 June 1944, Würzburg [1] [2]) was a German musicologist. He was a son of a businessman and later studied musicology in Leipzig and Berlin, [1] especially under Philipp Spitta. [3] [4] Prüfer was the musicology instructor for the Polish composer and conductor, Mateusz Gliński, during his teachings the Leipzig Conservatory. [5] As a musicologist, his noticeable contribution was the 1909 publication, the Work of Bayreuth (Das Werk von Bayreuth), that contains thoughts and ideas through the musical compositions by Richard Wagner. [6]
Dadurch setze er sich methodisch deutlich von seinem Lehre Philipp Spitta ab
Hermann Bernhard Arthur Prüfer (7 July 1860, Leipzig – 3 June 1944, Würzburg [1] [2]) was a German musicologist. He was a son of a businessman and later studied musicology in Leipzig and Berlin, [1] especially under Philipp Spitta. [3] [4] Prüfer was the musicology instructor for the Polish composer and conductor, Mateusz Gliński, during his teachings the Leipzig Conservatory. [5] As a musicologist, his noticeable contribution was the 1909 publication, the Work of Bayreuth (Das Werk von Bayreuth), that contains thoughts and ideas through the musical compositions by Richard Wagner. [6]
Dadurch setze er sich methodisch deutlich von seinem Lehre Philipp Spitta ab