Maximilian Seiffert (9 February 1868 – 15 April 1948) [1] was a German musicologist and editor of Baroque music. [2]
Seiffert was born in Beeskow an der Spree, Kingdom of Prussia, the son of a teacher. He was first educated at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium, in Berlin, where he studied under Philipp Spitta, and then at the University of Berlin where he received a Ph.D. in 1891 for his dissertation J. P. Sweelinck und seine direkten deutschen Schüler (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and his German pupils). [2]
He died in Schleswig, Germany on the fifteenth, of April, 1948.
As well as producing modern editions of organ pieces by Bach and Buxtehude, Seiffert was responsible for the following: [2]
In 1938 he received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science. [5]
Maximilian Seiffert (9 February 1868 – 15 April 1948) [1] was a German musicologist and editor of Baroque music. [2]
Seiffert was born in Beeskow an der Spree, Kingdom of Prussia, the son of a teacher. He was first educated at the Joachimsthal Gymnasium, in Berlin, where he studied under Philipp Spitta, and then at the University of Berlin where he received a Ph.D. in 1891 for his dissertation J. P. Sweelinck und seine direkten deutschen Schüler (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and his German pupils). [2]
He died in Schleswig, Germany on the fifteenth, of April, 1948.
As well as producing modern editions of organ pieces by Bach and Buxtehude, Seiffert was responsible for the following: [2]
In 1938 he received the Goethe Medal for Art and Science. [5]