Walther Dürr
Walther Dürr (27 April 1932 – 6 January 2018) was a German musicologist. He is especially known for his research of the work of Franz Schubert. From 1965 to 1997 Dürr was editor of the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe, with particular responsibility for the 14 volumes of lieder.
Walther Dürr
- Born
- 1932 · Berlin.
- Died
- 2018 · Tübingen.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- musicologist · university teacher · music critic · music historian · composer · editor
- Fields
- musicology
- Education
- University of Tübingen
- Honours
- Schubart-Literaturpreis
- Languages
- German
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Walther Dürr (27 April 1932 – 6 January 2018) was a German musicologist. He is especially known for his research of the work of Franz Schubert. From 1965 to 1997 Dürr was editor of the Neue Schubert-Ausgabe, with particular responsibility for the 14 volumes of lieder.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Walther Dürr. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q96942 · wikipedia · Walther Dürr
In this article
Identity
Identity
Walther Dürr was born in Berlin, Dürr studied from 1951 musicology and German and Romance studies in Berlin and Tübingen. He gained a PhD in 1956. Further studies and teaching led him to Bologna and back to Tübingen. He also taught at the universities of Stuttgart, Freiburg, and Bern. Besides his musicology work, he worked as a music critic, editor of numerous magazines, and translator of opera librettos. Dürr died in Tübingen, at age 85.
Walther Dürr studied at University of Tübingen. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is musicology. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tübingen. Employment is recorded with University of Tübingen and University of Bologna. Distinctions recorded are Schubart-Literaturpreis.
Walther Dürr is recorded as musicologist, university teacher, music critic, music historian and composer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
2018
Walther Dürr died at Tübingen.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Berlin.
Birth place
Tübingen.
Death place
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
42,438 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Walter WellerPerson
- Walter WerzowaPerson
- Walter Willson CobbettPerson
- Walther AeschbacherPerson
- Walther Siegmund-SchultzePerson
- Walther Wolfgang von GoethePerson
- Waltraut HaasPerson
- Waltteri TorikkaPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Walther Dürr?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.