Hansjörg Pauli
Encyclopedia
Hansjörg Pauli in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
) is a Swiss musicologist, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and music critic. He was a pupil of Hans Keller
Hans Keller
Hans Keller was an influential Austrian-born British musician and writer who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, as well as being an insightful commentator on such disparate fields as psychoanalysis and football...
.
During the 1950s, Pauli was a jazz pianist and a music critic for Neues Winterthurer Tageblatt.
From 1960 to 1965 Pauli worked at Radio Zürich on new music broadcasts, and between 1965 and 1968 he was a music editor for NDR-Fernsehen where he directed TV documentaries and produced films by Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock
Richard Leacock was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema and Cinéma vérité.-Early life and career:...
, Rolf Liebermann
Rolf Liebermann
Rolf Liebermann , was a Swiss composer and music administrator born in Zurich, and associated with several different musical genres. His output included chansons, classical, and light music. His classical music often combines myriad styles and techniques, including those drawn from baroque,...
, Klaus Wildenhahn and others. Since 1968 he is a freelance writer.
Pauli is a prominent authority on the music of Luigi Nono
Luigi Nono
Luigi Nono was an Italian avant-garde composer of classical music and remains one of the most prominent composers of the 20th century.- Early years :Born in Venice, he was a member of a wealthy artistic family, and his grandfather was a notable painter...
.
Articles by Hansjörg Pauli
- 'On Strawinsky's Threni, Tempo, New Series, No. 49 (Autumn, 1958), pp. 16–17+21-33
- 'Hans Werner Henze's Italian Music', The Score, No.25, June 1959
- 'Für wen komponieren Sie eigentlich?' Reihe Fischer, vol. F 16. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 1971.
- 'Bernard Herrmanns Musik zu Citizen Kane', Dissonance 26 (November 1990): 12-18.