Heinrich Besseler

Heinrich Besseler
Born(1900-04-02)April 2, 1900
Dortmund, Germany
DiedJuly 25, 1969(1969-07-25) (aged 69)
Leipzig, Germany
OccupationMusicologist

Heinrich Besseler (April 2, 1900 – July 25, 1969) was a German musicologist born in Hörde. He is particularly known for his colossal work, Die Musik des Mittelalters und der Renaissance (1931), which provided a new perspective on historical musicology by taking a history-of-ideas approach to music history.

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