Wilhelm Brambach, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wilhelm Brambach

German musicologist

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1841

Place of Birth: Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1932

Profession: librarian, university teacher, classical scholar, musicologist, classical philologist, music historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Wilhelm Brambach

  • Wilhelm Brambach (17 December 1841 – 26 February 1932) was a German classical scholar, music historian, and librarian.
  • He was the son of organ builder Franz Jacob Brachmann and the brother of composer and choral conductor Caspar Joseph Brambach.
  • He studied classical philology with Friedrich Ritschl and musicology with Heinrich Breidenstein at the University of Bonn.
  • He worked as a librarian at Bonn University from 1862–1866, after which he was appointed Chief Librarian at the University Library Freiburg in 1866, a position he held for the next 38 years.
  • He also con-currently served as a full professor of philology at the University of Freiburg from 1868 until his retirement in 1904.

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