Background
Riedel, Friedrich Wilhelm was born on October 24, 1929 in Cuxhaven, Germany. Son of Wilhelm Paul R. and Ingeborg Schuetz.
Riedel, Friedrich Wilhelm was born on October 24, 1929 in Cuxhaven, Germany. Son of Wilhelm Paul R. and Ingeborg Schuetz.
Doctor of Philosophy, Christian Albrechts University, 1957.
Chief central secretary International Inventory Musical Sources, Kassel, Germany, 1960-1967. Musicological assistant Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, 1968-1970, professor musicology Germany, since 1971. Expert for historical organs Landesamt Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz, since 1978.
Chief editor Ars Organi, 1997-1999.
Member Gesellschaft Musicological (advisor since 1982), Gesellschaft Orgelfreunde (advisor since 1994), International J.M. Kraus Gesellschaft (president since 1982), Goerres-Gesellschaft, Landesmusikrat Rheinland Pfalz, Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Married Almuth Elisabeth Keller, April 21, 1961. Children: Alois Wilhelm, Anna Dorothea, Karl Leonhard, Agnes Regina.