Background
Geiringer, Karl was born on April 26, 1899 in Vienna, Austria. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1945. Son of Ludwig and Martha (Wertheimer) Geiringer.
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Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition) by Karl Geiringer, Irene Geiringer (1982) Paperback
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The Bach Family: Seven Generations of Creative Genius
(The biography of the Bach family with an index of composi...)
The biography of the Bach family with an index of compositions by family member.
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Haydn a Creative Life in Music
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(Haydn: A Creative Life in Music * * ) Author: Karl Geiringer Oct-2011
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Haydn: A Creative Life In Music
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Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition) 3rd edition by Karl Geiringer, Irene Geiringer (1982) Paperback
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Music of the Bach Family an Anthology
(This anthology offers 27 compositions by 14 different mem...)
This anthology offers 27 compositions by 14 different members of the Bach family music dynasty. No other artistic family equals in distinction the Bachs, who both in quantity and quality of achievement tower above all others.
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Haydn. A creative life in music. With plates, including portraits
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The Bach Family (Da Capo Press music reprint series)
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Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Rev and Enl) By Geiringer, Karl ( Author ) Paperback 1983
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Music of the Bach Family. An anthology. Score.
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(Haydn: A Creative Life in Music ) Author: Karl Geiringer May-1983
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- Johann Sebastian Bach: The Culmination of An Era by Karl Geiringer (1966-12-31)
- Johann Sebastian Bach: The Culmination of An Era (This basic, one-volume study of Johann Sebastian Bach com...)
- Haydn: A Creative Life In Music
- Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition) by Karl Geiringer (1982-01-01) (Brand New. In Stock. Will be shipped from US. Excellent C...)
- Johann Sebastian Bach, The Culmination of an Era
- Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition) (This definitive study of the life and works of Joseph Hay...)
- By Karl Geiringer - Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Editi (3rd Edition) (1982-01-16) Paperback (Brand New. In Stock. Will be shipped from US. Excellent C...)
Karl Geiringer
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, University Berlin, 1921. Doctor of Philosophy, University Vienna, 1923. Doctor of Music (honorary), Wooster College, 1984.
Career
Curator archives, Society of Friends of Music, Vienna, 1930-1938; visiting professor, Royal Conservatory Music, London, 1938-1939; broadcaster, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1938-1939; visiting professor, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1940-1941; professor music, Boston University School Fine Arts, 1941-1962; department chairman history and theory of music and division graduate studies, Boston University School Fine Arts professor music charge graduate studies in music, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1962-1970; professor emeritus, University of California at Santa Barbara, from 1971.
Achievements
Works
book
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Culmination of An Era
(This basic, one-volume study of Johann Sebastian Bach com...)
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Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition)
( This definitive study of the life and works of Joseph H...)
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Music of the Bach Family an Anthology
(This anthology offers 27 compositions by 14 different mem...)
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The Bach Family: Seven Generations of Creative Genius
(The biography of the Bach family with an index of composi...)
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Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition) by Karl Geiringer (1982-01-01)
(Brand New. In Stock. Will be shipped from US. Excellent C...)
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By Karl Geiringer - Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Editi (3rd Edition) (1982-01-16) Paperback
(Brand New. In Stock. Will be shipped from US. Excellent C...)
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Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition) by Karl Geiringer, Irene Geiringer (1982) Paperback
(3rd)
- Johann Sebastian Bach: The Culmination of An Era by Karl Geiringer (1966-12-31)
- Haydn a Creative Life in Music
- (Haydn: A Creative Life in Music * * ) Author: Karl Geiringer Oct-2011
- Haydn: A Creative Life In Music
- Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Third Revised and Expanded Edition) 3rd edition by Karl Geiringer, Irene Geiringer (1982) Paperback
- Haydn: A Creative Life In Music
- Haydn. A creative life in music. With plates, including portraits
- The Bach Family (Da Capo Press music reprint series)
- Haydn: A Creative Life in Music (Rev and Enl) By Geiringer, Karl ( Author ) Paperback 1983
- Johann Sebastian Bach, The Culmination of an Era
- Music of the Bach Family. An anthology. Score.
- (Haydn: A Creative Life in Music ) Author: Karl Geiringer May-1983
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Culmination of An Era
Membership
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Musicological Society (honorary member, president 1955-1956, Executive Board 1954, Executive Board 57-58, Executive Board 64, Executive Board 68-69), International Musicological Society, Austrian Musicological Society (honorary member), New Bach Society (honorary member American chapter), American Brahms Society (director 1983), College Music Society (Executive Board 1965-1967), Music library association, Handel and Haydn Society (honorary member), Riemenschneider Bach-Institute (honorary member), International Gluck Society (honorary). M C.
Connections
Married Irene Steckel, April 19, 1928. Children– Martin Frederick, George Karl. Married Bernice Abrams Shapiro.
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Ethnicity
Education
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1921
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1923
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1984
Career
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1930 - 1938
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1938 - 1939
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1938 - 1939
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1940 - 1941
Awards
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Recipient Austrian Medal of Arts and Science, 1969, Cross of Honor 1st class, 1982. Studies in 18th Century Music, a tribute to Karl Geiringer on his 70th birthday, edited by H.C.R. Landon and R. Chapman, 1970.Recipient Austrian Medal of Arts and Science, 1969, Cross of Honor 1st class, 1982. Studies in 18th Century Music, a tribute to Karl Geiringer on his 70th birthday, edited by H.C.R. Landon and R. Chapman, 1970.