Background
Petzoldt was born in Rabenstein.
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Martin Petzoldt
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Education
And attended the Kreuzschule He studied theology at the University of Leipzig, graduating in 1969.
Career
He was a professor at the University of Leipzig and president of the Neue Bachgesellschaft. He taught at the University of Leipzig, from 1986 as docent, from 1992 as a professor of systematic theology with a focus on ethic. From 1995 to 2009 he was also Universitätsprediger (university preacher).
In that function, he was engaged in the discussions and decisions around the new Paulinum, replacing the former demolished university church Paulinerkirche.
He was professor emeritus in 2011. Petzoldt was one of the editors of a magazine for theological literature, the Theologische Literaturzeitung, until end of 2014.
He was also president of the Neue Bachgesellschaft and from 1978 to 2014 on the board of the Thomaskirche. Foreign the Carus-Verlag, Petzoldt edited a facsimile edition of the seven volumes of libretti of works by Bach which were published between 1724 and 1749, including the Christmas Oratorio.
The book was awarded the Deutscher Musikeditions-Preis in the facsimile category in 2001.
In 2012 he was diagnosed with leukemia. He died in Leipzig. X.
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Membership
He was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor under Rudolf Mauersberger.
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Germany East Germany