Background
Kross, Siegfried was born on August 24, 1930 in Wupperfal-Elberfeld, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Elfriede Kross.
Kross, Siegfried was born on August 24, 1930 in Wupperfal-Elberfeld, Germany. Son of Wilhelm and Elfriede Kross.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Bonn, 1956.
Assistant Beethoven Archives, Bonn, 1954-1960. Scholarship Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in Vienna, 1959. Assistant professor University Bonn, 1960, professor, 1970-1995, retired, 1995.
Professor University Greifswald, 1989-1990. Vice president Landesmusikrat North Rhine Westfalia, 1999. President Arbeitsgemeinschaft Musikgeschichte, 1982-1995.
Dean of faculty University Bonn, 1989-1991. Member Landesanstalt für Rundfunk North Rhine Westfalia, 1986-1998, vice president research council.
Member American Musicol. Society, Gesellschaft für Musikforschung.
Married Dorothee Braud, March 23, 1962. Children: Wilhelm, Ulrich.