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Alan Henry Krueck (November 15, 1939 – June 24, 2010) was an American musicologist, editor, and professor of German language, and the head of the North American branch of the International Draeseke Society.
Early life
[edit]Krueck was born in Rochester, New York in 1939.
Career
[edit]Krueck wrote his doctoral dissertation, The symphonies of Felix Draeseke: a study in consideration of developments in symphonic form in the second half of the nineteenth century for the University of Zurich in 1967.[1] This was the first English-language study of Draeseke's music. In 1993, Krueck founded the North American adjunct of the International Draeseke Society,[1] and produced a number of CDs on the society's label.[2] He also edited, among other works, the previously unpublished 2nd of Draeseke's sonatas for viola alta[3] and his opera Bertran de Born.
He was professor emeritus at California University of Pennsylvania.[4]
He died on June 24, 2010, in Brownsville, Pennsylvania.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Felix Draeseke Societies". Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ↑ E.g. OCLC 43799736, or see Barry Brenesal. "The International Draeseke Society: Alan Krueck's Quest to Render Musical Justice". Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010. (excerpted from an article in Fanfare magazine)
- ↑ OCLC 472833872
- ↑ Creamer, Noele (19 December 2004). "German dinner a tasty season's greeting". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 16 December 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ↑ "Alan H. Krueck" (Obituary). Uniontown Herald-Standard. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.