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Ambros, August Wilhelm
August Wilhelm Ambros, frontispiece of his Abriss der Musikgeschichte (1910).
August Wilhelm Ambros
Czech musicologist
Quick Facts
- Born:
- Nov. 17, 1816, Vysoké Mýto, near Prague
- Died:
- June 28, 1876, Vienna (aged 59)
- Notable Works:
- “Geschichte der Musik”
August Wilhelm Ambros (born Nov. 17, 1816, Vysoké Mýto, near Prague—died June 28, 1876, Vienna) was a musicologist, author of Geschichte der Musik, a comprehensive history of music. Ambros studied law, entered the civil service in 1840, and became public prosecutor in Prague in 1850. A keen, well-trained musician and composer of a Czech opera, Bretislaw a Jitka, he also established himself as a brilliant writer on music. His pamphlet Über die Grenzen der Poesie und Musik (1856) contributed to a heated aesthetic controversy. In 1869 he became professor of music at Prague and, in 1872, of music history at ...(100 of 112 words)