Karl-Werner Gümpel Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection contains paper files from the later decades of Gümpel's career, including correspondence (notably, correspondence with Michel Huglo), transcriptions of medieval treatises, as well as notes, notebooks and index cards on various manuscripts. Near the end of his life, Gümpel was working on an edition of the anonymous 12-13th century treatise Diologus de musica, and there are many items related to this work in progress.
Dates
- Creation: 1969 - 2010
Creator
- Gümpel, Karl-Werner, 1930-2015 (Person)
Language of Materials
Primarily in German, with some correspondence and materials in English, Spanish, and Latin.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
Karl-Werner Gümpel (or Guempel) was a German musicologist active in the United States. He studied Musicology with Gerber at the University of Göttingen and with Gurlitt at Freiburg University (Ph.D, 1954). He moved to the United Sates in 1969 to become a professor at the University of Louisville, where he retired in 1998. His research focused on medieval music theory, particularly in the lberian Peninsula, as well as various topics in medieval and Renaissance music. He was an elected member of three honorary Catalan societies: Societat Catalana de Musicologia (1979), Real Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi (1984), and the Societat Catalana d'Estudis Litúrgics (1992). Publications include Die Musiktraktate Conrads von Zabern (Steiner, 1956), Zur lnterpretation der Tonus-Definition des Tonale Sancti Bernardi (Steiner, 1959), Manuscrips from the Carolingion era up to c. 1500: Portugal and Spain (Henle, 1997), and major articles in Archiv fur Musikwissenschaft, Recerca musicològica, and Orbis musicae.
Extent
10 linear feet
Arrangement
Materials arranged: Correspondence, Notes on Manuscripts, Materials relating to Diologus de musica, Binders and notebooks (miscellaneous).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Isolde Gümpel, 2010.
Separated Materials
Library of Karl-Werner Gümpel also received in gift to the University of Notre Dame; titles described individually within Hesburgh Libraries' catalog.
Processing Information
Collection not fully processed; description migrated from PDF finding aid.
Subject
- Huglo, Michel -- Correspondence (Person)
- Author
- R. Simon
- Date
- November 19, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- EAD updated, Jennifer Brcka (October 13, 2021)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository