In 1978 he was awarded the Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association of London and in 1982 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Ĭhristoph Wolff has written extensively on the history of music from the 15 th to the 20 th century, particularly on J.S. He currently serves as Director of the Bach-Archiv in Leipzig and President of the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales. Recipient of various international prizes, several honorary degrees, Christoph Wolff holds an honorary professorship at the University of Freiburg and memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Currently he is is Adams University Professor at Harvard University. At Harvard he served as Chair of the Music Department (1980-1988, 1990-1991), Acting Director of the University Library (1991-1992), and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1992-2000). In 1976 he became a professor of music at Harvard University William Powell Mason Professor of Music, 1985-2002 and Adams University Professor, 2002 to present.
in 1966 from the University of Erlangen (dissertation Der stile antico in der Musik Johann Sebastian Bachs: Studien zu Bachs Spätwerk, published in Wiesbaden, 1968).Ĭhristoph Wolff taught the history of music at the University of Erlangen from 1965 to 1968 also at the University of Toronto from 1968 to 1970 then at Columbia University from 1970 to 1976.
He obtained a performance diploma in 1963 from the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, and his Ph.D.
The eminent German musicologist and conductor, Christoph (Johannes) Wolff, studied church music at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik and in Freiburg im Breisgau took Courses in musicology at the universities of Berlin and Erlangen. Christoph Wolff (Musicologist, Conductor, Arranger)īorn: Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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