Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg
Born(1933-03-14)14 March 1933
Remplin, Germany
Died24 July 2018(2018-07-24) (aged 85)
Hechingen, Germany
SpousePrincess Maria Margarethe of Hohenzollern
Names
Carl Gregor Georg Friedrich Franz Heinrich Norbert Wenceslaus Johann Nepomuk Lazarus Clemens Maria de Mercede et omnes sancti
HouseHouse of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
FatherGeorge, Duke of Mecklenburg
MotherIrina Mikhailovna Raievskya

Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg (14 March 1933 – 23 July 2018) was a German historian of music and art. He served as director of the Museum of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart for a period of 18 years, and was noted for his books on music and art. He was a member of the former Mecklenburg ducal family.

Early life and education

Herzog zu Mecklenburg was born on 14 March 1933 in Remplin, Mecklenburg, in the northeast of Germany. Although he was born on the former grand ducal estate, his relative Frederick Francis IV abdicated from rule in 1918 upon the defeat of the German Empire in World War I.[1] Thus, Herzog zu Mecklenburg ((English: Duke of Mecklenburg) serves as a surname, rather than a current title.[2] His father was George, Duke of Mecklenburg, and his mother was Irina Mikhailovna Raievskya.[3]

Herzog zu Mecklenburg spent his early years at Remplin Palace, until the palace was burned in 1940.[1] His family then moved to the Berlin area until the end of the war.[1] In 1945, the family moved to Sigmaringen and Hechingen, in southwestern Germany, where Mecklenburg remained for much of the rest of his life.[1][3]

Herzog zu Mecklenburg stayed in the area for his education. He studied music at the Zimmermann Conservatory in Konstanz.[3] He then went on to the University of Tübingen, where he completed a masters degree in art history and musicology in 1964, and a PhD in art history in 1968.[3][4]

Career

After completing his PhD, Herzog zu Mecklenburg worked as an assistant in the department of art history at the University of Stuttgart.[3] He then served at the State Monument Preservation office in Tübingen.[3][5] As a member of this commission, he helped campaign to save the castle and other historic buildings of Hechingen.[5] In 1974 he was appointed the director of the Museum of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, a position that he held until his retirement in 1992.[3]

Herzog zu Mecklenburg is noted for his bibliographies on musical literature, particularly those on jazz.

Personal life and death

Herzog zu Mecklenburg married Princess Maria Margarethe of Hohenzollern, the daughter of Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden, in a civil ceremony on 18 February 1965 in Hechingen.[6] They had a religious ceremony on 23 April 1966 in the Chapel at Burg Hohenzollern.[7]

Herzog zu Mecklenburg died on 24 July 2018 at the age of 85, in his home at the Villa Silberburg in Hechingen.[2][8]

Selected books

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d Worlitz, Jürgen (13 November 2008). "Die Demokratie soll ihre Chance bekommen" [Democracy Should get its Chance]. Schweriner Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "In Remplin geborener Herzog zu Mecklenburg gestorben" [Remplin-born Herzog zu Mecklenburg has died]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 24 July 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Oster, Uwe (14 March 2008). "Musik und Literatur als roter Faden". Hohenzollerische Zeitung. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
  4. ^ Carl Gregor Herzog zu Mecklenburg (1968). Correggio in der deutschen Kunstanschauung in der Zeit von 1750 bis 1850: mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Frühromantik (PhD thesis) (in German). University of Tübingen.
  5. ^ a b "Unterschriften gegen geplanten Schloss-Abriss" [Signatures Against the Planned Demolition of the Castle]. Schwarzwälder Bote (in German). 13 March 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  6. ^ L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. p. 242.
  7. ^ "German Duke Weds; Prince Disappears". The New York Times. 24 April 1966. p. 8.
  8. ^ Kromer, Hardy (28 July 2018). "Der trommelnde "Jazz-Herzog" ist tot" [The Drumming "Jazz Duke" is Dead]. Südwest Presse (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  9. ^ Bose, Fritz (1963). "Review". Musikforschung (in German). 16 (1): 81–82. JSTOR 41115482.
  10. ^ Reviews of Bibliographie einiger Grenzgebiete der Musikwissenschaft:
    • Schmieder, Wolfgang (1967). "Review". Musikforschung (in German). 20 (4): 461–462. JSTOR 41116168.
    • Wallon, Simone (1967). "Review". Revue de Musicologie (in French). 53 (2): 184–185. doi:10.2307/927722. JSTOR 927722.
  11. ^ Reviews of International Jazz Bibliography (1919 to 1968):
  12. ^ Reviews of 1970 Supplement to International Jazz Bibliography & International Drum & Percussion Bibliography:
  13. ^ Schoeps, H. J. (1981). "Review". Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte (in German). 33 (4): 378–379. JSTOR 23892876.
  14. ^ "Genealogy". House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz homepage. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

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