Christoph Wolff

German-born musicologist · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Born 1940 · age 86

Christoph Wolff is a German musicologist. He is best known for his works on the music, life, and period of Johann Sebastian Bach. Christoph Wolff is an emeritus professor of Harvard University, and was part of the faculty since 1976, and former director of the Bach Archive in Leipzig from 2001 to 2014.

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2021Bach MedalAward2016Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAwardMore about this2006Royal Academy of Music Bach PrizeAward2001Berlin PrizeAward1992State Prize of North Rhine-WestphaliaAward1940Born24 May 1940

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