Clemens Kühn


Clemens Kühn is a German music theorician.

Life

Born in Hamburg, Kühn studied School music, Germanistic in Hamburg and Berlin as well as Music theory and composition with Diether de la Motte. In 1977 he was awarded a doctorate in musicology as a student of Carl Dahlhaus. After teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, he was appointed to the chair of music theory at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden in 1997.
Kühn was a staff member and editor of various periodicals, including from 1978 to 1996 co-editor and editor of the magazine.

Publications