Dietrich Kämper


Dietrich Kämper is a German musicologist.

Life

Born in Melle, Niedersachsen, Kämper studied at the University of Cologne and University of Zurich with research stays in Bologna, Florence and Rome. He received his doctorate in 1963 with a dissertation Franz Wüllner – Leben, Wirken und kompositorisches Schaffen at the University of Cologne, where he habilitated in musicology in 1967. Since 1986 he was the holder of the newly established chair for musicology at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. In 1995 he was finally appointed to the University of Cologne. His main areas of research were Renaissance music, music of the 20th century and music history of the Rhineland.

Musicological author