Hermann Bernhard Arthur Prüfer (7 July 1860, Leipzig – 3 June 1944, Würzburg[1][2]) was a German musicologist.
He was a son of a businessman and later studied musicology in Leipzig and Berlin,[1] especially under Philipp Spitta.
[3][4] Prüfer was the musicology instructor for the Polish composer and conductor, Mateusz Gliński, during his teachings the Leipzig Conservatory.
[5] As a musicologist, his noticeable contribution was the 1909 publication, the Work of Bayreuth (Das Werk von Bayreuth), that contains thoughts and ideas through the musical compositions by Richard Wagner.
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