Dietrich Berke

Dietrich Berke (26 February 1938 – 16 October 2010) was a German musicologist and Chief editor of the Bärenreiter music publishing house.

Since 1973, he has also been a member of the editorial management of the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe.

He published yearbooks and commemorative publications, wrote essays on Mozart and Schubert research as well as on the life and work of Heinrich Schütz, on music philology, publishing and copyright.

He has been a member of the boards of directors of sponsoring associations and of executive committees of various musicological monuments and complete editions.

Berke was a member of the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gesellschaft [de] in Halle.