Joseph Schmidt-Görg

Joseph Schmidt-Görg (born Schmidt 19 March 1897 – 3 April 1981) was a German musicologist, composer and music editor.

Born Joseph Schmidt[2] in Rüdinghausen [de] (now part of Witten), he studied musicology at the University of Bonn with Ludwig Schiedermair, also philosophy, pedagogy and experimental physics.

[1] After his habilitation that year, on Mitteltontemperatur,[3] he lectured at the university, was appointed professor in 1938, and Ordinarius in 1948.

[1] Schiedermair was a founding member and first director of the Beethoven Archive in Bonn in 1927.

[2] He edited piano works, in collaboration with his son Hans Schmidt.