Hueffer, Francis (real name, Franz Hüffer)
Hueffer, Francis (real name, Franz Hüffer)
Hueffer, Francis (real name, Franz Hüffer), German-born English writer on music; b. Münster, May 22, 1843; d. London, Jan. 19, 1889. He studied philology and music in London, Paris, Berlin, and Leipzig. He received a Dr.Phil. degree from Göttingen Univ. for his first publication (1869), a critical ed. of the works of Guillem de Cabestant, troubadour of the 12th century. In 1869 he settled in London as a writer on music, and from 1878 was music critic of the Times.
Writings
(all publ, in London, unless otherwise given): Richard Wagner and the Music of the Future (1874); The Troubadours: A History of Provencal Life and Literature in the Middle Ages (1878); Musical Studies (Edinburgh, 1880; reprints of his articles from the Times and Fortnightly Review); Richard Wagner (1881); Italian and Other Studies (1883); Half a Century of Music in England (1889; 2nd ed., 1898).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire