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BYUKEN (Bücken) Ernst (2 V 1884, Aachen - 28 VII 1949, Overath, near Cologne) - German musicologist and muses. writer. He studied at the University of Munich with A. Zandberger and T. Kroyer (music history), with V. Courvoisier (composition). From 1920 he taught the history of music in Aachen, Cologne University (professor since 1925), then at the Higher Technical School. school in Aachen and the Graduate School of Music in Cologne (since 1936). B. - researcher of muses. styles and connoisseur of histor. and bibliographic documentary sources, ed. Musical and historical publications, author of monographs and historical and biographical. novels about composers. In the works of B. 1930 - early. 1940s affected nationalistic. trends. B. gained greatest fame as an editor. publications: “Guide to musicology” (“Handbuch der Musikwissenschaft”, 10 vols., 1927-34), “Guide to musical education” (“Handbuch der Musikerziehung”,1931) and biographical. the series “Great Masters of Music” (Die groβen Meister der Musik, 12 vols., 1932–39), for which he wrote monographs about L. Beethoven and R. Wagner (both in 1934). B. - compiler and editor of Sat. fav. articles by R. Wagner.