Georgiades Thrasybulos Georgios, *4 January 1907 Athens, †15 March 1977 Munich, German musicologist of Greek origin. In 1928 he graduated in engineering from the Polytechnic in Athens; he also received musical education at the Odeon, the Athens Conservatory. In 1930–35 he studied musicology at the University of Munich under R. von Ficker, obtaining his doctorate in 1935 on the basis of a dissertation on English discant. In 1931–35 he studied under C. Orff, and in 1947 he completed his habilitation at the University of Munich. In 1936–41 he was professor of music, later director of the Odeon in Athens. From 1949 he was professor of musicology at the University of Heidelberg, and from 1955 in Munich; he initiated the series «Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte».
Georgiades is the author of works distinguished by their methodological and philosophical originality, devoted to Greek music, the theory of musical rhythm, the relationship between speech and music, and problems of musical interpretation; he also studied the music of the Viennese classics and the songs of Franz Schubert.
Englische Diskanttraktate aus der ersten Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts, Würzburg 1937 (doctoral dissertation)
Der griechische Rhythmus. Musik, Reigen, Vers und Sprache, Hamburg 1949, Tutzing 2nd ed. 1977 (habilitation dissertation)
Musik und Sprache, Berlin 1954, 2nd ed. 1974
Greek Music. Verse and Dance, New York 1956
Musik und Rhythmus bei den Griechen, Hamburg 1958
Schubert. Musik und Lyrik, Göttingen 1967
numerous articles, some of which were published in the collection Kleine Schriften, «Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte» XXVI, Tutzing 1977
editorial work:
«Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte», 25 vols., Tutzing 1956–79
Musikalische Edition im Wandel des historischen Bewusstseins, «Musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten» XXIII, Kassel 1971
