News from the field of cultural history of music
News from the field of cultural history of music
Lecture by Dr Clémence Schupp-Maurer
Colonial structures in a domestic context. Music in the Antilles in the 18th century
as part of the international and interdisciplinary conference "Music at Home. Musical Practices, Cultural Exchange and Knowledge Transfer in the Domestic Space"
Saturday, 27 June 2026 at 16:45, at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw)
New publication (essay):
Editions of letters: between the archive and music historiography
Fornoff-Petrowski, Christine: ‘Letter collections: between the archive and music historiography’, in: Michaela Krucsay (ed.): Out of the Box. From the Archive to Music History, Bölhau 2026, pp. 231–250.
Lecture by Dr Christine Fornoff-Petrowski
Sequential musical marriages or "patchwork family"? Highlights on the d'Albert family of musicians
as part of the interdisciplinary and international symposium "Musik_Familie. Perspectives from cultural studies"
Wednesday, 27 May 2026 at 14:30 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw)
Dr Christine Fornoff-Petrowski: public panel discussion
As part of the Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Eastern European History and Polish Studies, there will be a public panel discussion on the topic "Who supports? Who shines? On joint work and unequal recognition in science, culture and society". With Christine Fornoff-Petrowski (Oldenburg), Johanna Gehmacher (Vienna) and Katrin Steffen (Lüneburg/Halle), recognised experts will discuss key questions in their fields; the event will be moderated by Olaf Peters (Halle) and Katharina Eger (Halle).
Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 19:00 - 21:00 at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Lecture by Prof Dr Anna Langenbruch
Geschichtspolitik auf der Opernbühne: Wagner, Pfitzner und das Aufführen von Musikgeschichte
Guest lecture at the University of Basel
Tuesday, 24 March 2026 at 18:15, Lecture Hall, Department of Musicology, University of Basel
Lecture by Dr Clémence Schupp-Maurer
Weiblichkeitskonstrukte neu inszenieren? Die Darstellung von historischen Filmschauspielerinnen im Musical
as part of the annual meeting of the Friends and Sponsors of the German Musical Archive
Saturday, 07 March 2026, Centre for Popular Culture and Music at the University of Freiburg
Lecture by Dr Clémence Schupp-Maurer
„‚Edith Piaf lebt!‘ – Erinnerung an Chansonsängerinnen auf der Musiktheaterbühne“
as part of the annual conference of the Austrian Society for Musicology 2025
Saturday, 15 November 2025, Anton Bruckner Private University Linz
Lecture by Prof Dr Anna Langenbruch
"Vergangenheit erfinden, Vergangenheit aufführen: Geschichte im Musiktheater"
as part of the series of events DISKURS BAYREUTH 2025 on the topic "The invention of the past".
07-08 August 2025 at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, rehearsal stage IV.
New publication:
Musikgeschichte und Gender auf der Bühne.
Historische Chanson- und Jazzsängerinnen im populären Musiktheater
Monograph by Clémence Schupp-Maurer
Billie Holiday, Édith Piaf, Claire Waldoff - female chanson and jazz singers are popular subjects of popular music theatre. In such productions, the theatre actors deal with music history, but also with the gender performance of the female musician portrayed: they reflect on self-presentation, the life and music of the historical figure, but also on (music) historiography. For the first time, Clémence Schupp-Maurer places this debate in the academic spotlight. Using an innovative method that combines approaches from ethnology, theatre studies and musicology, she analyses how music history and gender concepts emerge on stage.
New publication:
(Wahl-)Verwandtschaften.
Gemeinschaftliches kulturelles Handeln
Edited by Maren Bagge, Christine Fornoff-Petrowski, Anna Ricke and Susanne Rode-Breymann
Music-related activities do not take place in a 'quiet chamber', but benefit from an exchange of ideas. Whether in joint collaboration, larger networks or through mutual inspiration: Relationships - within the family or in freely chosen communities - can open up creativity and room for manoeuvre, but also restrict it, influence ideas and shape artistic activity. This volume examines the significance of various forms of relationships for musical culture from the early modern period to the late 20th century. The contributions create a panorama of music-related (elective) relationships - from artistic co-operation, couple relationships and family structures to shared flats.
New perspectives on musicology
Information event on the M.A. Musicology degree programme
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 4-5 p.m. | Institute of Music, Room A09 0-017
In an open atmosphere, we provide insights into studying musicology, information on the double master's programme, academic appointments, etc. and are available to answer questions from prospective students. Drop by - we look forward to the exchange! Registration is not required.
Research ethics and archival work in historical musicology
Research workshop
Concept: Dr Carola Bebermeier (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna); Prof Dr Anna Langenbruch (University of Oldenburg)
14-15 March 2025, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Surveillance documents, camp files, compensation files, but also private letters or colonially influenced sound recordings - in the course of increasing cultural and social history research, historical musicology is focussing on source materials that result from situations with extremely asymmetrical power relations. These archival holdings require special reflection on the power imbalance from which they emerged. Against this background, the workshop is dedicated to research ethical problems and questions from the respective research practice of the participants and aims to explore the responsibilities that research ethics and archival work in historical musicology entail.
Lecture by Anna Langenbruch
"Von musikalischen Revolutionen und singenden Philosophen: Musik und Wissensgeschichte"
as part of the inaugural series of lectures of School III - School of Linguistics and Cultural Studies
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 6 p.m. | BIS-Saal (opposite the circulation desk)
New publication: Musical Practice in the Long Nineteenth Century
Unknown Ego-Documents from Central Europe
Studies in musicology. Supplements to the Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich 62
Edited by Lili Veronika Békéssy, Martin Eybl and Gesa Finke
ISBN: 978-3-99094-185-0
Vienna, 2024
Like no other source genre, first-person documents provide insights into the everyday history of music and into the thoughts of people who deal with music, their perceptions, their intentions and their memories. They are testimonies of self-perception and self-portrayal, whether in the private sphere of correspondence and diaries or in the printed form of autobiographical writings. Volume 62 of Studien zur Musikwissenschaft offers information on biographical documents relating to music, dating from the period between the French Revolution and the First World War, which have been discovered or rediscovered in research conducted in recent years. (Publisher's text)
With contributions by Lili Veronika Békéssy, Martin Eybl, Gesa Finke, Vjera Katalinić, Jana Laslavíková, Marko Motnik, Zsombor Németh, Tomasz Pudłocki, Emese Tóth.
Event: New perspectives on musicology
Information event on the M.A. Musicology degree programme
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 4-5 p.m. | Institute of Music, Room A09 0-017
In an informal atmosphere, we provide insights into studying musicology, information on the double master's programme, academic appointments, etc. and are available to answer questions from prospective students. Drop by - we look forward to the exchange! Registration is not required.
New publication: Musikalische Schrift und Gender
Gesa Finke / Julia Freund (eds.): Musikalische Schrift und Gender. Practices - Discourses - Perspectives, Bielefeld: transcript 2024 (Musik und Klangkultur 66).