As a discipline concerned with the study of music and music-making in history and the present, musicology is an integral part of all degree programmes at the MHL. In this sense, musicological research is a central element at this institution, which finds its way directly into teaching and is closely connected to artistic practice. The MHL also offers the possibility of a doctorate in musicology.
The subject of musicology at the MHL is represented by Prof. Dr. Christiane Tewinkel and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandberger; courses on popular music are taught by Prof. Bernd Ruf. Focal points in research and teaching are figures such as Johannes Brahms, Georg Friedrich Handel, Theodor Leschetizky, Franz Liszt, and Robert Schumann in their historical contexts, as well as music and musical performance practice in the "long" 19th century, transatlantic relations in music, music criticism and music mediation, aspects of intermediality, reception history, and the history of knowledge and scholarship. The courses offered are complemented by the courses in ethnomusicology, media studies and systematic musicology.
Members of the Musicology Section
’You play exactly as if you came from America.’ Transatlantic Relations and Anti-American Bias in the Musical Life of the German Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1880-1915 (April 2022 until September 2024)
The goal of this research project, which is led by Prof. Dr Christiane Tewinkel and carried out by Dr. Marten Noorduin, is to illuminate the American grand tours in German-speaking lands between 1880 and 1915, and to make visible the transatlantic networks with teachers like Liszt (in Weimar) and Leschetizky (in Vienna) at the centre. Within this framework it will offer insight into the musical discourse in the German-speaking world, and the anti-American biases within it. More information about the project can be found here.
In recent years, the MHL has regularly hosted symposia, which have been documented in publications. Further conferences and meetings are planned.
The Brahms-Institute, affiliated to the university and directed by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandberger, has enriched musicology at the MHL in a unique way since 1991. The research work focuses on the 19th century. The heart of the institute is the extensive collection; the focus was and is on projects for its indexing and processing. With the help of the state of Schleswig-Holstein and numerous foundations (Volkswagen Foundation, Hermann Reemtsma Foundation, Possehl Foundation 电子游戏官网_电子游戏平台), large parts of the collection can now be viewed worldwide in the digital archive of the Brahms Institute, including handwritten sources by Johannes Brahms, all first editions by Brahms and Robert Schumann as well as partial bequests by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner and Joseph Joachim.
As part of a DFG-funded project, the Institute has compiled the "Brahms-Briefwechsel-Verzeichnis" (Brahms Correspondence Index), which is also available digitally in its basic form. Numerous publications by the Institute, including standard works such as the Brahms Handbook, also enrich international Brahms research. Finally, the exhibitions, documented in catalogues published almost annually in the Institute's series of publications, are important for the scholarly development of the collection. The Brahms-Festival is also closely connected to the Institute; Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandberger has been the festival's project director since 2011.
"Brahms-Portal" (from 2022)
The portal, which is freely accessible worldwide, sees itself as an international digital hub for scholars and the public. By linking the now more than 43,000 digitised works, the cultural heritage is semantically processed for all users and scholarly enriched with information on the works of Brahms. Planned connections include the "Digitale Kulturwerk 电子游戏官网_电子游戏平台", the "Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek" and the "Europeana" (from January 2022, financed in the first phase from the excellence budget of the state of Schleswig-Holstein).
Musicology at the MHL
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Prof. Dr. Christiane Tewinkel
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Brahms-Institute of the MHL
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandberger
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