Dorothea Redepenning

Dorothea Redepenning (* 1954 in Glückstadt ) is a German musicologist and professor at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg .

Life

Redepenning first studied music at the University of Hamburg , majoring in the flute . There she passed her exams in 1978 and then studied musicology, German and Romance languages . 1984 doctorate it with a thesis on the late work of Franz Liszt to Dr. phil. and then worked as a research assistant in a DFG research project on Liszt's writings in Detmold. Then she took a teaching about Slavic music cultures true at Hamburg University before settling in 1993 with a thesis on the history of Russian music habilitated .

After substitute professorships at the Universities of Marburg and Erlangen , she accepted a position at the University of Heidelberg . There she has held a full professorship at the musicology seminar there since 1997. From 2000 to 2008 she was dean of studies first of the philosophical-historical, then only of the philosophical faculty. Under her leadership, the courses were converted from Magister to Bachelor and Master degrees.

Works (selection)

Redepenning's research focuses primarily on the music of Eastern Europe, especially Russia and the former Soviet Union. One focus is the music of the 19th and 20th centuries, especially with regard to symphony and opera. She also researches the history of reception and intercultural processes. With regard to individual composers, the focus is on Franz Liszt, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya .

• The late work of Franz Liszt: arrangements of his own compositions . Karl D. Wagner, Hamburg 1984, ISBN 978-3-88979-004-0 (dissertation).
• Liszt, Faust Symphony . W. Fink, Munich 1988, ISBN 978-3-7705-2452-5 .
• History of Russian and Soviet Music, Vol. 1: The 19th Century . Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 1994, ISBN 978-3-89007-206-7 (habilitation thesis).
• History of Russian and Soviet Music, Vol. 2: The 20th Century . Laaber Verlag, Laaber 2008, ISBN 978-3-89007-208-1 .
• with Silke Leopold and Joachim Steinheuer: Musical milestones. 111 works that you should know . Bärenreiter, Kassel 2008, ISBN 978-3-7618-1942-5 .
• Peter Tchaikovsky . CH Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-68810-2 .

Web links

• Redepenning at her chair at Heidelberg University