Marianne Betz

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Marianne Betz (born November 3, 1959 in Wiesbaden ) is a German flautist and musicologist .

Life

After graduating from high school in Wiesbaden in 1977, Betz first studied recorder and flute at the Karlsruhe University of Music ( Gerhard Braun ) and the Freiburg University of Music ( Nikolaus Delius ), then musicology, English, German, Slavic and Romance studies at the University of Freiburg (Hans-Heinrich Eggebrecht, Uwe Pörksen, Günter Schnitzler) and the University of Heidelberg (Ludwig Finscher). In 1987 she was accepted into the German National Academic Foundation . In 1991 she completed her studies with a doctorate.

From 1983 to 1993 she was a lecturer for recorder and transverse flute at the Freiburg University of Education. She also worked as a freelancer for various music publishers and for the Badische Zeitung . In October 1993 she was appointed professor of musicology at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig .

From September 2007 to August 2012 Marianne Betz was rector of the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz and from 2008 to 2012 she was chairwoman of the Austrian Conference of Private Universities (ÖPUK). Since September 2012 she has been part of the “Leaders in Science” personnel consultancy team at the German Association of Universities .

Since she succeeded in finding essential materials from the estate of the Boston composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854–1931), she has devoted a large part of her musicological work to research questions on American music.

Betz is a member of various international organizations. She is the founder of the Transatlantic Relations working group at the Society for American Music (SAM) and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Society for American Music . In 2002 she received a scholarship from the Sinfonia Foundation , in 2013 she was awarded the Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship , and in 2016 the Virgil Thomson Fellowship . She has a private education in classical and historical dance (Christine Bayle).

Fonts (selection)

  • George Whitefield Chadwick: An American Composer Revealed and Reflected. Pendragon Press, New York 2015
  • Opera Composition and Cultural Environment. In: H. Greenwald (Ed.): Oxford Handbook of Opera. Oxford University Press, New York 2014, pp. 629-647.
  • Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner - On the reception of European symphonic music in the USA in the 19th century. In: Th. Antonicek, A. Lindner, K. Petermayr (eds.): Anton Bruckner and the classic. Bruckner Conference 2009. Report. Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna 2012, pp. 161–182.
  • "Mr. Chadwick Has Something to Say That Is Worth Hearing ”: George Whitefield Chadwick's Chamber Music. In: J. Koegel (Ed.): Music, American Made. Essays in Honor of John Graziano . Harmony Park Press, Sterling Heights, Mich. 2011, pp. 227-246.
  • George Whitefield Chadwick: The String Quartets 1-5. 2 volumes. AR editions, Middleton, WI, 2006-2007.
  • An American in Leipzig. George Whitefield Chadwick 1854-1931. Catalog for the exhibition from November 23, 2004 to January 20, 2005. Caleidon, Leipzig 2004 (= writings from the university library . 8).
  • The Voice of the City: New York in the Music of Charles Ives (1874–1954). In: Archives for Musicology . 61, H. 3, 2004, pp. 207-225.
  • Verismo all'americana: In search of an American opera. In: Zibaldone. Journal of Contemporary Italian Culture 35. 2003, pp. 32–49.
  • American Women as Opera Figures: Puccini's 'Fanciulla del West' versus Chadwick's Marietta in 'The Padrone'. In: Journal of the American Music Research Center. University of Colorado at Boulder 12, 2002, pp. 1-9.
  • Silence - audible and visible moment in music. Institute for Book Art, Leipzig 2000.
  • "In futurum" - from Schulhoff to Cage. In: Archives for Musicology. 56, H. 4, 1999, pp. 331-346.
  • The Csakan and its music. Viennese musical life in the early 19th century using the example of a walking stick recorder. Schneider, Tutzing 1992.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Linz cultural development plan , accessed on July 21, 2015.
  2. ^ M. Betz: New Light on George Whitefield Chadwick: Recent Discovery of Unknown Material. In: Musical Quarterly 85 (Winter 2001), pp. 641-643.
personal data
SURNAME Betz, Marianne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German flautist and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden