Morten Solvik
Morten Solvik (or Solvik Olsen ) (* 1962 in Norway ) is a Norwegian- American musicologist working in Austria and Director of the Institute for European Studies (IES) in Vienna .
Life
Solvik earned a Bachelor of Arts in music and intellectual history from Cornell University and his PhD in musicology from the University of Pennsylvania . His doctorate took place with a thesis on Gustav Mahler , but he also did research on Anton Bruckner and Franz Schubert , among others .
Solvik has lived in Vienna since 1990 and taught there at the University of Music and Performing Arts . Since 1999 he has been in charge of developing the direction and organization of the Institute for European Studies in Vienna.
Solvik is on the board of the International Gustav Mahler Society and on the editorial board of the Anton Bruckner Urtext Complete Edition .
Publications (selection)
- Culture and the creative imagination: The genesis of Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony . Dissertation. 1992. 2 volumes.
- Songs in the social game. Schubert's Kosegarten cycle from 1815 deciphered . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 53, 1998, pp. 31–39.
- Finding a Context for Schubert's Kosegarten Cycle . In: Eva Badura-Skoda , Gerold W. Gruber , Walburga Litschauer , Carmen Ottner (eds.): Schubert and his friends. Böhlau, Vienna 1999, pp. 169–182.
- Mahler in context , ed. commissioned by the International Gustav Mahler Society by Erich Wolfgang Partsch and Morten Solvik with an introduction by Constantin Floros . Böhlau, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78496-8
- with Christopher H. Gibbs (Ed.): Franz Schubert and his world . University Press, Princeton 2014, ISBN 978-0-691-16380-2 ; 978-0-691-16379-6
- Schubert's Kosegarten Cycle: A Liederspiel from 1815 [book in preparation]
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Solvik, Morten |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Solvik Olsen, Morten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian-American musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norway |