Otto Biba

Otto Biba (born August 9, 1946 in Vienna ) is an Austrian musicologist and archive director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna .

career

Biba worked since 1973 - after studying history and musicology (doctorate University of Vienna 1974) - in the archive, library and collections of the society. In 1979 he succeeded Hedwig Mitringer as director. Since then he has been active as a scientific author, editor of musical works, exhibition curator and lecturer in Vienna and internationally. As a researcher, he was particularly concerned with Joseph Haydn , Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms , but also with the Piarist Order or with Gottfried von One . Biba has presented over 120 editions of compositions.

literature

Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Biba, Otto. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Ingrid Fuchs (Ed.): Festschrift Otto Biba for the 60th birthday. Schneider, Tutzing 2006, ISBN 978-3-7952-1214-8 (with list of Otto Biba publications up to 2006, pp. 773–812)

Web links

Literature by and about Otto Biba in the catalog of the German National Library
Publication list Otto Bibas [PDF]
Portrait photo 1996

Individual evidence

↑ Otto Biba: The cultural significance of the Piarist order in Austria up to the end of the 18th century , Vienna, 1974, published under the title The Piarist order in Austria: its significance for the visual arts, music and theater in the 17th and 18th centuries , in : Yearbook for Austrian Cultural History , 5, 1975.

personal data
SURNAME	Biba, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[1] Otto Biba: The cultural significance of the Piarist order in Austria up to the end of the 18th century , Vienna, 1974, published under the title The Piarist order in Austria: its significance for the visual arts, music and theater in the 17th and 18th centuries , in : Yearbook for Austrian Cultural History , 5, 1975.