Rita Steblin

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Schubert expert Rita Steblin at the grave of Franz Schubert (2012)

Rita Katherine Steblin (born April 22, 1951 in Chilliwack , BC, Canada ; † September 3, 2019 in Vienna ) was a musicologist , known for her archive work , in which she combined music history with iconography and genealogy .

Life

After completing her studies in Vancouver , Toronto , Urbana (Illinois) and at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna , she worked in Canada (especially in Vancouver) and since 1991 in Vienna; first at the International Franz Schubert Institute and then as an independent researcher.

Steblin's main research interests were Ludwig van Beethoven , Franz Schubert , the characteristics of keys, and musical and social life in Austria (including Hungary and Bohemia ) in the late 18th and early 19th centuries .

Fonts (selection)

About Beethoven

  • 1992: The newly discovered Hochenecker portrait of Beethoven (1819). "The most similar portrait of Beethoven". In: Journal of the American Musicological Society 45/3 : pp. 468-497.
  • 1996: Beethoven's living mask in a report by CF Pohl , in: Wiener Beethoven-Gesellschaft Mitteilungsblatt 27/1: pp. 1–4.
  • 1999: According to Ferd. Schubert's draft Beethoven's tomb listed in: Wiener Beethoven-Gesellschaft Mitteilungsblatt , 30 / 3–4: pp. 9–16.
  • 2001: A little-known Beethoven portrait. In: Wiener Beethoven-Gesellschaft Mitteilungsblatt 32/2: pp. 1–4.
  • 2001: "Beethoven's Immortal Beloved : Evidence against Almerie Esterházy". Abstracts of Papers Read at the Meeting of the American Musicological Society , Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting, November 15-18, p. 56. ( PDF )
  • 2002: Josephine Countess Brunswick-Deym's secret revealed: New findings on her relationship with Beethoven. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 57/6 (June), pp. 23–31.
  • 2003: "Höchle drew this funeral procession for me". Anton Gräffer, Johann Nepomuk Hoechle and the missing drawing from Beethoven's funeral ceremony. In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter 58/4, pp. 299–315.
  • 2007: "In this way with A everything perishes". A New Look at Beethoven's Diary Entry and the " Immortal Beloved ". In: Bonner Beethoven Studies, Volume 6, pp. 147–180.
  • 2007 (with Dagmar Skwara): A letter from Christoph Freiherr von Stackelberg to Josephine Brunsvik -Deym-Stackelberg. In: Bonner Beethoven Studies Volume 6, pp. 181–187.
  • 2007: Beethoven's relationships with Viennese piano makers around 1800 in the light of new documents from the Brunswick family. In: Beatrix Darmstädter, Alfons Huber, Rudolf Hopfner (eds.): The Viennese piano until 1850. Hans Schneider, Tutzing. Pp. 73-82.
  • 2007: Joseph Deym and His Wax Museum: A Transitional Artist Important to Mozart and Beethoven. In: International Musicological Society Meeting , Zurich.
  • 2009: Beethoven's “ Immortal Beloved ”: the solution to the riddle. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 64/2, pp. 4–17.
  • 2009: “A dear, enchanting girl who loves me and whom I love”: New Facts about Beethoven's Beloved Piano Pupil Julie Guicciardi. In: Bonner Beethoven Studies, Volume 8, pp. 89–152.
  • 2009: Beethoven's name in Viennese Conscription Records. In: Beethoven Journal 24/1 : pp. 4–13.
  • 2012: Beethoven Mentions in Documents of the Viennese Tonkünstler-Societät, 1795 to 1824 , in: Bonner Beethoven Studies , Volume 10, pp. 139–188.
  • 2013: Beethoven in the Diaries of Johann Nepomuk Chotek , Bonn: Verlag Beethoven-Haus, Carus, ISBN 978-3-88188-133-3 .

About Schubert

  • 1992: An unknown early Schubert portrait? Franz Schubert and the painter Josef Abel. Annual gift [...] for the members of the International Franz Schubert Institute (IFSI) and the German Schubert Society eV, Tutzing. ISBN 3795207436 .
  • 1996: Babette and Therese Kunz: new research on the circle of friends around Franz Schubert and Leopold Kupelwieser. From the Pasqualati house. Vienna, ISBN 3901254161 .
  • 1997: Schubert's 'Nina' and the True Peacocks , in: The Musical Times , Vol. 138, No. 1849, pp. 13-19.
  • 1998: The nonsense society: Franz Schubert, Leopold Kupelwieser and their circle of friends. Böhlau, ISBN 3205988205 .
  • 2001: Franz Schubert - the thirteenth child , in: Wiener Geschichtsblätter 3, pp. 245–265.
  • 2001: Schubert's Problematic Relationship with Johann Mayrhofer : New Documentary Evidence, in: Barbara Haggh (ed.): Essays on Music and Culture in Honor of Herbert Kellman , pp. 465–495.
  • 2002: Schubert's Beloved Singer Therese Grob: New Documentary Research , in: Schubert durch die Brille , vol. 28, pp. 55-100.
  • 2008: "Schober's Love Affair with Marie von Spaun and the Role Played by Helene Schmith, the Wife of Mozart 's First Violinist." Schubert: Perspektiven 8, pp. 48–86.
  • 2008: “Schubert's Pepi: His Love Affair with the Chambermaid Josepha Pöcklhofer and Her Surprising Fate.” The Musical Times , pp. 47–69.
  • 2010: “Who Commissioned Schubert's Oratorio 'Lazarus'? A solution to the mystery. Salieri and the Tonkünstler-Societät. “ Schubert: Perspektiven. 9, pp. 145-181.
  • 2010: Michael Holzer, Schubert's Music Teacher in Lichtental: A New Genealogical Study , in: Schubert: Perspektiven , vol. 10/1, pp. 10-44.
  • 2010: New Thoughts on Schubert's Role in the Unsinnsgesellschaft , in: Schubert: Perspektiven, Volume 10/2, pp. 191–223.
  • 2011: The composer Joseph Lanz (1797–1873): A forgotten friend of Franz Schubert from Upper Austria , in: Streifzüge II. Contributions to Upper Austrian Music History, ed. Klaus Petermayr and Erich Wolfgang Partsch (Linz: OÖ Volksliedwerk), pp. 77–107.

other topics

  • 1987: "Towards a History of Absolute Pitch Recognition." College Music Symposium 27, pp. 141–153.
  • 1990: "Death as a Fiddler: the Study of a Convention in European Art, Literature and Music." Basler Jahrbuch für historical Musikpraxis . Vol. 14, pp. 271-322.
  • 1991: “A violin owned by Leopold Mozart?” In: Gerhard Stradner (ed.): Mozart's world of sound. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, pp. 32–37, 194–195.
  • 2000: “Haydn's organ service in what was then Gräfl. Haugwitzischen Kapelle. “In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter 55/2, pp. 124-134.
  • 2002: A History of Key Characteristics in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries. 2nd edition: Rochester University Press. ISBN 1-58046-041-0 . (1st edition: Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, ISBN 0835714187. )
  • 2009: “Weber notes from a Prague nobleman: Johann Nepomuk von Chotek's diaries 1813–1823 in relation to Carl Maria von Weber .” Weberiana , vol. 19.
  • 2010: “New facts about Johann Strauss and Joseph Lanner: The women's friendship between Magdalena Schubert, Therese Grob and Anna Streim.” In: Wiener Geschichtsblätter 65/4, pp. 265–279.
  • 2012: Paul Wranitzky (1756–1808): New Biographical Facts from Vienna's Archives. In: Mozart Studies, Volume 21, pp. 369–395.
  • 2013: Anton Wranitzky (1761-1820). New Biographical Facts from Vienna's Archives. in: Mozart Studies, Volume 22, pp. 295–341.
  • 2013: Mälzel's Early Career to 1813. New Archival Research in Regensburg and Vienna. In: colloquium collegarum. Festschrift for David Hiley on his 65th birthday (= Regensburg Studies on Music History, Volume 10), ed. Wolfgang Horn and Fabian Weber (Tutzing: Hans Schneider), pp. 161–210.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rita Katherine Steblin, April 22, 1951 - September 3, 2019 - In Memoriam , Arbor Memorial (English)
  2. ↑ Dr Rita Steblin , Figures of Speech (English)
personal data
SURNAME Steblin, Rita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steblin, Rita Katherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Chilliwack
DATE OF DEATH 3rd September 2019
Place of death Vienna