Rita Steblin
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
- Literature by and about Rita Steblin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Randolf Jeschek: "My angel, my everything, my self". Report on the guest lecture at the Institute for Musicology: Who was Beethoven's lover? In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung of July 4, 2008, accessed on December 28, 2011
- 1779 - Birthday of the nobles Josephine Brunsvik , WDR 5 ZeitZeichen from March 28, 2014
- Steblin and Frederick Stocken in the newsletter of the US Schubert Society (English)
- Schubert à la Mode , Charles Rosen vs. Rita Steblin in The New York Review of Books (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rita Katherine Steblin, April 22, 1951 - September 3, 2019 - In Memoriam , Arbor Memorial (English)
- ↑ Dr Rita Steblin , Figures of Speech (English)
personal data | |
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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 |