Susanne Fontaine (musicologist)
Susanne Fontaine (born January 31, 1961 in Merzig / Saarland ) is a German musicologist and university teacher.
Life
Fontaine studied musicology, German and philosophy at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken from 1980 to 1986 , school music at the Berlin University of the Arts, and musicology and German at the Technical University of Berlin and at the Free University of Berlin .
From 1992 to 1998 she was a research assistant at the University of the Arts; In 1999 she received a habilitation grant from the German Research Foundation on the subject of the figure of Maria Magdalena in the music of the 17th and 18th centuries . In 2000 and 2001 she represented the professorship for musicology at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart . She worked as a lecturer at the musicological seminar at Heidelberg University in the winter semester of 2002/03. In 2003 she received a professorship at the University of Potsdam and in 2004 moved to the University of the Arts in Berlin.
Susanne Fontaine's main research interests include the sacred music of the 17th century, the early 20th century and interdisciplinary issues.
Susanne Fontaine is Chairwoman of the Berlin Regional Association of the German University Association.
It should not be confused with the Berlin art historian Susanne Fontaine (1956–2017).
Publications
Books
- Busoni's “ Doctor Faust ” and the aesthetics of the wonderful. Kassel 1998 (dissertation. University of Hamburg, 1997).
Essays
- Leo Kestenberg as a music politician. In: Wolfgang Rathert , Giselher Schubert (ed.): Music culture in the Weimar Republic . Mainz 2001, pp. 82-100.
- "Education for humanity through music". A letter from Leo Kestenberg to Georg Schünemann . In: Discussion of music education. Volume 9, 2001, pp. 90-97.
- "L'escalier du temps". Time management in Messiaen's songwriting . In: Ariane Jeßulat , Andreas Ickstadt, Martin Ullrich (ed.): Between composition and hermeneutics. Festschrift for Hartmut Fladt . Würzburg 2005, pp. 335-346.
- Charm instead of contrition. The figure of Magdalene in Handel's “La Resurrezione”. In: Handel yearbook. Volume 52, 2006, pp. 215-223.
- Between performance criticism and aesthetic reflection: On the articles about music in Heine's “Lutezia”. In: Arnold Pistiak, Julia Rintz (eds.): On Heinrich Heine's late work “Lutezia”. Art character and European context. Berlin 2007, pp. 165-174.
Web links
- Literature by and about Susanne Fontaine in the catalog of the German National Library
- Susanne Fontaine on the website of the University of the Arts
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fontaine, Susanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Merzig , Saarland |