Thomas Betzwieser
Thomas Ludwig Betzwieser (born March 23, 1958 in Neckarhausen near Mannheim ) is a German musicologist and opera researcher .
Career
Betzwieser studied musicology, German literature and philosophy at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , where he received his doctorate in 1989. From 1990 to 1994 he was research assistant to Jürgen Maehder at the Institute for Musicology at the Free University of Berlin . 1995–1996 he received a scholarship from the DAAD, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme , Paris, and from 1996–1998 he received a research grant from the German Research Foundation . 1999–2001 he was a lecturer in music at the University of Southampton . In 2000 he completed his habilitation at the Free University of Berlin. From 2001 to 2012 Betzwieser was Professor of Musicology at the University of Bayreuth . Since 2012 he has been Professor of Musicology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .
He is a member or expert in project commissions of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and the Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature (member 2015); Member of the editorial board of the Gluck complete edition; Co-editor of Perspectives on Opera Research .
Betzwieser is also the project manager of OPERA - spectrum of European music theater in individual editions .
Web links
- Thomas Betzwieser in the WorldCat
- Thomas Betzwieser - Homepage (with list of publications)
- OPERA - spectrum of European music theater in individual editions
Individual evidence
- ^ Petra Plättner: Six new members in the Academy of Sciences and Literature. Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz, press release from December 18, 2015 at the Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on December 18, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Betzwieser, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Betzwieser, Thomas Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neckarhausen |