Walburga Litschauer

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Walburga Litschauer

Walburga Litschauer (born October 15, 1954 in Klagenfurt , Carinthia ) is an Austrian musicologist and Schubert researcher.

Life

Litschauer studied music and theater studies at the University of Vienna and completed piano training at the Vienna Conservatory . In 1979 she passed the state examination in piano, followed by her doctorate in 1980 and her habilitation in 2005 at the University of Vienna. In 2015 she was awarded the professional title of Professor.

Litschauer initially worked on the Anton Bruckner complete edition. Since 1980 she has headed the Vienna office of the New Schubert Edition at the Austrian Academy of Sciences , and since 1990 she has been a member of the editorial team. From 1990 to 1995 she was the editor of Musicologica austriaca .

Litschauer is a board member in domestic and foreign scientific societies, from 1998 to 2012 she was president of the Austrian Society for Music , from 2004 she was deputy chairwoman of the Festival Carinthischer Sommer , from 2010 to 2016 its chairwoman.

Prizes and awards

Conference conception and organization

  • "Music and Music Research in Carinthia", Symposium, Ossiach (as part of the "Carinthian Summer"), June 29, 1989.
  • “Schubert and his friends”, International Schubert Conference, Vienna, 22. – 26. May 1997 (together with Eva Badura-Skoda , Carmen Ottner and Gerold W. Gruber ).
  • First international workshop on the Schubert reception, Vienna, Austrian Society for Music, 12. – 17. May 2003 (together with Gernot Gruber and Michael Kube).
  • “Brahms' Schubert Reception in the Viennese Context”, international symposium in cooperation with the Musicological Institute of the University of Kiel and the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, Musikverein, Vienna, 12. – 13. September 2013 (together with Otto Biba , Ingrid Fuchs, Gernot Gruber, Katharina Loose and Siegfried Oechsle ).
  • “Representation and staging. Carinthian Water Music - then and now ”, Symposium, Carinthian State Archive Klagenfurt, Festsaal, June 9, 2016 (organized by the Carinthian Summer).

Independent writings

  • Studies on Italian song in Vienna at the time of classical music (1750-1820), Diss. Phil. Vienna 1980 (mschr.).
  • Schubert und das Tanzvergnügen, Vienna 1997 (together with Walter Deutsch ).
  • Schubert's late works for piano four hands, Vienna 2013 (CD with academic booklet).

Editions

Sheet music editions

Anton Bruckner Complete Edition

  • Works for piano for two hands (Volume XII / 2), Vienna 1988. Second, improved edition (with revision report), Vienna 2000.
  • Works for piano four hands (Volume XII / 3), Vienna 1994.
  • Evening sounds for violin and piano (Volume XII / 7), Vienna 1995.

monuments of the art of clay in Austria

  • "In questa tomba oscura", Giuseppe Carpani's poetry in 68 settings (volume 140/141), Vienna 1986.

New Mozart edition

  • Critical report on series I: Sacred vocal works, work group 1, section 2: Requiem, Kassel 2007 [together with Dietrich Berke and Christoph Wolff ].

New Schubert edition

  • Overtures for piano four hands (Series VII / 1, Volume 5), Kassel 1984.
  • Critical report on the volume “Overtures for piano for four hands” (Series VII / 1, Volume 5), Tübingen 1989.
  • Dances I (Series VII / 2, Volume 6), Kassel 1989.
  • Dances II (Series VII / 2, Volume 7a), Kassel 1990.
  • Melody register for Schubert's dances (Series VII / 2, Volume 7b), Kassel 1992 [together with Walter Deutsch].
  • Piano Sonatas III (Series VII / 2, Volume 3), Kassel 1996.
  • Piano Sonatas I (Series VII / 2, Volume 1), Kassel 2000.
  • Critical report on the opera “ Des Teufels Lustschloß ” (Series II / 1), Tübingen 2003 [together with Christine Martin and Uta Hertin-Loeser].
  • Piano Sonatas II (Series VII / 2, Volume 2), Kassel 2003.
  • Critical report on Piano Sonatas III (Series VII / 2, Volume 3), Tübingen 2004.
  • Critical report on Piano Sonatas II (Series VII / 2, Volume 2), Tübingen 2004.
  • Critical report on piano sonatas I (Series VII / 2, Volume 1), Tübingen 2005.
  • Critical report on Dances II (Series VII / 2, Volume 7a), Tübingen 2007.
  • Works for piano four hands I (Series VII / 1, Volume 1), Kassel 2007.
  • Works for piano four hands III (Series VII / 1, Volume 3), Kassel 2011 [together with Werner Aderhold ].
  • Critical report on works for piano four hands I (Series VII / 1, Volume 1), Tübingen 2012.
  • Critical report on works for piano four hands III (Series VII / 1, Volume 3), Tübingen 2012 [together with Werner Aderhold].
  • Critical report on works for piano four hands: Tänze I (Series VII / 2, Volume 6), Tübingen 2014.

Urtext editions

  • Schubert. Sonata in Bb (D 960), Kassel 2013.
  • Schubert. Works for piano four hands III, Kassel 2013 [together with Werner Aderhold].
  • Schubert. Sonata in A (D 959), Kassel 2014.
  • Schubert. Sonata in c (D 958), Kassel 2015.
  • Schubert. Sonata in G (D 894), Kassel 2018.

Text editions

  • New documents on the Schubert circle. From letters and diaries of his friends. Volume 1: Ferdinand von Mayerhofer , Vienna 1986.
  • New documents on the Schubert circle. From letters and diaries of his friends. Volume 2: Documents on the life of Anna von Revertera, Vienna 1993.

Editing, editorial work

  • Franz Schubert. Years of Crisis 1818–1823. Report on the Symposium Kassel, September 30th to October 1st 1982. Arnold Feil on his 60th birthday, Kassel etc. 1985 [together with Werner Aderhold and Walther Dürr ].
  • Leopold Nowak , About Anton Bruckner. Collected essays, Vienna 1985.
  • Musicologica austriaca 10-13 (1991-1995).
  • Walther Dürr, character setting. Essays on musical poetics, Kassel 1992 [together with Werner Aderhold].
  • Schubert and his friends. Conference report of the International Schubert Conference Vienna 1997, Vienna 1999 [together with Eva Badura-Skoda , Gerold W. Gruber and Carmen Ottner].
  • Schubert Yearbook 1997 (= report on the International Schubert Congress Duisburg 1997, Part I: Songs and Chants, Sacred Works), Duisburg 1999 [together with Dietrich Berke, Walther Dürr and Christiane Schumann].
  • Schubert Yearbook 1998 (= report on the International Schubert Congress Duisburg 1997, Part II: Stage and orchestral works, chamber and piano music), Duisburg 2000 [together with Dietrich Berke, Walther Dürr and Christiane Schumann].
  • Schubert Yearbook 1999 (= report on the International Schubert Congress Duisburg 1997, Part III: Aesthetics, Reception and Questions of Method), Duisburg 2001 [together with Dietrich Berke, Walther Dürr and Christiane Schumann].
  • Schubert and the Biedermeier. Contributions to the music of the early 19th century. Festschrift for Walther Dürr on his 70th birthday, Kassel 2002 [together with Michael Kube and Werner Aderhold].
  • Schubert and posterity. I. International workshop on the Schubert reception in Vienna 2003. Congress report, Munich 2007 [together with Michael Kube and Gernot Gruber ].

Litschauer also wrote over 50 essays on musicological issues as well as lexicon articles.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State honorary mark for Intendant Schlee and professor title for the club chairwoman Litschauer . Article dated July 9, 2015, accessed August 22, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Litschauer, Walburga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leitgeb, Walburga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt , Carinthia