Birgit Lodes

Birgit Lodes is a Full Professor in Historical Musicology at the University of Vienna, where she has served since 2004 and was department head from 2006-2008. Previously, she held positions at the University of Munich (Assistant Professor and Assistant), University of Vienna (Guest Professor), and Hochschule für Musik in Munich (part-time Lecturer).

Education includes:

• Habilitation, University of Munich (2002)
• Dr. phil. in Musicology, University of Munich (1995, summa cum laude)
• Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (1992-1993)
• First State Examination in Music Education (1991)
• Studies at Hochschule für Musik Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

Research focuses on:

• Late Medieval/Renaissance music and Central European musical life
• Beethoven's late compositions and creative processes
• 19th-century vocal music traditions
• Richard Strauss's works
• Music historiography and methodology

Major research projects led:

• The Music Library of Maximilian Franz (2013-2015)
• Musical Life of the late Middle Ages in Austria (2011-2015)
• Ludwig Senfl catalogue raisonné (2008-2014)