Felix Wörner

Felix Wörner is a **50% Acting Professor of Historical Musicology** at the University of Basel (since 2022) and a **Senior Researcher** at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (since 2018). He holds a Ph.D. (2002) and Habilitation (2020) from the University of Basel, focusing on music theory and Anton Webern’s early twelve-tone works. His research spans **Western Music History (18th–21st centuries)**, **music aesthetics**, and **the history of music theory**, with a focus on composers like Schönberg, Webern, and Hindemith.

**Education**:

• Ph.D., University of Basel (2002), thesis on Webern’s twelve-tone works.
• Habilitation (2020), University of Basel, on conceptualizations of musical form.
• Studies in Musicology, Philosophy, and German Literature (1986–1996) at Berlin, King’s College London, and Heidelberg (MA, 1996).

**Research Interests**:

• Twentieth-century music theory and aesthetics.
• Form in post-tonal music and historical methodologies.
• Interwar composers (Webern, Schnabel, Hindemith) and their theoretical contexts.

**Awards and Grants**:

• Feodor-Lynen-Fellow (2004–2005).
• Emmy-Noether-Programm (DFG, 2006).
• Junior Faculty Development Award (UNC Chapel Hill, 2010–2012).

**Key Projects**: Co-editor of the Lexicon of Writings on Music (Volumes 1–2) and editor of volumes on tonality, music analysis, and digital humanities. Active in interdisciplinary research on music cognition and form.

**Labs/Teams**: Part of the History of Music, Mind, and Body research group at the Max Planck Institute, exploring historical intersections of music theory with psychology and philosophy.