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Irene Holzer is a Professor of Musicology at the Institute of Musicology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), with affiliations spanning interdisciplinary projects and academic networks. Her roles include membership in the Faculty Council of Faculty 09, mentorship in LMU's mentoring program, and serving as Principal Investigator for the international DFG-funded WEAVE project E-LAUTE, focusing on digital lute tablature editions. She also leads the International Doctoral Program Philology: Practices of Premodern Cultures under the Elite Network Bavaria, and participates in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ZMR) and the DFG network Religion in the Plural.
Research Interests: Holzer's work bridges medieval and Renaissance musicology with digital humanities, emphasizing liturgical practices (mass, office, Visitatio Sepulchri), music notation as a cultural artifact, and the intersection of music and religious identity. Her studies on Anton Diabelli explore provincialism in 19th-century music publishing, while recent projects address digital music editions and interdisciplinary approaches to premodern cultural practices.
Project Leadership: As Principal Investigator in the E-LAUTE project (2023-2026), she pioneers linked open data methodologies for analyzing lute tablatures (1450-1550). She also contributes to digital music education via the vhb platform, integrating Sibelius software into musicological pedagogy.
Academic Contributions: Her publications span monographs on Salzburg liturgical offices, editorial collaborations on music theory journals, and chapters examining medieval liturgy, Renaissance notation, and 1970s music historiography. Articles highlight trends in liturgical drama analysis, digital humanities, and the cultural semantics of music.
Networks: Holzer serves on advisory boards for the Medievalists Association, the journal MusikTheorie, and the Church Music Section of the Society for Music Research (GfM). She previously led the microfilm archive at the University of Basel and collaborated on dance criticism archives.
