Stefanie Acquavella-Rauch

Stefanie Acquavella-Rauch serves as Professor of Historical Musicology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, with dual affiliation at the Mainz Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature through the Gluck Complete Edition project. She maintains ongoing visiting scholar status at the University of California, San Diego since 2014.

Her academic formation includes:

• Doctorate (2008, Philipps University Marburg): The Working Method of Arnold Schönberg – Art Genesis and the Creative Process
• Habilitation (2016, Paderborn University): Music Histories: Of Forgotten Musicians and 'Lost' Residences in the 18th Century

Her research integrates historical and digital musicology methodologies across diverse domains:

• Core focus on creativity research and compositional processes from 18th-20th centuries
• Specialized expertise in Scottish/Hanoverian 18th-century music and Viennese modernism (Schoenberg, Mahler, operetta)
• Niche investigations of mandolin history, Australian music post-1945, and amateur music culture
• Pioneering work in digital publishing and music editing frameworks

As principal contributor to the Gluck Complete Edition, she advances critical editorial practices while directing digital musicology initiatives that recover marginalized musical narratives through computational approaches.