About Birgit Lodes
Born 1967. Birgit Lodes is a German professor, musicologist and university teacher.
Birgit Lodes (born 30 April 1967) is a German musicologist and professor at the University of Vienna.
Career Born in Marktredwitz, Lodes grew up in Bayreuth. In 1986, she was accepted into the Maximilianeum Foundation (Wittelsbacher JubilĂ€umsstiftung). From 1986 to 1991, she studied music for the teaching profession at grammar schools (with piano and violoncello) as well as musicology with the subsidiary subjects and at the Hochschule fĂŒr Musik and at LMU Munich. In 1988/89, she studied at the University of California. In 1991, she passed her first state examination in school music. In 1992/93, she was a visiting fellow at Harvard University.
In 1995, she received her doctorate with the distinction summa cum laude from LMU Munich. Her dissertation Das Gloria in Beethoven's Missa solemnis was awarded the doctorate prize of the university. From 1994 to 2004, Lodes was a research assistant, assistant and senior assistant at the Institute of Musicology at LMU Munich, and from 1998 to 2000, she was also a faculty representative of the academic mid-level faculty, receiving a three-year habilitation scholarship. From 1995 to 1998, she was also a lecturer at the University of Music and Theatre Munich for the history of song and music.
In 2002, she completed her habilitation at LMU Munich. The title of the habilitation thesis is Gregor Mewe's' "Concentus harmonici and Jacob Obrechts last masses". Subsequently, in the summer semester 2002, she represented the C3-Professorship for Musicology at the University of ErlangenâNuremberg. In the winter semester 2002/03, she completed a visiting professorship at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Vienna.
Since February 2004, she has been a university professor for musicology there, with special emphasis on older historical musicology. In 2008, she was elected corresponding member of the philosophical-historical class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Since 2013 she has been a member of the Academia Europaea.
Lodes is a member of the advisory board of the .
Publications Books Das Gloria in Beethovens Missa solemnis (MĂŒnchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte, volume 54), Tutzing 1997,
Essays Richard Straussâ Skizzen zu den âMetamorphosenâ und ihre Beziehung zu âTrauer um MĂŒnchenâ, in Die Musikforschung, Jg. 47 (1994), Eine âUrfassungâ der âMetamorphosenâ von Richard Strauss?, in Musica, Jg. 48 (1994), âVon Herzen â möge es wieder â zu Herzen gehn!â Zur Widmung von Beethovens Missa solemnis, in Altes im Neuen. Festschrift Theodor Göllner zum 65. Geburtstag, edited by Bernd Edelmann and Manfred Hermann Schmid, Tutzing 1995, Beethovens individuelle Aneignung der langsamen Einleitung. Zum Kopfsatz des String Quartet No. 12 op. 127, in Musica, Jg. 49 (1995), âWhen I try, now and then, to give musical form to my turbulent feelingsâŠâ The Human and the Divine in the Gloria of Beethoven's Missa solemnis, in: Beethoven Forum 6, Lincoln-London 1998, Das 19. Jahrhundert, in Messe und Motette, edited by Horst Leuchtmann and Siegfried Mauser, Laaber 1998, Klausel Nr. 24 und 25, in Die Klauseln der Handschrift Saint-Victor (Paris, BN, lat. 15139), edited by Fred BĂŒttner, Tutzing 1999, with Fred BĂŒttner, Klausel Nr. 12, in ebenda, Straussâ Bearbeitungen im âBĂŒrger als Edelmannâ und Stravinsky's Pulcinella, in Compositionswissenschaft. Festschrift Reinhold und Roswitha Schlötterer zum 70. Geburtstag, edited by Bernd Edelmann and Sabine Kurth, Augsburg 1999, Der âmoderneâ Strauss auf dem Weg zum Klassiker? Inszenierung und Kritik am Beispiel der Richard Strauss-Woche, MĂŒnchen 1910, in Richard Strauss und die Moderne, edited by the Direction of the MĂŒnchner Philharmoniker, Munich 1999, Nach Beethoven: Musik und Text in Schubert's Mass No. 6, in Schubert-Jahrbuch 1997. Bericht ĂŒber den Internationalen Schubert-KongreĂ Duisburg 1997. Franz Schubert â Werk und Rezeption, part 1, Lieder und GesĂ€nge â Geistliche Werke, edited by Dietrich Berke, Walther DĂŒrr, Walburga Litschauer and Christiane Schumann, Duisburg 1999, Probing the sacred genres: Beethovenâs religious songs, oratorio, and masses, in The Cambridge Companion to Beethoven, edited by Glenn Stanley, Cambridge 2000, and Zarathustra im Dunkel. Zu Straussâ Dehmel-Vertonung Notturno, op. 44 No. 1, in Richard Strauss und die Moderne. Bericht ĂŒber das internationale Symposium MĂŒnchen, 21. bis 23. Juli 1999, edited by Bernd Edelmann, Birgit Lodes and Reinhold Schlötterer, Berlin 2001, Messen-Kompositionen im Ausgang der Wiener Klassik: Konnte Beethoven von Cherubini lernen?, in Anton Bruckner â Tradition und Fortschritt in der Kirchenmusik des 19. Jahrhunderts, edited by Friedrich Wilhelm Riedel, Sinzig 2001, âMaria zartâ und die Angst vor Fegefeuer und Malafrantzos â Die Karriere eines Liedes zu Beginn des 16. Jahrhunderts, in Trossinger Jahrbuch fĂŒr Renaissancemusik 1, Kassel, An anderem Ort, auf andere Art: Petruccis und Mewesâ Obrecht-Drucke, in Basler Jahrbuch fĂŒr historische Musikpraxis, volume 25, Winterthur 2002, Verweigertes Laut. Beethovens Idee und ihre Realisation durch Interpret und Hörer, in Dem Ohr voraus. Erwartung und Vorurteil in der Musik, edited by Andreas Dorschel, Vienna 2004, Beethoven's Sonaten fĂŒr Klavier und Violoncello op. 5 in ihrem gattungsgeschichtlichen Kontext, in Beethovens Werke fĂŒr Klavier und Violoncello. Bericht ĂŒber die Internationale Fachkonferenz Bonn, 18.â20. Juni 1998, edited by Sieghard Brandenburg, Ingeborg MaaĂ und Wolfgang Osthoff, Bonn 2004, Schubert und Lachner lesen Heinrich Heines âIch stand in dunkeln TrĂ€umenâ, in Musikgeschichte als Verstehensgeschichte. Festschrift fĂŒr Gernot Gruber zum 65. Geburtstag, edited by Joachim BrĂŒgge, Franz Födermayr, Wolfgang Gratzer, Thomas Hochradner and Siegfried Mauser, Tutzing 2004, with Matthias Miller, Hic jacet Ludovicas Fenfflius. Neues zur Biographie von Ludwig Senfl, in Die Musikforschung, Jg. 58 (2005), âso trĂ€umte mir, ich reiste [âŠ] nach Indienâ: Temporality and Mythology in Opus 127/I, in The String Quartets of Beethoven, edited by William Kinderman, Urbana and Chicago 2006, â German translation in Kammermusik an Rhein und Main. BeitrĂ€ge zur Geschichte des Streichquartetts, edited by Kristina Pfarr and Karl Böhmer, Mainz 2007, Franz Lachner' âSĂ€ngerfahrtâ op. 33 auf Texte von Heinrich Heine, in Franz Lachner und seine BrĂŒder, edited by Hartmut Schick and Stephan Hörner, Tutzing 2006, Text und Musik, in Diskurs. Sprache. Text. Eine methodenorientierte EinfĂŒhrung in die Sprachwissenschaft fĂŒr Romanistinnen und Romanisten, edited by Michael Metzeltin, 3rd edition. Vienna 2008, Reflexionen zu Beethoven und Mozart, in Mitteilungsblatt der Wiener Beethoven-Gesellschaft, Jg. 37, issue 4/2006, Ludwig Senfl and the Munich Choirbooks, in Die MĂŒnchner Hofkapelle des 16. Jahrhunderts im europĂ€ischen Kontext, edited by Theodor Göllner and Bernhold Schmid, Munich 2006, Sigmund Salmingers Selectissimae cantiones (Augsburg 1540) als musikalischer Geschenkdruck fĂŒr Königin Maria von Ungarn, in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 2008, Musikdruck als Medienrevolution? Codex versus Buch im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert, in Vom Preis des Fortschritts. Gewinn und Verlust in der Musikgeschichte, edited by Andreas Dorschel and Andreas Haug, Vienna 2008, with Laurenz LĂŒtteken, Einleitung, in Institutionalisierung als ProzeĂ. Organisationsformen musikalischer Eliten im Europa des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, edited by Birgit Lodes and Laurenz LĂŒtteken, Laaber 2008, Multiple Erscheinungsformen einer Vorlage: âMaria zartâ kontrafaziert und bearbeitet, in Die Kunst des Ăbergangs. Musik ĂŒber Musik in der Renaissance, edited by Nicole Schwindt, Kassel 2008, Des Kaisers Alamire: Zur Entstehung des Chorbuchs Wien, Ăsterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Mus. Hs. 15495, in Uno gentile et subtile ingenio: Studies in Renaissance Music in Honour of Bonnie J. Blackburn, edited by Jennifer Bloxam, Gioia Filocamo and Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Turnhout 2009, âNicht weiter! hier der Kirchenmusik, dort der Symphonie zurufendâ. Hanslicks Blick auf Beethoven. In Eduard Hanslick zum Gedenken. Bericht des Symposions zum Anlass seines 100. Todestages. Edited by Theophil Antonicek, Gernot Gruber and Christoph Landerer, Tutzing 2010, Das Jahr 1507 in (musik-)drucktechnischer Perspektive, in NiveauNischeNimbus. Die AnfĂ€nge des Musikdrucks nördlich der Alpen, edited by Birgit Lodes, Tutzing 2010, âLe congrĂšs danseâ: Set Form and Improvisation in Beethoven's Polonaise for Piano, Op. 89, in Musical Quarterly, Jg. 93 (2010), Musikhistoriographie ohne Kunstwerke? Carl Dahlhaus und die Alte Musik, in Carl Dahlhaus und die Musikwissenschaft: Werk, Wirkung, AktualitĂ€t, edited by Hermann Danuser, Schliengen 2011,
Donât just read it â
keep it.
Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.
- E-book
- Audio
- Video
Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free
Important facts
People in Birgit Lodes's life
Named in this biography and alive at the same time
Contemporaries
People whose lives overlapped Birgit Lodes's
Frequently asked questions
Who is Birgit Lodes?
German musicologist
When was Birgit Lodes born?
Birgit Lodes was born on 30 April 1967 in Marktredwitz.
What is Birgit Lodes's occupation?
Birgit Lodes is a professor, musicologist and university teacher.
What nationality is Birgit Lodes?
Birgit Lodes is German.
Sources & further reading
Cite this page
APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Birgit Lodes. https://biography.guide/birgit-lodes/
MLA: "Birgit Lodes." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/birgit-lodes/.
Chicago: "Birgit Lodes." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/birgit-lodes/.
Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.
Page generated 2026-09-27 05:25 UTC