Silke Leopold
Silke Leopold (born 30 November 1948) is a German musicologist and university lecturer.
Life
Born in
From 1996 until her retirement in 2014, she was Professor of musicology and Director of the Musicological Institute of the
Research
Leopold's research focuses on the history of music from the 16th to the 18th century and on the question of how text and music combine to form an individual organism. She has studied this in connection with the Italian language and emphasized interdisciplinary approaches. This is reflected above all in her contributions to the
Miscellaneous
Parallel to her scientific career, Leopold develops extensive journalistic activities, as the communication of scientific findings to an interested public outside her peers is important to her. She moderates and writes broadcasts on topics from her specialist fields in broadcasting, has co-developed various radio formats, writes programme book texts and organises seminars and teacher training courses outside the university.[2]
Publications
- ISBN 978-3-15-011093-5.
- Ich will Musik neu erzählen. ISBN 978-3-89487-910-5.
- Verdi – ISBN 978-3-89487-905-1.
- ISBN 978-3-7618-1991-3
- Die Oper im 17. Jahrhundert (= Handbuch der musikalischen Gattungen. Vol. 11). Laaber Verlag, Laaber 2004, ISBN 3-89007-658-0).
- „Al modo d'Orfeo". Dichtung und Musik im italienischen Sologesang des frühen 17. Jahrhunderts (= Analecta Musicologica. Vol. 29). 2 volumes (vol. 1: Abhandlung. ISBN 3-89007-278-X). Laaber Verlag, Laaber 1995 (Zugleich: Berlin, Techn. Univ., Habil.-Schr.).
- ISBN 3-921518-72-5).
- ISBN 3-921029-45-7(Zugleich: Hamburg, Univ., Diss., 1975).
As editor:
- with Sabine Ehrmann-Herfort: Migration und Identität. Wanderbewegungen und Kulturkontakte in der Musikgeschichte (Analecta Musicologica 49), Bärenreiter, Kassel etc. 2013, ISBN 978-3-7618-2135-0.
- with Norbert Greiner and Sara Springfeld: Das ISBN 978-3-8253-6209-6.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ISBN 978-3-7618-1775-9.
- in collaboration with Jutta Schmoll-Barthel and Sara Jeffe: ISBN 3-7618-2021-6.
- Guten Morgen, liebes Weibchen! Mozarts Briefe an ISBN 3-7618-1814-9.
- with Bärbel Pelker: Hofoper in ISBN 3-8253-1524-X.
- with ISBN 3-631-50095-5.
- with Agnes Speck: Hysterie und Wahnsinn (Heidelberger Frauenstudien. Vol. 7). Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 3-88423-174-X.
- with Ullrich Scheideler: Oratorienführer. Metzler, Stuttgart etc. 2000, ISBN 3-476-00977-7.
- with Joachim Steinheuer: ISBN 3-7618-1405-4.
- with Robert Maschka: Who's who in der Oper. Bärenreiter, Kassel etc. 1997, ISBN 3-7618-1780-0).
- Musikalische Metamorphosen. Formen und Geschichte der Bearbeitung (Bärenreiter Studienbücher zur Musik. Vol. 2). Bärenreiter, Kassel etc. 1992, ISBN 3-7618-1051-2.
Awards and memberships
- 1986 Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association.[4]
- 1992 Member of the Central institute (now: Academy) for Mozart research of the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum.[5]
- 1999 Full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[5]
- 2003 Corresponding member of the American Musicological Society.[5]
- 2013 Corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences[1]
- 2018 Deutscher Musikeditionspreis 'BEST EDITION' for the publication of Claudio Monteverdi: Biografie.[1]
- 2019 Handel Prize of the city of Halle.[6]
References
- ^ a b c Silke Leopold, University Heidelberg
- ^ ISBN 978-3-476-04681-9.
- ^ Die Mitarbeiter, on www.hof-musik.de, retrieved 10 May 2019
- ^ "Dent Medal recipients". Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar Heidelberg. "Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar Heidelberg – Dozenten – Leopold". Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Die Händel-Päpstin". Retrieved 10 May 2019.
External links
- Silke Leopold on the website of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (with bibliography)
- Literature by and about Silke Leopold in the German National Library catalogue
- Silke Leopold discography at Discogs