Michael Lorenz (born 18 July 1958) is an Austrian musicologist, music teacher, musician, chess historian and photographer, noted as a

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

scholar and for his archival work combining music history and genealogical research.

Career

Born in Vienna, Lorenz studied

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, ...

and

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. ...

at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thous ...

where he obtained his diploma in 1990, and musicology at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hi ...

with a

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in 2001. From 2001 to 2005 he served as chair of the International

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wo ...

Institute. Lorenz has received grants from the Jubilee Foundation of

Oesterreichische Nationalbank The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) is the central bank of Austria and, as such, an integral part of both the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the Eurozone. It started operations on , replacing the Austro-Hungarian Bank of whic ...

, the

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and the '' Music & Letters'' Trust. After having worked with the Esterházy Foundation, he is currently doing research based on a grant from the Jubilee Foundation of city of Vienna. In 2014 and 2016 he was employed as lecturer at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Vienna. Lorenz has published widely on Mozart,

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions to musical form have le ...

and

. He is the author of biographical articles for * ''The Revised

New Grove ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

'',

Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was pub ...

ed. (London: Macmillan, 2001), * '' Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', ed.,

Ludwig Finscher Ludwig Finscher (14 March 193030 June 2020) was a German musicologist. He was a professor of music history at the University of Heidelberg from 1981 to 1995 and editor of the encyclopedia '' Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. He is respect ...

(Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2000ff), and * ''Das Beethoven-Lexikon'', Heinz von Loesch/ Claus Raab ed. (Laaber: Laaber-Verlag, 2008).

Selected bibliography

* 1997 ". Neue Forschungsergebnisse zu seiner Biographie und seinen Spuren im Werk Mozarts", ''Acta Mozartiana'', 44, vol. 3–4 (December), 85–108. * 1999 "Schuberts Freund Dr. Bernhard. Eine Neubewertung der Quellen", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 23 (Tutzing: Schneider), 3–64. * 1999 "'Viele glaubten und glauben noch, absichtlich.' – Der Tod der Ludovica Siboni", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 23 (Tutzing: Schneider), 47–74. * 2000 "Karl Enderes. Eine biographische Studie", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 24 (Tutzing: Schneider), 31–80. * 2000 "Genealogische Anmerkungen zu Joseph von Gahy", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 24 (Tutzing: Schneider), 19–26. * 2000 "Mozarts Haftungserklärung für Freystädtler. Eine Chronologie", ''Mozart-Jahrbuch'' 1998 (Kassel: Bärenreiter), 1–19. * 2000 "Gottfried Ignaz von Ployers Haus in Döbling. Eine vergessene Mozartstätte", ''Acta Mozartiana'', 47, vol. 1–2 (June), 11–24. * 2000 "Dokumente zur Biographie Johann Mayrhofers", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 25 (Tutzing: Schneider), 21–50. * 2001 "Baronin Droßdik und die verschneyten Nachtigallen. Biographische Anmerkungen zu einem Schubert-Dokument", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 26 (Tutzing: Schneider), 47–88. * 2001 "Studien zum Schubert-Kreis", Ph. Diss., University of Vienna, 2001 (extended and revised edition to be published in 2011). * 2002 "Mehrere Bernhards. Die Lösung des Dr. J. Bernhard-Rätsels", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 28 (Tutzing: Schneider), 101–50. * 2003 "Die Familie Schober und ihr genealogisches Umfeld", ''Schubert durch die Brille'' 30 (Tutzing: Schneider), 129–92 (appendix: The Schober Genealogy). * 2006 "New and Old Documents Concerning Mozart's Students Barbara Ployer and Josepha Auernhammer", ''Eighteenth-Century Music'', vol. 3, No. 2, September 2006 (Cambridge University Press), 311–22. * 200
"The Jenamy Concerto"
''Newsletter of the Mozart Society of America'', vol. IX, No. 1 (January), 1–3. * 2006 "Behind the Wunder: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and His Relevance Today", ''Austria Culture'', Online magazine of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, January – February 2006 (www.acfny.org). * 2006 "»Mademoiselle Jeunehomme«. Zur Lösung eines Mozart-Rätsels", Mozart Experiment Aufklärung. Essays for the Mozart Exhibition 2006 (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, Da Ponte-Institut, 2006), 423–29. * 2007 "Commentary on Wawruch's Report: Biographies of Andreas Wawruch and Johann Seibert, Schindler's Responses to Wawruch's Report, and Beethoven's Medical Condition and Alcohol Consumption", ''The Beethoven Journal'', Winter 2007, Vol. 22, No 2 (San Jose: The Ira Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, 2007), 92–100. * 2008 "New Archival Documentation on the

Theater auf der Wieden The Theater auf der Wieden, also called the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden or the Wiednertheater, was a theater located in the then-suburban Wieden district of Vienna in the late 18th century. It existed for only 14 years (1787–1801), but duri ...

and

Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (born Johann Joseph Schickeneder; 1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812) was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ''The Magic Flute'' and was ...

", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: '' Die Zauberflöte'': sources – interprétations, Henri van Hulst ed. (Brussels: Peter Lang, 2008), in press. * 200
"Süßmayr und die Lichterputzer: von gefundenen und erfundenen Quellen"
''Mozart-Jahrbuch'' 2006 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2008), 425–38. * 200
"Neue Forschungsergebnisse zum Theater auf der Wieden und Emanuel Schikaneder"
''Wiener Geschichtsblätter'', 4/2008 (Vienna: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien, 2008), 15–36. * 2008 "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Klavierkonzert Es-Dur, KV 271, 'Jenamy-Konzert'" (program notes for Alfred Brendel's concert at the Vienna Musikverein on 17 December 2008), Vienna Philharmonic, season 2008/2009, 120–22. * 200
"Mozart's Apartment on the Alsergrund"
published on the internet on 8 June 2009. Published in print in ''Newsletter of the Mozart Society of America'', Vol. XIV, No. 2 (27 August 2010). * 2009 "Mozarts Sterbehaus: Einige notwendige Anmerkungen", ''Acta Mozartiana'', 56, vol. 2 (December 2009), 187–90. * 2010 "Mozart's Last Residence: A Few Necessary Comments", English version of the above article published on the internet on 5 September 2010. * 201
"Einige Korrekturen und Ergänzungen zu Klaus Martin Kopitz' Aufsatz 'Anmerkungen und Korrekturen zu Haydns Wiener Wohnungen'"
published on the internet on 14 November 2010. * 201
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als Beethovens 'Elise'" ''Bonner Beethoven-Studien'', Vol. 9 (Bonn: Beethoven-Haus), 169–90. * 201
"Mozarts Patenkind"
''Acta Mozartiana'', 58, vol. 1 (June), 57–70. * 201
"Familie Trampusch – geliebt und totgeschwiegen"
''Jahrbuch des Vereins für Geschichte der Stadt Wien'', Vol. 62/63, 2006/2007 (Vienna: Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Wien), 135–49.
"The Beethoven Family Graves in Vienna"
''The Beethoven Journal'', Winter 2016, Vol. 31, No. 2, 56-70.
"An unknown incident in Mozart’s life in 1791"
(with Dexter Edge), internet publication on Mozart: New Documents (May 2017).
"The Financial Circumstances of Schubert’s Parents: New Documents"
internet publication on academia.edu (October 2017). * "New Archival Documentation on the Theater auf der Wieden and Emanuel Schikaneder", ''Die Zauberflöte: sources – contexte – représentations'', Edited by Henri Vanhulst, (Bruxelles: Peter Lang, 2018), 27-48.
"The Mozarts' Viennese Lodgings in 1762 and the House Zum Rothen Säbel"
''Eighteenth Century Music'', 17/2, 2020, 243-259 (with Dexter Edge).

External links

*
''Musicological Trifles and Biographical Paralipomena'' BLOG by Michael Lorenz

Michael Lorenz's Photography

Newsletter of the Mozart Society of America – Lorenz as Contributor
* Lawrence Van Gelder
''Arts Briefing Highlights Mozart by its rightful Name''
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''Mozart und seine Schüler und Schülerinnen''
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''Mozarts Haftungserklärung für Freystädtler. Eine Chronologie''

''Mozart. Experiment Aufklärung im Wien des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts''
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