Carmen Ottner (born in the 20th-century in Vienna) is an Austrian
musicologist
Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...
,
Theatre studies
Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also enco ...
and General Secretary of the
Franz Schmidt association.
Life
Ottner was born as the daughter of trombonist Franz Bahner (
ienna Philharmonic. She studied
musicology
Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, ...
, theatre studies and philosophy at the
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...
. She wrote her dissertation on ''Das Wort-Toneproblem in den Klavierlieder
Wilhelm Kienzl
Wilhelm Kienzl (17 January 1857 – 3 October 1941) was an Austrian composer.
Biography
Kienzl was born in the small, picturesque Upper Austrian town of Waizenkirchen. His family moved to the Styrian capital of Graz in 1860, where he studied th ...
''s and received her doctorate in 1974.
Since 1985 she has been Secretary General of the Franz Schmidt Society, has published a number of articles on Schmidt and his environment, and has organized conferences. Ottner is also managing director of the Austrian Society for Music and was a member of the editorial board of the ''
Ă–sterreichische Musikzeitschrift
The ''Ă–sterreichische Musikzeitschrift'' (Ă–MZ, Austrian music magazine) was a monthly music magazine published in Vienna, Austria, by Verlag Musikzeit. It was established in 1945 by the Austrian cultural politician and music critic . It appear ...
''. She has also written numerous encyclopedia articles and essays on musicological issues.
Ottner is also the editor of ''Studien zu Franz Schmidt'', a multi-volume musicological series.
Publications
* ''Das Wort-Tonproblem in den Klavierliedern Wilhelm Kienzls''. Dissertation, Vienna University, 1974.
* ''Was damals als unglaubliche KĂĽhnheit erschien.
Franz Schreker
Franz Schreker (originally ''Schrecker''; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator. Primarily a composer of operas, Schreker developed a style characterized by aesthetic pluralit ...
s Wiener Kompositionsklasse. Studien zu
Wilhelm Grosz
Wilhelm Grosz (11 August 1894 – 10 December 1939), sometimes credited as Hugh Williams, was an Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor, who from 1934, worked in the UK, before moving to the USA in 1938. Grosz composed both classical concert wo ...
,
Felix Petyrek
Felix Petyrek (14 May 1892 in Brno 1 December 1951 in Vienna) was an Austrian composer. He wrote stage works, songs, piano music (including duos and duets) in a Romantic style.
Petyrek was a pupil of Franz Schreker and Guido Adler in Vienna. Dur ...
and
Karol Rathaus'', Frankfurt–Berlin–Bern–Brussels–New York–Vienna : Lang 2000
* ''Quellen zu Franz Schmidt – 1. Autographen, Drucke, Handschriften, Briefe in Wiener öffentlichen Sammlungen'', 1985
* ''Quellen zu Franz Schmidt – 2. Briefe, Autographen, Aufzeichnungen im Privatbesitz, Erinnerungen'', 1987
Publisher, editorial activity
* Carmen Ottner (edit.): ''Franz Schmidt und die österreichische Orgelmusik seiner Zeit: Symposion 1991''. Doblinger, Vienna 1992,
* Carmen Ottner (edit.): ''Musik in Wien 1938–1945. Symposion 2004. Studien zu Franz Schmidt XV'',
Musik in Wien 1938–1945. Symposion 2004. Studien zu Franz Schmidt
on WorldCat Vienna 2004,
References
External links
*
Carmen Ottner on WorldCat
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Austrian musicologists
Austrian women musicologists
Theatrologists
University of Vienna alumni
Date of birth missing (living people)
Writers from Vienna
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people