Klaus Pietschmann (born in 1972) is a German

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 ...

. Since 2009 he has been teaching at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

Career

Born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

, Pietschmann 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, ...

and

Medieval studies Medieval studies is the academic interdisciplinary study of the Middle Ages. A historian who studies medieval studies is called a medievalist. Institutional development The term 'medieval studies' began to be adopted by academics in the opening ...

at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

, at the

University of Florence The University of Florence ( Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'') (in acronym UNIFI) is an Italian public research university located in Florence, Italy. It comprises 12 schools and has around 50,000 students enrolled. History The f ...

and at the

University of Münster The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...

. In 1997/98 he was at the

German Historical Institute in Rome The German Historical Institute in Rome, short DHI Rome, is the oldest of the German historical institutes abroad. Its purpose is to conduct research of the Italian history and music history, as well as the history of German-Italian relations from ...

and received his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

in 2000 with a thesis on ''Church music between tradition and reform. The Papal Chapel and its repertoire under

Pope Paul III Pope Paul III (; ; born Alessandro Farnese; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era follo ...

''. Subsequently, he worked until 2003 in the

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

and Cologne in a research project on . From 2003 to 2006 he was assistant to

Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen (born 21 August 1952) is a German musicologist. Career Born in Westerland on Sylt, Hinrichsen studied Germanistic and History at the Free University of Berlin. The completion of the Staatsexamen (1980) was followed by a ...

and Laurenz Lütteken at the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

, where he also received his

. From 2006 to 2009 he held assistant and guest professorships at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (, , ) is a public university, public research university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a br ...

and the

University of Graz The University of Graz (, formerly: ''Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz'') is a public university, public research university located in Graz, Austria. It is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-old ...

. In 2009 he was appointed to the Institute for Musicology at the University of Mainz. Pietschmann is deputy director of mainzed, the Mainz Center for Digitality in the Humanities and Cultural Studies. In 2008, he received the .

Publications

* * ''Kirchenmusik zwischen Tra dition und Reform. Die

Prefecture of the Papal Household The Prefecture of the Papal Household (''Prefettura della Casa Pontificia'') is the office in charge of the Papal Household, a section of the Roman Curia containing the Papal Chapel (''Cappella Pontificia'') and the Papal Family (''Familia Pontif ...

und ihr Repertoire im Pontifikat

(1534–1549)'' (CASCAM, volume 11).

Vatican City Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (; ), is a Landlocked country, landlocked sovereign state and city-state; it is enclaved within Rome, the capital city of Italy and Bishop of Rome, seat of the Catholic Church. It became inde ...

2007 * ''Laboratorium des Wandels. Wien und die Diversifizierung der Oper um 1800''. Habilitationsschrift Zürich 2006 (Druck i. V.) * ''Das Erzbistum Köln in der Musikgeschichte des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts''. ''Contributions to Rhineland music history''. volume 172. Merseburger, Kassel 2008. * Edited with

: ''Jenseits der Bühne: Bearbeitungs- und Rezeptionsformen der Oper im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert''. Symposiumsbericht der

International Musicological Society The International Musicological Society (IMS) is a membership-based organisation for musicology at the international level, with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. It seeks the advancement of musicological research through international coopera ...

2007 (''Schweizer Beiträge zur Musikforschung'', volume 15).

Bärenreiter Bärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it ...

, Kassel 2010. * Edited with Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann: ''Der Kanon der Musik. Theorie und Geschichte. Ein Handbuch''.''Der Kanon der Musik : Theorie und Geschichte : ein Handbuch''
on WorldCat Edition text + Kritik, Munich 2011, .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pietschmann, Klaus 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 1972 births Living people Writers from Cologne Josquin scholars Scholars of Medieval music