Walburga Litschauer


Walburga Litschauer is an Austrian musicologist and Franz Schubert scholar.

Life

Born in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Litschauer studied music and theatre studies at the University of Vienna and completed piano training at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. In 1979, she passed the State examination in piano, in 1980 she received her doctorate and in 2005 her habilitation at the University of Vienna. In 2015, the professional title "Professor" was conferred on her.
Litschauer was initially a contributor to the Anton Bruckner Complete Edition. Since 1980, she has headed the Vienna office of the New Schubert Edition at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and since 1990 she has been a member of the editorial board. From 1990 to 1995, she was the editor of the Musicologica austriaca.
Litschauer is a member of the board of directors of domestic and foreign scientific societies, from 1998 to 2012 she was president of the Austrian Music Society, from 2004 she was deputy chairwoman of the Carinthischer Sommer festival, from 2010 to 2016 its chairwoman.

Prizes and awards

Conference conception and organisation

  • "Music and Music Research in Carinthia", Symposium, Ossiach, 29 June 1989.
  • "Schubert and his Friends", International Schubert Conference, Vienna, 22–26 May 1997.
  • First International Workshop on Schubert Reception, Vienna, Austrian Music Society, 12–17 May 2003.
  • "Brahms' Schubert-Rezeption im Wiener Kontext", International Symposium in cooperation with the Musicological Institute of Kiel University and the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, Musikverein, Vienna, 12–13 September 2013.
  • "Representation and Staging. Carinthian Water Music - Once and Now", symposium, Carinthian State Archives Klagenfurt, Festsaal, 9 June 2016.

Publications

Independent writings

Studies on the Italian Lied in Vienna during the Classical period. Diss. phil. Vienna 1980.Schubert and the pleasure of dancing. Vienna 1997.Schubert's late works for piano four hands. Vienna 2013.

Editions

Editions of music

Anton Bruckner Complete Edition
  • Works for piano two hands, Vienna 1988. Second, improved edition, Vienna 2000.
  • Works for piano four hands, Vienna 1994.
  • Abendklänge for violin and piano, Vienna 1995.
    Monuments of Musical Art in Austria
    "In questa tomba oscura", Giuseppe Carpani's poetry in 68 settings., Vienna 1986.
    New Mozart Edition
  • Kritischer Bericht zu Serie I: Geistliche Gesangswerke, Werkgruppe 1, Abteilung 2: Requiem. Kassel 2007 .
    New Schubert Edition
  • Overtures for piano four hands, Kassel 1984.
  • Critical report on the volume "Overtures for piano four hands", Tübingen 1989.
  • Dances I, Kassel 1989.
  • Dances II, Kassel 1990.
  • Melodic Register to Schubert's Dances, Kassel 1992 .
  • Piano Sonatas III, Kassel 1996.
  • Piano Sonatas I, Kassel 2000.
  • Critical report on the opera Des Teufels Lustschloß, Tübingen 2003 .
  • Piano Sonatas II, Kassel 2003.
  • Critical report on Piano Sonatas III, Tübingen 2004.
  • Critical report on Piano Sonatas II, Tübingen 2004.
  • Critical report on Piano Sonatas I, Tübingen 2005.
  • Critical report on Dances II, Tübingen 2007.
  • Works for piano four hands I, Kassel 2007.
  • Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen III, Kassel 2011.
  • Critical report on Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen I, Tübingen 2012.
  • Critical report on Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen III, Tübingen 2012 .
  • Critical report on Werke für Klavier zu vier Händen: Tänze I, Tübingen 2014.

Original text editions

  • Schubert. Sonata in B flat, Kassel 2013.
  • Schubert. Works for piano four hands III, Kassel 2013 .
  • Schubert. Sonata in A, Kassel 2014.
  • Schubert. Sonata in c, Kassel 2015.
  • Schubert. Sonata in G, Kassel 2018.

Text editions

New Documents on the Schubert Circle. From letters and diaries of his friends. Volume 1: . Vienna 1986.New Documents on the Schubert Circle. From letters and diaries of his friends. Volume 2: Documents on the life of Anna von Revertera. Vienna 1993.

Editorship, editorial activity

Franz Schubert. Jahre der Krise 1818–1823. Bericht über das Symposium Kassel, 30 September until 1 October 1982. Arnold Feil zum 60. Geburtstag. Kassel etc. 1985 .
  • Leopold Nowak: Über Anton Bruckner. Gesammelte Aufsätze. Vienna 1985.Musicologica austriaca. 10–13.
  • Walther Dürr: Zeichen-Setzung. Aufsätze zur musikalischen Poetik. Kassel 1992 .Schubert und seine Freunde. Konferenzbericht der Internationalen Schubert-Konferenz Wien 1997, Vienna 1999 .Schubert-Jahrbuch 1997. Duisburg 1999 .Schubert-Jahrbuch 1998. Duisburg 2000 .Schubert-Jahrbuch 1999. Duisburg 2001 .Schubert und das Biedermeier. Beiträge zur Musik des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts. Festschrift für Walther Dürr zum 70. Geburtstag. Kassel 2002 .Schubert und die Nachwelt. I. Internationale Arbeitstagung zur Schubert-Rezeption Wien 2003. Kongressbericht. München 2007 .
Litschauer also wrote over 50 essays on musicological questions as well as encyclopaedia articles.