Musicology

Overview

The Department of Musicology deals primarily with European music history from the Middle Ages to the present; additionally, courses are offered in musical analysis, European folk music and non-European music, as well as cultural studies questions about music.

Mirabellplatz 1
5020 Salzburg

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The research fields of the department lie predominantly in the history of music from the 18th to the 20th century: analytical and interpretative aspects, changes in reception over the years, philology, and cultural, sociological and aesthetic questions are all examined. Further areas for study include popular music, baroque music, Viennese classical music and new music of the 20th century.

Other focal points of research are folk music of the alpine region and questions about music as a cultural phenomenon. Numerous interdepartmental projects as well as cooperation with national and international partners provide space for the exploration of a wide range of topics: questions of reception, treatises on composers, forms of cultural perception (European and American music in comparison) and much more.

In the field of teaching, the Department of Musicology offers a PhD programme as well as musicological courses for students of all music degrees Mozarteum and preparatory courses for academic practice. The teaching staff at the department supervise numerous academic theses (BA, MA, PhD) and cooperate on different levels with the artistic and pedagogical departments in order to emphasise the relevance of musicological competences for interpretation in the vocal, instrumental and conducting fields as well as for music pedagogy.

Courses

Interdisciplinary

Inter-university PhD Programme (W & K)

Music, Art Education

PhD Programme

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15.12.2025

LAUT:SPRECHER and "Erinnerungsorte"

2025 offers countless opportunities to look back on the past 80 years. The Second World War ended in Europe on 8 May 1945 with “Liberation Day,” marked by Germany’s unconditional surrender and the final collapse of the Nazi regime. In the months leading up to this, Allied forces had liberated the concentration camps.

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15.12.2025

Award of Excellence for Leonor Dill

Leonor Dill received an Award of Excellence for her dissertation entitled ‘Schubert's Metamorphoses. C.G. Jung's Archetype Theory as a Basis for Musical Analysis – An Investigation of the Creative Process’. Congratulations!

Awards & Successes
19.11.2025

Yvonne Wasserloos receives Salzburg Culture Fund Award

Yvonne Wasserloos, university professor of musicology, has been awarded the International Grand Prize for Science & Research (worth €12,000) by the Cultural Fund of the City of Salzburg for her outstanding achievements as a researcher, including her work on ‘Music and Power – Dimension and Context’ and her research on the social, political and cultural significance of music – especially in connection with democracy and the culture of remembrance. Congratulations!

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17.10.2025

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