Susanne Fontaine (born 31 January 1961) is a German musicologist and university teacher.

Life

Born in

Merzig Merzig (, french: Mercy, ''Moselle Franconian:'' ''Meerzisch''/''Miërzësch'') is a town in Saarland, Germany. It is the capital of the district Merzig-Wadern, with about 30,000 inhabitants in 17 municipalities on 108 km². It is situated o ...

/Saarland, Fontaine studied

musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

, Germanistic and philosophy from 1980 until 1986 at the

Universität des Saarlandes Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

, School music at the

Universität der Künste Berlin The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

as well as

and Germanistic at the

Technische Universität Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

and the

Freie Universität Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

. From 1992 to 1998 Fontaine was a research assistant at the Hochschule der Künste; in 1999 she received a

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

scholarship from the

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft The German Research Foundation (german: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft ; DFG ) is a German research funding organization, which functions as a self-governing institution for the promotion of science and research in the Federal Republic of Germ ...

on the topic ''The figure of Maria Magdalena in the music of the 17th and 18th century''. In 2000 and 2001 she held the professorship for musicology at the

State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart The State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart is a professional school for musicians and performing artists in Stuttgart, Germany. Founded in 1857, it is one of the oldest schools of its kind in Germany. History The school was f ...

. In the winter semester 2002/03 Fontaine was a

lecturer Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...

at the musicology department of the

Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

. In 2003 she was appointed professor at the

University of Potsdam The University of Potsdam is a public university in Potsdam, capital of the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is mainly situated across three campuses in the city. Some faculty buildings are part of the New Palace of Sanssouci which is known ...

and in 2004 she moved to the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

. Fontaine's research focuses on

religious music Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual. Relig ...

of the 17th century, the early 20th century and interdisciplinary issues. Fontaine is chairwoman of the Berlin chapter of the German University Association.

Publications

Book

* ''Busoni's

Doktor Faust ''Doktor Faust'' is an opera by Ferruccio Busoni with a German libretto by the composer, based on the myth of Faust. Busoni worked on the opera, which he intended as his masterpiece, between 1916 and 1924, but it was still incomplete at the time ...

und die Ästhetik des Wunderbaren''. Kassel 1998 ( Dissertation. University of Hamburg, 1997).

Essays

* ''

Leo Kestenberg Leo Kestenberg (27 November 1882 – 13 January 1962) was a German-Israeli classical pianist, music educator, and cultural politician. Working for the government in Prussia from 1918, he began a large-scale reform of music education (''Kestenbe ...

as Musikpolitiker''. In

Wolfgang Rathert Wolfgang Rathert (born 17 July 1960) is a German musicologist born in Minden. Life and career Born in Minden, Rathert passed the C-examination as church musician during his school time and acquired the Abitur at the Herder-Gymnasium Minden. Aft ...

Giselher Schubert Giselher Schubert (born in 1944) is a German musicologist Life and career Born in Königsberg, Schubert studied musicology, sociology and philosophy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with Günther Massenkeil, at the Freie Un ...

(edits.): ''Musikkultur in der

Weimar Republic The Weimar Republic (german: link=no, Weimarer Republik ), officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1933, during which it was a constitutional federal republic for the first time in history; hence it is al ...

.'' Mainz 2001, . * ''„Erziehung zur Menschlichkeit durch Musik“. Ein Brief von Leo Kestenberg an

Georg Schünemann Georg Schünemann (13 March 1884 – 2 January 1945) was a German musicologist. Life Born in Berlin, Schünemann, the son of a rector, was awarded a doctorate after studying music in 1907 with his dissertation on the ''history of conducting''. ...

.'' In ''Diskussion Musikpädagogik.'' Volume 9, 2001, . * ''L’escalier du temps. Zeitgestaltung im Liedschaffen

Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century. His m ...

's.'' In Ariane Jeßulat, Andreas Ickstadt, Martin Ullrich (edits.): ''Zwischen Komposition und Hermeneutik. Festschrift für Hartmut Fladt.''''Zwischen Komposition und Hermeneutik. Festschrift für Hartmut Fladt''
on WorldCat Würzburg 2005, . * ''Liebreiz statt Zerknirschung. Die Figur der Magdalene in Handel's ''La Resurrezione. In the ''

Händel-Jahrbuch The ''Händel-Jahrbuch'' (HJb) is a music scientific journal dedicated to the composer George Frideric Handel. It is published annually by the international Handel-Gesellschaft in conjunction with the foundation Handel House in Halle. The "scien ...

.'' Volume 52, 2006, . * ''Zwischen Aufführungskritik und ästhetischer Reflexion: Zu den Artikeln über Musik in

Heine Heine is both a surname and a given name of German origin. People with that name include: People with the surname * Albert Heine (1867–1949), German actor * Alice Heine (1858–1925), American-born princess of Monaco * Armand Heine (1818–1883) ...

's ''Lutezia. In Arnold Pistiak, Julia Rintz (edits.): ''Zu Heinrich Heines Spätwerk „Lutezia“. Kunstcharakter und europäischer Kontext.'' Berlin 2007, .

External links

*
Susanne Fontaine on the Website of the Universität der Künste

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fontaine, Susanne German women musicologists People from Merzig-Wadern Academic staff of the University of Potsdam Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts 20th-century German musicologists 21st-century German musicologists 1961 births Living people