Ursula Kramer (born 1960) is a German

musicologist 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 ...

. She has taught at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...

since 2001, as a professor from 2007. She has been president of the Christoph-Graupner-Gesellschaft from 2007.

Career

Kramer studied musicology, German, English,

Romance languages The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language fam ...

and music pedagogy at the

Hochschule für Musik Mainz The Hochschule für Musik Mainz (HfMM, Mainz School of Music) is a university of music, part of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. It is the only such institution in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. History The institution was ...

from 1980 to 1987. She studied partly on a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. In 1987, she graduated in music pedagogy and as

Magister Artium A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

in musicology. She also studied the

bassoon The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family, which plays in the tenor and bass ranges. It is composed of six pieces, and is usually made of wood. It is known for its distinctive tone color, wide range, versatility, and virtuo ...

. She obtained a

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

in 1992 with the

thesis A thesis ( : theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.International Standard ISO 7144: ...

"Richtiges Licht und gehörige Perspektive. Studien zur Funktion des Orchesters in der Oper des 19. Jahrhunderts", on the function of the orchestra in 19th-century opera. She worked as a

dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and printed programmes (or helps others with these tasks), consults auth ...

at the Staatstheater Mainz, and from 1992 to 1995 as ''Orchestergeschäftsführerin'' and personal ''Referentin'' of

Generalmusikdirektor A music(al) director or director of music is the person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert band, the d ...

Peter Erckens. She was an assistant at the Hochschule für Musik from 1995 to 2001, when she completed her habilitation. She then lectured at the Hochschule and was named außerplanmäßige Professorin in 2007. Kramer has been president of the Christoph-Graupner-Gesellschaft, an association dedicated to the composer

Christoph Graupner Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf ...

, from 2007.

Publications

* "Richtiges Licht und gehörige Perspektive – Studien zur Funktion des Orchesters in der Oper des 19. Jahrhunderts" (

). Tutzing 1992 (''Mainzer Studien zur Musikwissenschaft'', founded by

Hellmut Federhofer Hellmut Federhofer (August 6, 1911 – May 1, 2014) was an Austrian musicologist. Born in Graz, he studied music there and in Vienna at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, graduating in 1936. In 1937, he became a librarian at the l ...

and continued by

Christoph-Hellmut Mahling Christoph-Hellmut Mahling (25 May 1932 – 13 February 2012) was a German musicologist and lecturer at various universities. Life and career Born in Berlin, Mahling studied musicology by Walter Gerstenberg, Georg Reichert, Joseph Müller-Blat ...

, volume 28). * "Studien zur Geschichte der Bläserkammermusik von den Anfängen des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg."

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 ...

thesis, Mainz 2000 (unpublished) * ''Goethe e lo Sturm und Drang.'' Como 2003 * ''Schauspielmusik am Hoftheater in Darmstadt 1810–1918. Spiel-Arten einer selbstverständlichen Theaterpraxis''. Mainz 2008. * * * Kramer, Ursula (ed.). ''Theater mit Musik. 400 Jahre Schauspielmusik im europäischen Theater. Bedingungen – Strategien – Wahrnehmungen''. Bielefeld 2014 * Lee, Charlotte (April 2018)
"Reviewed Work: ''Music in Goethe's 'Faust': Goethe's 'Faust' in Music'' by Lorraine Byrne Bodley"
''

The Modern Language Review ''Modern Language Review'' is the journal of the Modern Humanities Research Association ( MHRA). It is one of the oldest journals in the field of modern languages. Founded in 1905, it has published more than 3,000 articles and 20,000 book reviews. ...

'', Vol. 113, No. 2 , pp. 431–433. Retrieved 11 May 2019 .

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kramer, Ursula 1960 births Living people Writers from Darmstadt Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 20th-century German musicologists Women musicologists 21st-century German musicologists