Home Β» People Β» Professor Christian Leitmeir. Christian Thomas Leitmeir grew up in DonauwΓΆrth, Southern Germany. From he read Musicology, Comparative Literature, Philosophy and Theology at the University of Munich. After a Long-Term Frances A. Yates Research Fellowship at the Warburg Institute London, , he taught at Bangor University , before joining the University of Oxford in In he was elected into the Academy of Europe Academia Europaea , and in into the Royal Historical Society.
At the Faculty of Music, Christian Leitmeir mainly teaches on the history of music from the Middle Ages and the early modern period, including palaeography and music philology. His tutorial teaching covers these subject areas, but additionally extends to other periods of music history. Christian Leitmeir is a historian and critical editor of music. His research evolves primarily around music and music theory during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period in Continental Europe with a regional emphasis on Central and Central Eastern Europe.
Alongside, he pursues research into other areas, especially musical notation, Viennese Classicism and German Romanticism, women in music, music around with a focus on Richard Strauss and the history of musicology.
He collaborates regularly with professional ensembles and frequently engages in interdisciplinary research, reaching out especially to theology and art history.
Developing projects are devoted to pioneering performances of medieval music in the first half of the 20th century and content and context of the Beethoven Centenary, celebrated at Vienna in Home Β» People Β» Professor Christian Leitmeir BACK TO PEOPLE.
