Dr. Linda Maria Koldau teaches musicology at the University of Frankfurt. In 2000, she concluded her PhD on Montverde's Venetian church music. Her postdoctoral thesis,

"Frauen – Musik – Kultur. Ein Handbuch zum deutschen Sprachgebiet der Frühen Neuzeit" (Women, music, culture – a handbook for the German-speaking area in the early modern period) was published in 2005 and was awarded the Cornelia Goethe Prize 2005. In addition to her scientific work, Linda Maria Koldau works as a singer and music journalist.

Tuesday, 24th April, 7 pm
Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
Eschersheimer Landstr. 29-39

Linda Maria Koldau
„Frauen in der deutschen Musikkultur der Frühen Neuzeit“.
Vortragskonzert
"Women in German musical culture of the early modern period".
Concert and talk

Which is the contribution of women to German musical culture of the Renaissance and Baroque periods? This is the topic of Linda Maria Koldau's research, which she has compiled into a comprehensive handbook, published by Böhlau-Verlag in 2005. As these women are absent from traditional music history, it was necessary to investigate cultural history. This research resulted in a rich picture of a musical culture in which aristocrats, middle class women, nuns, but also patronesses and intermediaries, collectors, interpreters and composers participated. As hardly any recordings of the songs and instrumental pieces exist, Linda Maria Koldau will perform a selection to give us an impression of the varied musical life of women of that time.