Strauss topographies: Sound | Space | Vienna

The lectures explore Strauss’ significance for Vienna. One aim is to spark off more research on a composer who has not always received academic attention commensurate with his fame. The focus is on the sectors of society and the media that make his music a Viennese cultural phenomenon.
Strauss’ reputation begins on the dance-floor, moves on to the theatre and private salons, suffuses the media and thus spreads throughout the world. Other topics are archives/libraries and the imaginary spaces his music evokes.

06.03.
Franz Fillafer
World history in waltz time? Global, social and imperial historical perspectives on the Strauss dynasty

13.03.
Melanie Unseld
The Straussens as a family of musicians

20.03.
Martina Nussbaumer
Strauss and the image of the city of Vienna until the First World War

27.03.
Oliver Rathkolb
Strauss and the image of the city of Vienna after 1918 until today

03.04.
Isabella Sommer
The music of the Strauss family popularised by mechanical musical instruments and early recording techniques

10.04.
Stephanie Schroedter
Hearing, seeing and moving - dances on the threshold of ballroom, stage and concert

08.05.
Marion Linhardt
Dancing Strauss, listening to Strauss, seeing Strauss: Spaces of Strauss music

15.05.
Michele Calella
‘Beware of the children of the night": Johann Strauss and the (musical) topoi of the Hungarian Roma in the 19th century

22.05.
Wolfgang Stanicek
Strauss in popular music and in new media in the 20th century

05.06.
Barbara Babić
On the beautiful blue Adriatic: Johann Strauss in south-east Europe

12.06.
Discussion with moderation:
Michele Calella in conversation with Eduard Strauss, Norbert Rubey and Thomas Aigner about Strauss research today