Christian Glanz
Christian Glanz studied musicology and history at the University of Graz (Karl-Franzens-Universität). He completed his PhD in 1988 with a research on the image of South Europe in the Viennese operetta (Das Bild Südosteuropas in der Wiener Operette). In 2007, he received his postdoctoral lecture qualification (Habilitation) in historical musicology from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
His research interests include music and politics in Austria, the life and work of Hanns Eisler, and the music of Gustav Mahler. His monographs on Mahler and Eisler were published in 2001 and 2008, respectively. He also edited essay collections on topics such as music and education, Wagner and the antisemitism in music, political cantatas, and music and intermediality.
From 2012 to 2017, he was Principal Investigator of the FWF-funded project “Political History of Viennese Opera 1869 – 1955”. The project examined political aspects in the history of the Vienna opera house focusing on major historical phases and turning points such as the era of the Viennese Ringstraße, the end of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the years of National Socialism, and post-war efforts of denazification and reconstruction.
He took part and delivered papers in international conferences, workshops and symposia in Oxford, London, New York, and Berkeley, California, among other places.