Martin Eybl

Martin Eybl[1] is an Austrian musicologist.

Early life and education

Martin Eybl was born on December 7th 1960 in Neumarkt im Hausruckkreis, a town in the province of Upper Austria, and was educated at the Gymnasium in Kremsmünster where he finished his school studies 1979. Thereafter he studied at the Anton Bruckner Conservatory in Linz and majored 1984 there in Piano Performance (class of Horst Matthaeus). Also, he studied in parallel Composition (German: Tonsatz) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, as well as Musicology at the University of Vienna, where he graduated as a Master of Philosophy 1988, and as a Doctor of Philosophy 1995.

Professional activities and career

Martin Eybl offered lectures and courses from 1991 until 2004 at the University of Vienna, and since 1994 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (until 2004 in the fields of Schenkerian analysis and history of music theory).

In the years 1994 through 2006 he was director of the Schenkerian analysis Course (German: Lehrgang für Tonsatz nach Heinrich Schenker). In 1996 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard University, Cambridge MA. Since 2000 he is member of the editorial board of Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich (DTÖ – German for Monuments of Musical Art in Austria), where he also acts since 2007 (jointly with Theophil Antonicek) as an Editor-in-Chief.

Martin Eybl obtained his habilitation 2004 in Music Theory, and since then holds an academic chair for Music History at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In the period of 2007–2009 he served as a member of the academic senate of this university.

Research interests and activities

Martin Eybl’s main research focus is on aesthetics and theory of music of the early 20th century, as well as on music in Austria in the 18th century, and on the edition of pre-classic music.He was involved in several peer-reviewed research projects; the most important are

2007–2010 he acted as the principal investigator of the project

Major publications 1992-2010

Books

Musical Editions

Scholarly Articles

Music in 18th-century Austria

From Richard Wagner to modern music

Analysis and theory of music

References

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