Otto Biba
Otto Biba (born 9 August 1946) is an Austrian musicologist and archive director of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna.
Career
[edit]Born in Vienna, after studying history and musicology (doctorate University of Vienna in 1974), Biba has been working in the field of musicology since 1973[1] in the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde archive, library and collections.[2][3] In 1979, he succeeded Hedwig Mitringer as its director. Since then, he has been active as a scholarly author, editor of musical works, exhibition curator and lecturer in Vienna and internationally. As a researcher, he was particularly concerned with Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms,[4] but also with the Piarists[5] order and with Gottfried von Einem. Biba has published over 120 editions of compositions.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Otto Biba: Die kulturelle Bedeutung des Piaristsordens in Österreich bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1974, published under the title Der Piaristenorden in Österreich: seine Bedeutung für bildende Kunst, Musik und Theater im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert, in Jahrbuch für österreichische Kulturgeschichte, 5, 1975.
- ^ "Mitarbeiter". Gesellschaft für Musikfreunde (in German). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Otto Biba". LAROUSSE (in French). 8 July 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Festschrift". Gesellschaft für Musikfreunde (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Rieger, Mathias. "Im Porträt: Otto Biba". altpiaristner.at (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "70. Geburtstag Dr. Otto Biba". Vienna Philharmonic (in German). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Elisabeth Th. Hilscher-Fritz: Biba, Otto. In Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; Print edition: Vol. 1, Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften press , Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0.
- Ingrid Fuchs (ed.): Festschrift Otto Biba zum 60. Geburtstag. Schneider, Tutzing 2006, ISBN 978-3-7952-1214-8 (with Schriftenverzeichnis Otto Biba bis 2006, pp. 773–812)
External links
[edit]- Literature by and about Otto Biba in the German National Library catalogue
- Publikationsliste Otto Bibas [PDF]
- Porträtphoto 1996
