Dr. Margret Scharrer

Lecturer & Associated Researcher

Philosophisch-historische Fakultät

E-Mail
margret.scharrer@unibe.ch
Office
Büro 108, 1. Stock
Postal Address
Institut für Musikwissenschaft
Mittelstrasse 43
CH - 3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
by appointment

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Mini CV
2025 Academic staff member and stand-in lecturer for the courses of Prof Dr Cristina Urchueguía
2025 Habilitation University of Bern
Thesis: “… c’estoit ung grant merveille à pensser … Macht, Klang und Ritual am Hof der Herzöge von Burgund: Inszenierungen einer ‘wunderbaren’ Dynastie”
2022-2024 Study director and lecturer at the Institute of Musicology, University of Bern
2019-2023 Postdoctoral research assistant at the Institute of Musicology, University of Bern, within the SNSF-funded project: “The Sound of Power: Sound as an Intermedial Category in Courtly Festive Rituals from an Intercultural Perspective (15th–17th Century)” (with interruptions)
2012-2018 Lecturer, research assistant at Saarland University
2011  PhD in Musicology by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Thesis: “Zur Rezeption des französischen Musiktheaters an deutschen Residenzen des ausgehenden 17. und frühen 18. Jahrhunderts.”
2002-2007  Doctoral scholarships from the State Graduate Funding Programme of Saxony-Anhalt and the Rolf and Ursula Schneider Foundation at the Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel
2001  Master’s degree in Musicology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Thesis: “The Papal Chapel in Avignon and the Ars subtilior”
1993-2001 Undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Musicology, History, and Auxiliary Historical Sciences at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Université Charles de Gaulle (Lille), and Université Paris-Sorbonne

Research areas

Courtly Music of the 15th–18th Centuries

French Music History (Medieval/Early Modern Period)

Music Theatre of the 17th and 18th Centuries

Performance Practice

Travel, Reception, and Cultural Transfer (including beyond Europe)

Social History

Soundscapes/Sound studies

Publications

Monographs

Margret Scharrer: Zur Rezeption des französischen Musiktheaters an deutschen Residenzen im ausgehenden 17. und frühen 18. Jahrhundert (Saarbrücker Studien zur Musikwissenschaft 16), Sinzig, Studiopunkt, 2014

Margret Scharrer: «… c’estoit ung grant merveille à pensser …» Macht, Klang und Ritual am Hof der Herzöge von Burgund: Inszenierungen einer «wunderbaren» Dynastie, UniversitätBern, 2024 (unpublished) 

 

Editorship

Tül Demirbaş, Margret Scharrer (eds.): Sounds of Power: Sonic Court Rituals In- and Outside Europe in the 15th–17th Centuries, Köln, Böhlau 2024
DOI: https://www.vr-eli
brary.de/doi/book/10.7788/9783412528997 

Lea Hagmann, Margret Scharrer, Laura Möckli, Vincenzina Ottomano (eds.): Schweizer Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft, 41/2024: Vögel, Musik und Stille, DOI: https://doi.org/10.36950/sjm.41

 

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