The Vienna research group (Wiener Arbeitsstelle) of the Johannes Brahms complete edition (Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe) was established on 1 December 2011 at the former Commission for Music Research (now Department of Musicology at the ACDH-CH) as an international cooperation partner in a long-term musicological editing project. The new historical-critical edition is carried out at the Institute of Musicology at the Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany. Unlike the ‘old’ complete edition of 1926/27, the new edition will publish all of Brahms’s works, including his piano reductions and piano arrangements as well as the arrangements and performance versions of works by other composers. Around 67 volumes of sheet music (including critical reports) are planned, which will be published by G. Henle, Munich. Performance material and study editions derived from these volumes will be published partly by G. Henle and partly by Breitkopf & Härtel, Wiesbaden.
Within the scope of the complete edition, all available sources will be consulted. Even fragmentary compositions, drafts and sketches will be collected, analysed in terms of their significance, and documented. A considerable number of these sources are kept in Viennese libraries and archives, first and foremost in the archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, which houses Brahms’s extensive estate, including the composer’s manuscript copies. In addition, the Vienna City Library and the Austrian National Library also hold numerous valuable documents.
One focus of the Vienna research group is the analysis of Brahms’s reception as reflected in the Viennese press (a project on Brahms reception in Vienna, 1862–1902 has been funded by the City of Vienna). A further task is to index and analyse local manuscript sources that have not yet been considered by Brahms philologists, or only to a limited extent. This includes above all previously unpublished correspondence, but also music manuscripts and other written sources that can provide information about the creation, publication and performance history as well as the reception of Brahms’s works.
Jaroš, Monika; Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (13.11.2021) A Monument for Brahms in Vienna of the Fin de Siècle. Vortrag bei: Music, Monuments, and Memory Symposium (The Centre for Death and Life Studies, Durham University), Durham (virtual event)/UNITED KINGDOM.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (26.11.2020) J. S. Bach through the Prism of Italian Violinists in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Vortrag bei: Bach and Italy (JSBach.it und Conservatorio Statale di Musica “G. Verdi”), Turin (online)/ITALY.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (03.02.2019) The “new Johannes in the tone desert” or Brahms on his way “to immortality”? Sociological Discourses in the Viennese Press around Johannes Brahms. Vortrag bei: The Intellectual Worlds of Johannes Brahms - International Conference (University of California, Irvine), Irvine/UNITED STATES.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (08.12.2018) Teilnahme am Panel "Leerstellen". Vortrag bei: Prozesse der Re- und De-Konstruktion in Wissenschaft und Praxis. Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft 2018, Wien/AUSTRIA.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (04.07.2018) Johannes Brahms as Reflected in the Wiener Zeitung. Vortrag bei: 20th Biennial International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music (University of Huddersfield, Royal Musical Association), Huddersfield/UNITED KINGDOM <https://research.hud.ac.uk/media/assets/document/schools/mhm/programme-p.pdf>.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (21.03.2018) Lyrisches Intermezzo »Ja, das Herz schlägt ihnen deutsch, wenn auch die Sonne auf ›italienisch‹ dazu scheint«. Vortrag bei: Symposium der Jungen Akademie, Mainz in der Villa Vigoni (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz; Deutsch-Italienisches Zentrum für Europäische Exzellenz Villa Vigoni), Loveno di Menaggio/ITALY.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (17.06.2016) Joseph Joachim’s Violin Concerto op. 3 and Johannes Brahms’s Participation in the Piano Reduction. Vortrag bei: Joseph Joachim at 185. International Conference, Boston/UNITED STATES.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (22.04.2016) Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe. Posterpräsentation bei: Lange Nacht der Forschung, Wien/AUSTRIA.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (18.11.2015) Johannes Brahms Gesamtausgabe. Posterpräsentation bei: Analyse - Interpretation - Aufführung - Performance. Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft 2015, Graz/AUSTRIA.
Papadopoulou, Vasiliki (01.07.2015) Performing traditions in J. Brahms’ violin concerto op. 77 as reflected in annotated editions from the 20th century and modern recordings. Vortrag bei: Performing Brahms in the Twenty-first Century – A Symposium on Performing Practice (Universität Leeds), Leeds/UNITED KINGDOM <http://performingbrahms.leeds.ac.uk/>.
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