Humanities and Social Sciences

A forgotten translator of the Salzburg Festival

Linguistics & Literature

Around 100 years ago, Ljuba Metzl translated a famous Baroque drama from Latin into German. But her achievement has been suppressed from history.

Innovation - Mar 11

Preserving Historical Sounds in the Digital Age

Acoustic measurements carried out on the Walcker organ in St. Jacob's Church in Ilmenau marked an important milestone in a European research project dedicated to the large-scale digitization of traditional and ancient musical instruments.

Music - Mar 12

How political borders in the Middle Ages are linked to chorales

The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg.