Prof. Dr. Mechthild Albert
Languages, Romance studies
Arts, Languages, Humanities
Philosophical and philological sciences, science of art
History of the performing arts, Cultural history, Artistic practices, Patronage, Early Modern Rome, French Seventeenth Century music, theater and poetry
Grant from the Barthélémy Foundation (Institut de France) for the publication of the 1st part of my PhD diss., France, 2004
Grant from the Centre National du Livre for the publication the 2nd part of my PhD diss., France, 2003
English, French, German, Italian
Paroles de musique (1658-1694). Catalogue des “Livres d’airs de différents auteurs” publiés chez Ballard, Sprimont, Mardaga, 2007.
Poésie, musique et sociabilité au XVIIe siècle. Les Livres d’airs de différents auteurs publiés chez Ballard (1658-1694), coll. “Lumière classique”, 55, Paris, Champion, 2004.
with G. Zur Nieden, Europäische Musiker in Venedig, Rom und Neapel (1650-1750) (=Analecta musicologica, vol. 52), Kassel, Bärenreiter, 2015.
with C. Giron-Panel, La Musique à Rome au XVIIe siècle. Études et perspectives de recherche, Rome, Publications de l’École française de Rome, 2012.
with L. Naudeix, La Fabrique des paroles de musique à l’âge classique, Wavre, Mardaga, coll. “Études du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles”, 2010.
“Les musiciens européens à Venise, à Rome et à Naples (1650-1750) : éléments pour une comparaison des mobilités musiciennes”, in A.-M. GOULET and G. ZUR NIEDEN (ed.), Europäische Musiker in Venedig, Rom und Neapel (1650-1750) (= Analecta musicologica, vol. 52), Kassel, Bärenreiter, 2015, p. 31-48.
“Marie-Anne et Louise-Angélique de La Trémoille, princesses étrangères à Rome. Choix culturels, artistiques et politiques”, in A.-M. GOULET and G. ZUR NIEDEN (ed.), Europäische Musiker in Venedig, Rom und Neapel (1650-1750) (= Analecta musicologica, vol. 52), Kassel, Bärenreiter, 2015, p. 377-396.
“The Princesse des Ursins, Loyal Subject of the King of France and Foreign Princess in Rome”, in R. AHRENDT, M. FERRAGUTO, and D. MAHIET (ed.), Music and Diplomacy from the Early Modern Era to the Present, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, p. 191-207.
“Costumes, décors et machines dans L’Arsate (1683) d’Alessandro Scarlatti. Contribution à l’histoire de l’opéra romain au XVIIe siècle”, Revue XVIIe siècle, 2014 (262), p. 139-166.
“Serious songs, musical practices and sociability in Paris at the end of the seventeenth century”, in S. BEGHEIN, B. BLONDÉ et E. SCHREURS (ed.), Music and the City. Musical Cultures and Urban Societies in the Southern Netherlands and Beyond, c. 1650-1800, Leuven, Leuven University Press, 2013, p. 143-159.
Principal Investigator of an ERC Consolidator Grant (PERFORMART: Promoting, Patronising and Practising the Arts in Roman Aristocratic Families (1644-1740). The Contribution of Roman Family Archives to the History of Performing Arts), 2016 – 2021
Co-leader of the ANR-DFG project MUSICI (Musicisti europei a Venezia, Roma e Napoli [1650–1750]: Musica, identità delle nazioni e scambi culturali) at the École française de Rome and at the Deutsche Historische Institut in Rom, Italy (http://www.musici.eu), 2009 – 2011
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the ERC Starting Grant project “Manifestations of Solitude : Withdrawal and Engagement in the Long Seventeenth-Century” (P.I. : Mette Birkedal Bruun), Denmark, since 2012
Jury member for the Prix XVIIe siècle, since 2012
Consultant for an ANR-DFG project, Thesaurus Musicarum Germanicarum (TMG), 2012
Director of the series “Musique et Littérature” (Classiques Garnier), France, since 2010
Book reviewer for the Revue de musicologie, France, 2010
Member of the Editorial Board of the modern edition of 1220 arias published by Ballard (1658-1694), Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, France (http://philidor.cmbv.fr/ark:/13681/t75srpb2u5), since 2007
Expert for the publishing house Fayard, France, 2001
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Languages, Romance studies
Journalism and information, Arts, Musicology
Languages, Social and behavioural sciences, Modern Chinese Studies / Sinology; Political Science; Political Sociology
Humanities, Prehistoric archaeology