birth_place subject notableworks birth_date spouse article_title education name occupation
munich , germany music '' mozart-interpretation '' , '' bach-interpretation '' 15 january 1929 paul badura-skoda eva badura-skoda
 phd university of innsbruck eva badura-skoda musicologist
eva badura-skoda

eva badura-skoda -lrb- née halfar -rrb- is a german/austrian musicologist .
eva halfar studied at the vienna conservatory and took courses in musicology , philosophy , and art history at the universities of heidelberg , vienna -lrb- erich schenk -rrb- , and innsbruck -lrb- ph.d. , 1953 , with the thesis `` studien zur geschichte des musikunterrichtes in Österreich im 16. , 17 .
und 18 .
jahrhundert '' -rrb- .
in 1951 she married paul badura-skoda , with whom she collaborated on the volumes `` mozart-interpretation '' -lrb- vienna , 1957 ; english transl. , 1961 ; 2nd edition , rev. , 1996 -rrb- and `` bach-interpretation '' -lrb- laaber , 1990 ; english transl. , 1992 -rrb- .
in 1962 and 1963 she led summer seminars at the salzburg mozarteum .
in 1964 she was the brittingham visiting professor at the university of wisconsin , where she served as professor of musicology from 1966 to 1974 .
she was a visiting professor at boston university -lrb- 1976 -rrb- , queen 's university in kingston , ontario -lrb- 1979 -rrb- , mcgill university in montreal -lrb- 1981 -- 82 -rrb- , and the university of göttingen -lrb- 1982 -- 83 -rrb- .
in 1986 she was awarded the austrian cross of honour for science and art by the austrian government .
badura-skoda contributed many articles to books , reference works , and journals , and also edited scores by haydn , dittersdorf , mozart , and schubert .
with peter branscombe , she edited the volume `` schubert studies : problems of style and chronology '' -lrb- cambridge , 1982 -rrb- .
she also edited the report of the international haydn congress held in vienna in 1982 -lrb- munich , 1986 -rrb- and was an editor of a volume on `` schubert and his friends '' -lrb- cologne and vienna , 1999 -rrb- .
the book `` interpreting mozart , '' written with co-author paul badura-skoda , is a detailed study of textual and performance issues which are of importance to the serious pianist , but also to any listener desiring insight into the significant issues that a pianist must deal with when presenting mozart piano works .
