Interdisciplinary balance, international collaboration, and the future of (German) (historical) musicology. In A. Edler und S. Meine (Eds.), Musik, Wissenschaft und Ihre Vermittlung: Bericht zur Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Musikforschung

Not only German historical musicology, but also the humanities and universities generally, are threatened by closure and merging of departments, suspension of professorships, and other funding cuts. In facing this challenge, we need to reconsider the aims and raison d’être of musicology in relation to other disciplines and (inter)national traditions. My contribution aims to explore and develop concrete, constructive strategies for the future Gestaltung of (German) (historical) musicology, drawing on my international experience (Canada 1991-94, Britain 1994-98, Austria since 1998) across musicological subdisciplines (undergraduate music and physics, graduate music psychology and theory). My limited integration into (German) (historical) musicology helps me to compare it with other disciplines and contexts. I have written in English to enable English- and (bilingual) German-speaking colleagues to comment (see Acknowledgments); readers of this draft are invited to send ideas for a future, German-language version t