Dr. Louise Stein

Biography

Professor Louise K. Stein is an authority on European, Spanish, and colonial Latin American music from the early modern era, with particular emphasis on theater music, the history of singing, opera, and keyboard music. She holds degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Chicago, and has held visiting faculty appointments at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Universidad Complutense in Madrid, and the University of Chicago. Stein has received fellowships from the Fulbright-Hayes Commission and the American Council of Learned Societies, among others. In 1996, she was recognized by the American Musicological Society with the Noah Greenberg Award for her distinguished contributions to the study and performance of early music. Her publications include the book 'Songs of Mortals, Dialogues of Gods: Music Theatre in Seventeenth-Century Spain' and an expanded edition of 'Music of the Renaissance.' Stein has collaborated with various performers and produced significant recordings and editions of operas. She is currently researching a new book on opera in early modern Spain and has taught numerous courses on early modern music, opera, and music politics at her institution.

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