Intellect

Linda Maria Koldau is chair of Musicology and Cultural History at Aarhus University (Denmark) and focuses her research on modern myths; Monteverdi; music in convents; music and nationalism; the oratorio; and film music. Besides numerous scholarly essays she has published the books Die venezianische Kirchenmusik von Claudio Monteverdi (2001, 2nd ed., 2005); Frauen – Musik – Kultur. Ein Handbuch zum deutschen Sprachgebiet der Frühen Neuzeit (2005); Die Moldau. Smetanas Zyklus ‘Mein Vaterland’ (2007); Mythos U-Boot (2010). She is currently working on two books: Titanic: a cultural history of the Titanic, and a study on the myth of the Titanic in film.