Harold Krebs

Harald Krebs received his Ph.D. in music theory from Yale University in 1980. He is professor of music theory and head of the theory program at the School of Music at the University of Victoria. He has published numerous articles and chapters on the tonal and rhythmic structure of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century music in North American, German and French journals and in various collections of essays, and has lectured and performed (as a pianist) at many North American and European universities. His book Fantasy Pieces: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann, published by Oxford University Press in 1999, won the Society for Music Theory’s Wallace Berry Award in 2002. His research on Josephine Lang (1815-80) led to the book Josephine Lang: Her Life and Songs (Oxford University Press, 2007—co-authored by Sharon Krebs), as well as to two editions of songs by Lang. His current research investigates the relation between poetic and musical rhythm in 19th-century German Lieder.