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Barbara Elisabeth Dietlinger

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

College: College of Music

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Chicago, 2021
    Major: Music
    Dissertation: Music and Commemoration in Early Modern Europe: Visual and Sonic Intersections of Remebrance
  • MA, University of Chicago, 2017
    Major: Music
  • MA, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, 2016
    Major: Slavic Philology
  • MA, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, 2015
    Major: Musicology

Current Scheduled Teaching

MUMH 5010.002Introduction to Research in MusicFall 2026
MUMH 3500.001Music History and Literature to 1750Fall 2026 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MUGC 6950.731Doctoral DissertationSpring 2026
MUMH 3500.001Music History and Literature to 1750Spring 2026 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 6000.001Seminar in MusicologySpring 2026 SPOT
MUMH 1610.005Music as CommunicationFall 2025 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 3500.001Music History and Literature to 1750Fall 2025 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 3500.001Music History and Literature to 1750Spring 2025 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 6000.001Seminar in MusicologySpring 2025 SPOT
MUMH 3500.001Music History and Literature to 1750Fall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MUMH 5711.001Proseminar in MusicologyFall 2024 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Review

  • Dietlinger, B. (2026). Bohemian Myths, Bohemian Facts. Early Music America. https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/web-articles/bohemian-myths-bohemian-facts/

    • Journal Article

  • Dietlinger, B. (2024). “Musical Signposts: Dutch Songs Negotiating the Peace of Münster (1648)”. Journal of Musicology. 51 (2) 149–178. Oakland, CA, University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/jm.2024.41.2.149

    • Other

  • Dietlinger, B., Kaunitz, G., Bunchman, M. Out of the Shadows: The Life and Work of Elizabeth Gyring.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Dietlinger, B. (Principal), "AMS 2026 In-Person Event," sponsored by The American Musicological Society - AMS-Southwest, National, $2399 Funded. ( - 2026).
  • Geoffroy-Schwinden, R.D., Wright, B.F., Virani, V., Snyder, B., Sella, T., Dietlinger, B., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).

    • Grant - Teaching

  • Dietlinger, B. (Other), "Denton Waites: An Accessible Pre-1600 Ensemble for Students and Community at the University of North Texas," sponsored by The American Musicological Society, National, $4998 Funded. (2026 - 2027).
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Overall
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Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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