Susan Youens, Date of Birth

Susan Youens

American musicologist

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1947

Profession: musicologist, music journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Susan Youens (born 1947) is the author of many respected books on German lieder.
A noted musicologist, her work on Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf is considered some of the most scholarly and useful material on these composers.
Both musicologists and performers have often cited her work. As well as her books, she writes program notes for vocal recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
A native of Houston, Texas, she currently serves as a professor at the University of Notre Dame, as well as being a frequent guest speaker. Her twin sister, Laura Youens-Wexler (1947-2019) was also a renowned musicologist whose work was substantially about early Lutheran music.
She was a professor emerita at George Washington University and a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.