German musicologist
Reinhard Wiesend (born 25 May 1946 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen) is a German musicologist and retired university professor.
Wiesend studied musicology in Munich (with Thrasybulos Georgiades among others) and received his doctorate in Würzburg in 1981 (with Wolfgang Osthoff), followed by his Habilitation in 1987. Subsequently, he worked in Venice, Bayreuth and Palermo, among other places. From 2000 to 2007 he was head of the musicological institute of the University of Mainz.
Wiesend's main areas of research include Italian opera of the 18th century, including Joseph Martin Kraus, Johann Simon Mayr, Johann Adolf Hasse) as well as Hans Pfitzner.
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