Dr. Barbara Reul

Musicology

306-585-5019

barbara.reul@uregina.ca

Dr. Reul is a full professor of musicology and enjoys teaching a variety of music courses at Luther College, ranging from music appreciation classes to graduate reading courses. Dr. Reul’s main area of expertise is Baroque music, specifically musical life at the court of Anhalt-Zerbst, the German childhood home of Catherine the Great, and the life and works of Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758), a contemporary of Bach and Handel. Dr. Reul is passionate about archival research and has presented her research all over the world in both English and German (see her publication list below). Dr. Reul was the recipient the International Fasch Prize in 2005 and served as the President of the International Fasch Society from 2008 to 2011 and as its Vice-President from 2015 to 2019. Dr. Reul has regularly contributed articles to the Fasch-Studien series and co-edited several volumes, most recently Musik in Anhalt-Zerbst (vol. 15, 2019). Together with Ruth Tatlow and Andrew Frampton, she co-edits Discussing Bach, a new, peer-reviewed multi-media journal of the Bach Network (2020 –). Dr. Reul has also served as the head organist and choir accompanist at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Regina, SK, for many years.

Courses Taught

  • MU 100 – Introduction to Music (offered in Fall 2025; fine arts elective; no musical background needed)
  • MUHI 202 – Survey: Post-1750 to Modern Period (offered in Fall 2025; required for B.Mus., B.Mus.Ed. degrees; elective for B.A.MAP/Music and students minoring in music)
  • MUHI 203 – Survey: From Chant to Baroque (prerequisite: MUHI 202; to be offered in Winter 2026)
  • MUHI 305 – History of Canadian Music (prerequisite: MUHI 202; offered in Fall 2025)
  • MUHI 415 – History of Performance Practice
  • MUHI 417AA – The Story of Opera
  • MUHI 418 – Music, Women, and Culture (to be offered in Winter 2026)
  • MU 815 – Graduate Bibliography (for graduate students only)

Selected Recent Academic Publications

  1. Co-editor: Framton Andrew, Reul Barbara M., and Tatlow Ruth: “Analytical Perspectives on the Bach Cantatas,” Discussing Bach 8 (January 2025).
  2. Book review: Telemann Studies, eds. Wolfgang Hirschmann and Steven Zohn (Cambridge University Press, 2022). In Eighteenth-Century Music 20 (2023): 187–189.
  3. Article: “Tales from Music School: Johann Friedrich Fasch at the Thomasschule (1701–1707)”. BACH: Journal of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute 54, no. 1 (2023): 76–105.
  4. Co-editor: Tatlow, Ruth, Reul Barbara M., Frampton Andrew, and Tomita Yo. “Bach Cantata Texts, Poetic Techniques, and Meanings,” Discussing Bach 5 (November 2022).
  5. Book review: BACH – Eine Bildbiografie/A Pictorial Biography (Leipzig: Lehmstedt, 2022) by Michael Maul. Bach Notes 37 (Fall 2022): 1-2.
  6. (With Gottfried Küntzel), “Fasch, Johann Friedrich” (biography, works, bibliography; substantially revised and expanded), in: Grove Music Online Dictionary Database (2022, accessible on the Oxford Music Online Platform via a free trial subscription).
  7. Co-editor and contributor: Impetus (Winter/April 2022); includes main editorial; introduction to “2019: Before the Pandemic”; introduction to “2021: The Pandemic – Year 2”; introduction to “Stories from the Pandemic Podium”.
  8. Article: ‘“It was impossible for me to leave’ – Johann Friedrich Fasch and the Thomaskantorat in 1722”. Discussing Bach 3, “Bach and the Thomaskantorat” (October 2021): 31–44.

Click here for a list of publications by Barbara M. Reul (in English and in German; current as of January 2025). Please email barbara.reul@uregina.ca if you are interested in specific articles and do not have access to electronic databases or print publications through your university library or are an independent scholar. Click on the hyperlink for Gottfried Gille’s Fasch-Repertorium (2019).

Lived Narrative Open Access Publications

Dr. Reul is a proud cancer survivor who never thought she would be brave enough to write about herself. Her two memoirs, Perfect Timing (2021; also available on the LibreTexts.org platform since June 2024), and its sequel, Right on Time (2023), were published as zero cost, open educational resources by the University of Regina. They are highly personal and often humorous illness narratives meant to educate and entertain readers all over the world.

  1. Reul, Barbara. “Bad hair day or chemo? What not to say to a cancer survivor like me.” CBC News, “First Person” column, 24 September 2024. 
  2. Reul, Barbara. “Navigating Medical Leave in Academia: How one professor learned how to prioritize her health over her academic career.” University Affairs, “In My Opinion”, 2 August 2024.
  3. Reul, Barbara. “Writing from the Inside out – from Perfect Timing (2021) to Right on Time (2023).” University of Regina OEP Program Newsletter | Spring 2024: 4-7.
  4. Thibeault, James. “Being Open About Cancer: Interview with Barbara Reul, author of the open-licensed memoirs Perfect Timing and Right on Time.” Scholars@Bentley Library Publications (2024).
  5. Reul, Barbara. Right on Time – Healing from cancer during a pandemic (Dec. 2023), https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/rightontime/
  6. Reul, Barbara. “Miracles are no longer required’ – Life Writing as a Healing Tool,” Intersections 54 (March 2023), article 8.
  7. Reul, Barbara. “Perfect Timing – From Memoir to Textbook”, University of Regina Open Educational Resources Spring 2022 newsletter.
  8. Reul, Barbara. Perfect Timing – Recollections of coping with cancer during a pandemic (Dec. 2021), https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/perfecttiming/.