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: in person; offered in Fall 2026 on M/W/F, 11:30 am-12:20 pm: no prerequisite; MAP/fine arts elective, not intended for B.A. (MAP/Music) students; no music background/music reading ability required
  • MUHI 202 – Survey: Post-1750 to Modern Period: in person; offered in Fall 2026 on M/W/F, 9-9:50 am: no prerequisite but intended exclusively for students who have been accepted into OR are planning to audition for the B.Mus. programme OR are enrolled in the B.A. (MAP: Music) programme; music reading ability required
  • MUHI 203 – Survey: From Chant to Baroque (next offered in Winter 2027; prerequisite: MUHI 202; for B.Mus., B.Mus.Ed., B.A./MAP/Music students only )
  • MUHI 305 – History of Canadian Music (last offered in Fall 2025; prerequisite: MUHI 202)
  • MUHI 415 – History of Performance Practice (next offered offered in Winter 2028; prerequisite: MUHI 203)
  • MUHI 417AA – The Story of Opera (next offered in Winter 2027; prerequisite: MUHI 203)
  • MUHI 418 – Music, Women, and Culture (prerequisite: MUHI 203; Winter 2026: M/W/F, 11:30-12:20 pm; in person)
  • MU 815/MUHI 494AA – Music Bibliography and Research Methods (for B.Mus. History and B.A. honours and graduate students only; last offered in Winter 2026)
  • MUHI 495AA – Honours Thesis (for B.Mus. History and B.A. Honours students only; next offered in Fall 2026)

Selected Recent Academic Publications

  1. Article (in German): “Das Medizinalwesen in Anhalt-Zerbst mit Blick auf den Hofkapellmeister Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)” (“Health care in Anhalt-Zerbst and court Kapellmeister Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)”, Mitteilungen des Vereins für Anhaltische Landeskunde 34 (December 2025): 87–104.
  2. Co-editor: Frampton, Andrew, Reul, Barbara M., and Tatlow, Ruth: “Analytical Perspectives on the Bach Cantatas,” Discussing Bach 8 (January 2025).
  3. Book review: Telemann Studies, eds. Wolfgang Hirschmann and Steven Zohn (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Eighteenth-Century Music 20 (2023): 187–189.
  4. 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.

Click here for a list of publications by Barbara M. Reul (in English and in German; current as of August 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://www.saskoer.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://www.saskoer.ca/perfecttiming/.