Hartmut Krones (born 15 October 1944) is an Austrian musicologist.
Born in Vienna, Krones studied German language and literature at the University of Vienna as well as music education, vocal pedagogy and Lied and Oratorio at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
[citation needed] Since 1970 Krones had been teaching at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and was appointed full professor and head of the teaching office Musikalische Stilkunde und Aufführungspraxis in 1987.
Among the focal points of his work as author and editor of numerous publications are historical performance practice, musical symbolism and music of the 20th century.
[1] Since 1968, Hartmut Krones has been writing the introductory texts for the program booklets of the Wiener Musikverein Furthermore, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arnold Schönberg Center and Chairman of the Egon-Wellesz-Fonds[2] at the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna.