Susan Youens (born 1947) is the author of many books on German
lieder. A 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.[citation needed]
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 is 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 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.[citation needed]