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Degrees Available
- Bachelor of Music
- Bachelor of Arts
- Master of Music
- Master of Music in Musicology and Library Science
- Doctor of Philosophy
About the Musicology Program
| Program overview | Faculty
Specialties | Degree
Information
Musicology Program Overview
Encompassing much more than music history, the
Musicology Program at Northwestern approaches music as a social activity
shaped by aesthetic movements and intellectual theories – in essence, the humanistic
study of music in culture. Students
are invited to view musics through an interdisciplinary lens to reveal cultural
contexts and meanings not accessible through the study of music notation alone.
By integrating the perspectives of historical musicology and ethnomusicology,
the program trains open-minded yet critical scholars adaptable to varied repertoires
and academic strategies, in an atmosphere of collegiality and peer support.
The internationally renowned musicology faculty is the program’s greatest
asset. Their collective expertise covers all periods of traditional music history
as well as neglected geographies that are gaining increasing prominence in
the field, such as the former Soviet Republics, Spain, Britain, the Middle
East, and Latin America. A particular program strength is eighteenth-century
studies. All of these areas, coupled with Northwestern’s historic
strength in African and African-American studies, create a group of specializations
that is unique to Northwestern.
The PhD degree program is truly interdisciplinary in design, requiring coursework
in a ‘cognate’ area in the humanities or social sciences. The
musicology coursework reflects the wide interests of the faculty and its interdisciplinary
approaches. Among the courses regularly offered are Film Music, Music in Islam,
Music and Gypsies, Music and Evolutionary Biology, Humor in Music, and Authenticity.
Students are regular presenters of academic papers at regional, national, and
international conferences, and have received prestigious fellowships and awards,
as well as academic placements, after graduation. All students in the PhD
program receive four years of full tuition and a living stipend so that they
may fully devote themselves to research and study.
The mission of the Musicology Program is enhanced by its location at a major
research university and within a prominent school of music. Because the
University is dedicated to interdisciplinary study, the Musicology program
gains support from a campus-wide network of scholars who are open to collaboration. A
vibrant performance culture includes more than 400 concerts each year, including
three professional series. Students also benefit from the multi-faceted
scholarly community, research libraries, and thriving musical cultures of both
Evanston and Chicago.
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Faculty Specialties
A list of the musicology program faculty and their specialties.
Linda Austern: 16th- and 17th-century England; gender; European iconography;
music as related to history of medicine and science
Thomas Bauman: 18th-century opera; film music; cultural studies
Drew Edward Davies: 17th- and 18th-century Mexico and Iberia, 20th-century
Britain
Inna Naroditskaya: Ethnomusicology, Middle East, Russia, gender studies
Jesse Rosenberg: 19th- and 20th-century opera
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Degree Information
Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Arts
The Bachelor of Music degree with concentration in musicology combines broad training in the field of music history with limited performance study. The curriculum provides a balanced exposure to music of all periods and offers studies in the analysis of music, foreign language, ethnomusicology, and related areas. The Bachelor of Arts degree permits a wider selection of liberal arts courses, but less time for musical performance.
Master of Music
The Master of Music in musicology is diverse, exposing students to a
variety of musical styles and research methods. Although the program offers an
advanced degree only in Western studies, students are encouraged to take courses
in ethnomusicology. Admission is selective, keeping the program small so that
students receive individual attention. Most students receive some financial
aid in the form of graduate assistantships, requiring that they work within
the department. Upon admission, students are automatically considered for all
forms of financial aid.
Master of Music Requirements
The Master of Music requires the completion of 12 courses (4 each quarter), normally during a residency of one year. The terminal requirement involves language proficiency in either German or French, and a comprehensive written examination. While some of the course work is required or is stipulated as the result of diagnostic entrance tests, there is a great deal of flexibility so that students may contour a degree program suited to their needs.
For complete information including requirementsw, visit our Degrees
page. Admission information can be found on the Music
Graduate Application page.
PhD Program
The PhD in musicology exposes students to a variety of musical styles and research methods. Although the program offers advanced degrees only in Western studies, students are encouraged to take courses in ethnomusicology. Admission is selective and the department is small so that students have easy access to the faculty. All students receive full tuition and a living stipend so that they may fully devote themselves to research and study.
PhD Requirements
The degree requires 18 courses beyond the MM degree, 3 each quarter during the two years of residency. The terminal requirement involves language proficiency in two European languages, a comprehensive examination in music history and theory, and a dissertation. While some of the coursework is required or is stipulated as the result of diagnostic entrance tests, there is a great deal of flexibility so that students may contour a program suited to their needs.
For complete information including requirementsw, visit our Degrees
page. Admission information can be found on the Music
PhD Application page.
Contact for further information:
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Musicology Faculty
Linda Phyllis Austern
Associate Professor, Musicology
l-austern@northwestern.edu - 847-491-5705
PhD, University of Chicago
Recent Activity
Specialist in Renaissance and baroque musical-cultural relations, gender and
feminist theory, European iconography, music as related to visual art and the
early history of science. Recipient of major fellowships and research grants,
including American Council of Learned Societies, British Academy, Mary Ingraham
Bunting Institute (Radcliffe College/Harvard University), and National Endowment
for the Humanities. Author, Music
in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance (Gordon and Breach,
1992), Music in English Life and Thought 1550-1650 (forthcoming); editor, Music,
Sensation and Sensuality (Routledge, 2002), editor, Music and the Sirens (Indiana
University Press, 2006). Author of numerous articles and reviews
in books and such journals as Journal of the American Musicological Society, Modern
Philology, Music and Letters, and Renaissance Quarterly.
Thomas Bauman
Professor, Musicology
t-bauman@northwestern.edu - 847-467-2031
PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Specialist in opera, film music, cultural studies, Mahler. Recipient, National
Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, ACLS Grant-in-Aid, Pew Foundation
Grant, Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellowship (Harvard University). Author, North
German Opera in the Age of Goethe (Cambridge University Press, 1985), W.
A. Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Cambridge University Press,
1987). Contributor, The
Oxford Illustrated History of Opera (Oxford University Press, 1993), New
Grove Dictionary of Opera (Macmillan, 1992). Former board member, American
Musicological Society.
Drew Edward Davies
Assistant Professor, Musicology
dedavies@northwestern.edu -
847-467-3367
PhD, University of Chicago
Recent Activity
Specialist in 16th- through 18th-century musics of Latin America and Iberia
in global contexts, and 20th-century Britain. Articles and reviews published
in Eighteenth-Century
Music, Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia, Heterofonía,
and The Courtesan's Arts: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, an essay
collection from Oxford University Press. Dissertation “The Italianized
Frontier: Music at Durango Cathedral, Español Culture, and
the Aesthetics of Devotion in Eighteenth-Century New Spain” received
the 2006 Wiley Housewright Award from the Society for American Music. Mexico
City Regional Coordinator for MUSICAT, the National Seminar on the Music
of New Spain and Independent Mexico (Seminario Nacional de Música
en la Nueva España
y el México Independiente) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México. Edition of the complete works of Santiago Billoni, an 18th-century
Italian composer in New Spain, forthcoming from A-R Editions. Complete thematic
catalog of the music archive of Durango Cathedral, Mexico in preparation.
Drafting a monograph on music and religious culture in New Spain. Frequent
collaborator with early music ensembles and recent presenter at academic
conferences throughout the USA, and in Mexico, the UK, Spain, Cuba, Poland,
and Japan. Research interests include Spanish viceregal/colonial arts and
culture; historiography; cultural studies; medieval music; post-Tridentine
church music; 20th-century English art song.
Virginia Gorlinski
Lecturer, Musicology
v-gorlinski@northwestern.edu
Biographical information coming soon.
Jennifer Jenkins
Lecturer, Musicology
jennifer-jenkins@northwestern.edu
PhD Northwestern; MMus Northwestern
Research interests include history of opera, film music, issues of audience
receptivity to modern music and media. Recipient of an NU Alumnae Association
Fellowship and NU Dissertation Year Fellowship. Published in
American Music and has presented papers at the Midwest Modern Library
Association Conference, the International Conference on Nineteenth Century
Music, the College Music Society International Conference, the Royal Musical
Association Conference, and the American Culture Association-Popular Culture
Association Joint Conference. Served as artist in residence for Columbia
College Chicago.
Inna Naroditskaya
Associate Professor, Musicology
in-narod@northwestern.edu - 847-467-2034
PhD, University of Michigan
Recent Activity
Coordinator, musicology program. Specialist in Azerbaijanian and Eastern music
cultures, Russian music, gender studies, and diasporas. Author, articles and
reviews in Ethnomusicology
and Asian Music as well as essays and articles in Azerbaijanian and Russian
publications; producer of numerous radio programs. Author, Song
from the Land of Fire: Azerbaijanian Mugam in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Periods (Routledge,
2003). Editor, Music
and the Sirens (Indiana University Press, 2006); co-editor, Manifold
Identities: Studies on Music and Minorities (Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2004). Recipient of Center for the Education of Women prize, Rackham research
grant, Harvard University Davis Senior Fellowship, the Rockefeller Bellagio
Scholarly Residency, and funding from the International Institute and School
of Music at the University of Michigan.
Jesse Rosenberg
Associate Professor, Musicology
j-rosenberg1@northwestern.edu - 847-467-2033
PhD, New York University
Specialist in 19th- and 20th-century Italian opera,
with articles published on Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, and Verdi; papers read
at national and international conferences on opera and film music history.
Research interests in musical aesthetics and the convergence of music with
fields such as literature, poetry, and theology. Contributor, New Grove Dictionary
of Opera (Macmillan, 1992), Pipers Enzyclopädie
des Musiktheaters (Pipers, 1996), New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
(Macmillan, 2000). Outstanding Dissertation Award and Excellence in Teaching
Award, New York University. Faculty Honor Roll, Northwestern University.
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