Bryan Gilliam
| Title: |
Frances Hill Fox Professor in Humanities |
| Office Location: |
073 Mary Duke Biddle |
| Office Phone: |
+1 919 660 3340 |
| Email Address: |
bgilliam@duke.edu |
Education
- PhD Harvard University, 1984
- Honors in Music History University of Cincinnati, 1975
Research Interests
Ph.D., Harvard University. Author of books and articles
on late 19th-and early 20th-century German music.
Specialties include Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner,
German opera, fin-de-siècle Vienna, film music, and
American popular song.
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Invited to give Keynote Address at Oxford University, June, 2007
- Stanford University Alexander Lecture, January, 2006
- American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellowship, 2006-2007
- Bass Society of Fellows Award, September 2005
- Frances Hill Fox Professorship in Humanities, September 2005
- Kurt Weill Foundation Research Grant, 1992
- Goethe Institut (Atlanta) Foundation Grant, March, 1990
- Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Grant, September, 1990
- Josiah Charles Trent Foundation Grant, February, 1990
- National Endowment for the Humanities Conference Grant, September 1989
- International Research Exchange (IREX) Travel Grant, 1989
- Duke University Research Council Travel Grant, 1988
- Duke University Research Council Grant, July 1987
- Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Music, 1987-1988
- Colby College Humanites Research Award, December 1983
- Wesley Wyman Research Award, 1982
- Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst Research Grant, January 1981
- Wesley Wyman Research Award, May 1980
- Harvard GSAS Scholarship, 1976 - 1981
Teaching (Fall 2012):
- Music 249.01, Hollywood film music
Synopsis
- Biddle 086, MW 11:45 AM-01:00 PM
- Music 556.01, Music 20th century (top)
Synopsis
- Biddle 069, M 03:20 PM-05:50 PM
Recent Professional Work:
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Books - B. Gilliam. Rounding Wagner's Mountain: Richard Strauss and Modern German Opera. Cambridge University Press, 2011 . (Under contract)
Articles - B. Gilliam. ""The Hofmannsthal Operas"." Richard Strauss Companion (December, 2010): 119-35.
Articles in Books - B. Gilliam. "Dans l’ombre de Bach : Lyonel Feininger musicien." December, 2011.
- B. Gilliam. "In the Shadow of Bach: Lyonel Feininger as a Musician." Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World Yale July, 2011.
- B. Gilliam. "Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, und Die Frau ohne Schatten." Richard Strauss Handbuch Laaber Verlag 2011. [author's comments]
Curriculum Vitae