Jacqueline Waeber
| Title: |
Associate Professor |
| Office Location: |
105 Biddle Music Building, Durham, NC 27708 |
| Office Phone: |
+1 919 660 3316 |
| Email Address: |
jw140@duke.edu |
- Office Hours:
- by appointment
Education
- Ph.D. University of Geneva (Switzerland), 2002
Research Interests
Melodrama and related genres, from opera to film; theatrical practices and visual cultures; French musical aesthetics, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, music and philosophy of the arts; the 'chanson populaire'.
Teaching (Spring 2024):
- Music 256s.01, Music history ii
Synopsis
- Biddle 101, TuTh 04:40 PM-05:55 PM
- Music 790s-1.01, Sem hst of mus (topics)
Synopsis
- Biddle 069, W 03:05 PM-05:35 PM
Selected Professional Work:
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Books
- Waeber, JR. Musique et Geste en France: de Lully à la Révolution. Publikationen der Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft Serie II Peter Lang, 2010 .
- Waeber, JR. En musique dans le texte. Le mélodrame, de Rousseau à Schoenberg. Van Dieren Editeur, Paris, 2006 . [books]
Articles - Jacqueline Waeber, . "Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "unité de mélodie"." Journal of the American Musicological Society 62.1 (2009): 79-143. [doi] [abs]
- Jacqueline Waeber, . "Searching for the Plot: Charles-Valentin Alkan's Souvenirs: Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15." Journal of the Royal Musical Association 132.1 (2007): 60-114. [doi] [abs]
Articles in Books - Waeber, JR. "L’opéra, fenêtre sur le Réel: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005) de Stephen et Timothy Quay." Opéra et Fantastique.
Edited by Lacombe, H; Picard, T. Presses Universitaires de Rennes 2010: 351–364-351–364.
- Waeber, JR. ""Le Devin de la Foire"? Revaluating the Pantomime in Rousseau’s Devin du village." Musique et Geste en France: de Lully à la Révolution.
Edited by Waeber, J. Peter Lang, Publikationen der Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft Serie II vol. 50 2009: 149-172. [author's comments]