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Jason S. Heilman, Musicology

Jason S. Heilman
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Typical Courses Taught:

  • MUSIC 70, MUSIC, SOUND, AND STYLE Synopsis
  • MUSIC 55, INTRO TO MUSIC THEORY Synopsis
  • MUSIC 20S, SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC Synopsis
  • MUSIC 20S, SPECIAL TOPICS IN MUSIC Synopsis
Office Hours:

By appointment
Education:

GCertDuke University2005
MMusNorthwestern University1999
BMusThe University of Tulsa1998
Specialties:

Musicology
Performance
Brass and Percussion
Research Interests: Music and Identity in the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Current projects: Dissertation: "O du mein Österreich: Patriotic Music and the Construction of Identity in the Austro-Hungarian Empire"

Areas of Interest:

- Austrian cultural history, with an emphasis on Vienna 1867-1938
- Music and the construction of national identity in Europe
- Representation and narrative in music
- History of the symphony orchestra, including performance practice, organology, and sociology

Keywords:

Vienna • Austria • Mahler • Fucik • Ziehrer • nationalism • multinational • identity • Militärmusik • military • orchestra • instrumental • brass • trumpet • symphony • Habsburg • empire • timbre • IFK • ORF

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications

  1. Jason S. Heilman, Militärmusik und kulturelle Identität in der k. u. k. Zeit: Musik zur Legitimierung eines Imperiums, ORF ON Science (May, 2006) [144683]
Selected Invited Lectures

  1. Militärmusik and Cultural Identity in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, May 29, 2006, Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna, Austria    
Selected Conferences

  1. Historic Brass Instruments from the Collection of Vincent and Ethel Simonetti, May 22, 2004, American Musical Instrument Society Annual Conference, Winston-Salem and Durham, North Carolina    
Selected Grant Support

  • Junior Fellow, 2005-06, Internationales Forschungszentrum Kulturwissenschaften, Vienna, Austria.      

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