Musicology and Ethnomusicology Ph.D. Dissertations in Progress

César Leal 
Re-Thinking Paris: A New Vision of Parisian Cultural Life from 1880 to 1913
from the Perspective of Gabriel Astruc

(research director:  Jonathan Glixon)
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Jennifer Matthews
Randy Newman's Popular Songs (1968-2008)
(research director: Ron Pen)
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John Michael McCluskey
Music as Narrative in American College Football
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Ann Glazer Niren
The Influence of Solomon Braslavsky and Congregation Mishkan Tefila on Leonard Bernstein
(research director: Ron Pen)
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Laura Pita
The Contribution of Teresa Carreño’s Performances and Compositions 
to American Concert Life
(research director: Jonathan Glixon)
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Erica Rumbley
From Piano Girl to Professional: The Changing Form of Music Instruction
at the Nashville Female Academy and the Ward-Belmont School, 1816-1930

(research director: Ron Pen)
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Jennifer Tullmann
The Remaking of Lulu on Stage: Transformations of Character, Music, and Context
(research director: Diana Hallman)
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