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The Department of Music and Dance of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications to its M.M. in Music History. With a successful track record of students accepted to prestigious Ph.D. programs, our M.M. in music history offers in-depth preparation for doctoral studies. Thanks to the diverse research expertise of our faculty, students are exposed through coursework and one-on-one supervision to a variety of research topics, ranging from Renaissance to contemporary music. Students also benefit from the vibrant musical environment of the Department of Music and Dance, with its full-fledged performance program, as well as from the research resources offered by the university and the Five College Consortium (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College). We offer teaching assistantships, with full tuition waivers and health insurance, on a competitive basis. We also offer two research awards, the Jane A. Bernstein Prize for Exceptional Musicological Research and the Ernest May Award for Outstanding Research in Music History. For further information, please visit our website: https://www.umass.edu/music-dance/academics/music/areas/music-history
Music History Faculty:
Erinn Knyt: 19th- and 20th-Century Music, Performance Studies, Music History Pedagogy, Piano Music, Aesthetics, Bach Reception
Evan MacCarthy: Late Medieval Music and Music Theory, Musical Reception of Classical Antiquity, Chant and Liturgy, Early Modern Diplomacy and Music, 19th-Century American Music
Emiliano Ricciardi: Italian Madrigals, Early Modern Music and Culture, Digital Humanities, Textual Criticism, Italian 20th-Century Music
Marianna Ritchey: Berlioz, Romantic Music and Literature, Contemporary American Classical Music, Economics and Capitalism
