Richard Will

Changing American with Folk Music
October 4, 2007
Winchester, VA

About the speaker

Richard Will
Associate Professor in the McIntire Department of Music

Professor Will's interests include 18th-century music, Beethoven, and American rock, country, and bluegrass music. He has published articles and reviews as well as The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven (Cambridge University Press, 2002). In his spare time he plays classical violin and bluegrass fiddle.

On the web

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Some programs you can find in OutreachVirginia database include the following:

Calendar of Music Events
The McIntire Department of Music provides an online calendar of events, which lists showtimes, ticket prices, and links to more information about upcoming performances.

Private Music Performance Lessons McIntire Department of Music
Music instruction is offered for credit on all instruments and voice.

Virginia Folklife Program
The Virginia Folklife Program, a public program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is dedicated to the documentation, presentation, and support of Virginia's rich cultural heritage.

On the Shelf

Book

The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 (currently in proofs). Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism, ed. Anthony Newcomb, Jeffrey Kallberg, and Ruth Solie.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

“Time, Morality, and Humanity in Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 50 (1997): 271-329.

“When God Met the Sinner, and Other Dramatic Confrontations in Eighteenth-Century Instrumental Music.” Music & Letters 78 (1997): 175-209.

Other Articles and Reviews

“Jimi Hendrix,” “Ignatius Sancho.” In Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., ed., International Dictionary of Black Composers, 2 vols. (Chicago: Center for Black Music Research, 1999), 1: 581-88, 2: 990-93.

Review of Peter Schleuning, Die Sprache der Natur: Natur in der Musik des 18. Jahrhunderts (Stuttgart: Metzler, 1998). Music Library Association Notes 55/3 (March 1999): 654-55.

“The Nature of the Pastoral Symphony: Review Essay.” Forthcoming in Beethoven Forum 9 (2002). Items reviewed: David Wyn Jones, Beethoven: “Pastoral Symphony,” Cambridge Music Handbook (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995); Owen Jander, “The Prophetic Conversation in Beethoven’s ‘Scene by the Brook,’” Musical Quarterly 77 (1993): 508-59; Roland Schmenner, Die Pastorale: Beethoven, das Gewitter und der Blitzableiter (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1998).

In Preparation

“C.P.E. Bach’s Resurrection Oratorio and Enlightenment Religion.” In Annette Richards, ed., German Orpheus: C.P.E. Bach and Musical Culture in the Late 18th Century. Essay collection proposed to Cambridge University Press.

“The Symphony to Early Beethoven.” In David Wyn Jones, ed., The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music. Book chapter commissioned by Cambridge University Press. Due June 2002.