Dr. Marianne Wheeldon

Biography

Marianne Wheeldon is a Professor of Music Theory at the Butler School of Music, University of Texas at Austin. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from King’s College, University of London, and her Ph.D. from Yale University. Her research interests include the music of Claude Debussy and its posthumous reception, the analysis of 20th-century French music, and interdisciplinary topics that intersect music analysis with cultural history and sociology. She regularly teaches graduate courses in Schenkerian Analysis and Form Theory and offers doctoral seminars in areas such as Music Culture in fin-de-siècle Paris, Music Analysis in Cultural Context, Neoclassicism, and Musical Schemata. Professor Wheeldon served as the Editor-in-Chief of Music Theory Spectrum from 2017 to 2021 and has been actively involved in professional service, acting as SMT Program Chair in Vancouver in 2016 and being part of the AMS Council from 2014 to 2017. She has authored several publications, including books and articles focusing on Debussy's legacy and music criticism in France, to advance understanding of these topics in music theory and history.

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