Dr. Philip Rupprecht

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Biography

Philip Rupprecht specializes in music from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His recent writings address institutional politics of musical taste, concepts of narrative in operatic drama, and the role of stereotype formation in national traditions of music, as well as the agency effects in instrumental music. His research utilizing the BBC Written Archives led to a study of the production of middlebrow taste in Britain during the 1950s. He has authored a book titled 'British Musical Modernism'.

Research Interests

Twentieth-Century Music Twenty-First-Century Music Institutional Politics of Musical Taste Operatic Drama National Traditions of Music Middlebrow Taste

Experience

Professor

— Present

Duke University • Durham, NC

Specializes in music from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)