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Professor Baur’s primary areas of research include nineteenth-century music, American music, Russian music, and popular music studies. His current research projects involve a book-length study investigating the role of music in defining notions of class, gender, and race in nineteenth-century America, as well as an article tracing the cultural history of the backbeat. Baur is an accomplished drummer with numerous live performances and recordings to his credit. He performs with the band Halifax Sorrys, which has released an album. His scholarly work includes published articles, book chapters, and reviews on various musicological topics.