Wye J. Allanbrook (NHC Fellow, 1986–87; 2003–04)
Project Title, 1986–87
Characteristic Styles in Classic Music: A Study in the Theory of Musical Expression
St. John's College
Project Title, 2003–04
Happy Endings: Comic Musical Theater from Lully to Sondheim
University of California, Berkeley
Return to All Fellows
Fellowship Work Summary, 2003–04
Wye J. Allanbrook revised three chapters of The Secular Commedia: Comic Mimesis in Late Eighteenth-Century Instrumental Music; began work on two chapters of Happy Endings: Comic Musical Theater from Lully to Sondheim; wrote an article, “Mozart the Fantast,” for submission to the journal Eighteenth-Century Music; and drafted another article, “The Disappointments of Analysis: Charles Rosen and Mozart’s Ninth Piano Concerto.”