Fall 2016 Events

DISCUSSION

” ‘The Human Brain Is Not for Sale’: Beethoven and the Necessity of Commerce.”

Michael Broyles and Jeremiah W. McGrann

WEDNESDAY, December 7th.
MARSHALL ROOM, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 6:30pm.

Michael Broyles		Michael Broyles, Professor of Musicology at The Florida State University, specializes in American music and music of the Classic era, especially Beethoven. He is particularly interested in placing American music in American history and culture.  Broyles most recent book, Beethoven in America, examines the ways Beethoven has been viewed, interpreted and used in American society, especially in popular culture.
Jeremiah McGrann		Associate Professor of the Practice of Music; Assistant Chair, Music Department; and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Music at Boston College.  He is the author of a critical edition of Beethoven’s Mass in C published under the auspicies of the Beethoven Haus, Bonn, as part of the new complete edition of Beethoven’s works.