Jeffrey Kallberg (born 17 October 1954) is an American

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

, who specializes

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and 20th-century classical music, as well as topics in critical theory and

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...

related to music. He has written numerous articles and studies the life and works of the composer Frédéric Chopin, who is the subject of much of his research.

Life and career

Jeffrey Kallberg was born on 17 October 1954 in

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, US. He received a

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at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...

in 1975 and

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at the

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in 1978. Since 1982, Kallberg has been on the faculty of the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

, where be became an associate professor in 1987. Throughout his career he has held visiting professorships at the State University of New York,

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and

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. Kallberg's research includes

and 20th-century classical music, as well as topics relating to critical theory and

in music. In particular, he has written much on the composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin, included analysis of his life and works based on "style, formal structure, publication history and gender and ideological issues". In 2002, Kallberg published a realization of a fragmented and somewhat illegible prelude by Chopin, labeled Prelude No. 27, "Devil's Trill". Kallberg is coeditor with

Anthony Newcomb Anthony Newcomb (August 6, 1941 - November 18, 2018) was an American musicologist. He was born in New York City and studied at the University of California, Berkeley where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1962. He then studied with Gustav Le ...

of the 'New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism' monograph series. He edited a critical edition of Verdi's ''

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'' in 1991.

Selected bibliography

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References

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