Jacqueline Waeber
Associate Professor of Music
Melodrama and related genres, from opera to film; theatrical practices and visual cultures; French musical aesthetics, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, music and philosophy of the arts; the 'chanson populaire'.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor of Music, Music, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008
Contact Information
- 105 Biddle Music Building, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90665, Durham, NC 27708-0665
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jw140@duke.edu
(919) 660-3316
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Geneva (Switzerland) 2002
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Music, Music, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012 - 2015
- Recognition
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In the News
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- Expertise
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Subject Headings
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Edition du Tricentenaire. Vol. 1, Garnier, 2012.
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Waeber, J. R. Musique et Geste en France: de Lully à la Révolution. Vol. 50, Peter Lang, 2010.
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Waeber, J. R. La Note Bleue. Mélanges offerts à Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger. Vol. 45, Peter Lang, Bern, 2009.
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Waeber, J. R. En musique dans le texte. Le mélodrame, de Rousseau à Schoenberg. Van Dieren Editeur, Paris, 2006.
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Waeber, J., and Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger. Frédéric Chopin: Interprétations. Droz, Geneva, 2005.
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Academic Articles
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Waeber, Jacqueline. “What’s in a song: the case of Christopher Nolan’s ’Inception’.” Soundeffects, vol. 3, Aug. 2013, pp. 45–63.
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Waeber, Jacqueline, et al. “Rousseau in 2013.” Journal of the American Musicological Society, vol. 66, no. 1, University of California Press, Apr. 2013, pp. 251–95. Crossref, doi:10.1525/jams.2012.66.1.251.Full Text
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convenor, J. Waeber, et al. “Colloquy: Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 2013: Afterthoughts on a Tercentenary.” Journal of the American Musicological Society, vol. 66, no. 1, 2013.
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Waeber, J. “Au-delà de l’opéra : l’opposition théorique entre ces deux genres revue au prisme du modèle mélodramatique de J.-J. Rousseau.” Nouvelle Revue D’Esthétique, Numéro Spécial “Pourquoi L’Opéra?,” edited by Maud Pouradier, 2013, pp. 23–32.
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Waeber, J. “Entre défigurement et palimpseste : les Six Nouveaux airs du Devin du village de Rousseau à Ginguené.” Orages, vol. 11, 2012, pp. 31–78.
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Dea, Michael O., editor. Rousseau copiste de musique: l’envers de l’auteur? Vol. 1, The Voltaire Foundation, 2012, pp. 197-222–197–222.
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Jacqueline Waeber, Heather. “Déconstruire Rousseau: Chabanon annotateur du Dictionnaire de musique.” Annales De La Société Jean Jacques Rousseau, vol. 49, 2010, pp. 245–80.
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Waeber, J. R. “Sur quel pied danser? Danse et littérature.” French Studies, vol. 64, 2010, pp. 239–40.
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Jacqueline Waeber, J. L. “Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "unité de mélodie".” Journal of the American Musicological Society, vol. 62, no. 1, 2009, pp. 79–143.
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Jacqueline Waeber, S. “Searching for the Plot: Charles-Valentin Alkan's Souvenirs: Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique, Op. 15.” Journal of the Royal Musical Association, vol. 132, no. 1, 2007, pp. 60–114.
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Waeber, J. R. “Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Letter to d’Alembert, and Writings for the Theater. Translated and Edited by Allan Bloom, Charles Butterworth, and Christopher Kelly.” British Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies, vol. 30, 2007, pp. 150-151–150–151.
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Waeber, J. R. “Catherine Kintzler: Théâtre et opéra à l’âge classique.” Music & Letters, vol. 87, 2006, pp. 639–42.
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Waeber, J. R. “Mark Darlow: Nicolas-Etienne Framery and Lyric Theatre in Eighteenth-Century France.” Eighteenth Century Music, vol. 3, 2006, pp. 146–48.
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Waeber, J. R. “Christopher Kelly: Rousseau as Author.” French Studies, vol. 58, 2004, pp. 414–15.
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Jacqueline Waeber, the E-risk Study Team. “Décor et pantomimes du Devin du Village: Une étude didascalique.” Annales De La Société Jean Jacques Rousseau, vol. 45, 2003, pp. 131–65.
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Waeber, J. R. “Claude Dauphin: La musique au temps des Lumières.” French Studies, vol. 57, 2003, pp. 539–40.
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Jacqueline Waeber, the E-risk Study Team. “Cette horrible innovation": The first version of the recitative parts of Rousseau's Le devin du village.” Music & Letters, vol. 82, no. 2, 2001, pp. 177–213.
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Jacqueline Waeber, the E-risk Study Team. “Beaumarchais et Rousseau: Sur quelques aspects du renouveau de la pantomime et de l'avènement du mélodrame.” French Studies of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, vol. 8, 2000, pp. 205–24.
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Waeber, J. R. “"J’ai imaginé un genre de drame": Une réflexion sur la partition musicale du mélodrame de Pygmalion.” Schweizer Jahrbuch Für Musikwissenschaft, vol. 18, 1998, pp. 147–79.
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Jacqueline Waeber, the E-risk Study Team. “Pygmalion et J.-J. Rousseau.” Fontes Artis Musicae, vol. 44, no. 1, 1997, pp. 32–41.
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Book Sections
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. “Le Devin du village, édition critique, texte et musique par J. Waeber; Lettre à M. Grimm, édition critique par J. Waeber.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Edition Du Tricentenaire, vol. 1, Garnier, 2012.
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Waeber, J. R. “Rousseau copiste de musique: l’envers de l’auteur?” Jean-Jacques Rousseau En 2012: ’Puisqu’enfin Mon Nom Doit Vivre’, edited by Michael O. Dea, vol. 1, The Voltaire Foundation, 2012, pp. 197-222–197–222.
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Waeber, J. R. “Yvette Guilbert and the Revaluation of the “chanson populaire” and “chanson ancienne” during the Third Republic, 1889-1914.” The Oxford Handbook to the New Cultural History of Music, edited by Jane Fulcher, Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 264–306.
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Waeber, J. R. “The Voice-Over as ’Melodramatic’ Voice.” Melodramatic Voices: Understanding Music Drama, edited by Sarah Hibberd, Ashgate, 2011, pp. 215–35.
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Waeber, J. R. “L’opéra, fenêtre sur le Réel: The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005) de Stephen et Timothy Quay.” Opéra et Fantastique, edited by Hervé Lacombe and Timothée Picard, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2010, pp. 351-364–351–364.
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Waeber, J. R. “Grétry héritier de Rousseau: l’intégration du récitatif dans l’opéra-comique.” André Modeste Grétry. L’Amant Jaloux Ou Les Fausses Apparences. Livret, Études et Commentaires, edited by Jean Duron, Mardaga - Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, 2009, pp. 231-262–231–262.
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Waeber, J. R. “Du bon usage des titres: le cas Alkan.” La Note Bleue. Mélanges Offerts à Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, edited by J. Waeber, Peter Lang, Bern, 2009, pp. 241–65.
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Waeber, J. R. “"Le Devin de la Foire"? Revaluating the Pantomime in Rousseau’s Devin du village.” Musique et Geste En France: De Lully à La Révolution, edited by J. Waeber, vol. 50, Peter Lang, 2009, pp. 149–72.
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Waeber, J. R. “La scène kaléidoscope de la Gorge-aux-Loups.” Der Freischütz, Programme Du Grand Théâtre de Genève, 2008, pp. 24–27.
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Waeber, J. R. “L’invention du récitatif obligé, ou comment relire la Lettre sur la musique françoise.” La Querelle Des Bouffons Dans La Vie Culturelle Française Du XVIIIème Siècle, edited by Andrea Fabiano, CNRS, Paris, 2005, pp. 187–203.
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Waeber, J. R. “Paysage d’avant Querelle: Rousseau continuateur de Grimm.” Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, vol. 8, 2004, pp. 229–49.
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- GERMAN 890S: Special Topics in German Studies and Related Fields 2023
- MEDREN 202S: Music History II: 1600 through Mozart 2023
- MUSIC 256S: Music History II: 1600 through Mozart 2023
- MUSIC 790S-1: Seminar in the History of Music 2023
- CINE 139: The Hollywood Musical: Singing and Dancing the American Dream 2022
- CINE 230S: Sound, Music, and the Moving Image 2022
- MEDREN 202S: Music History II: 1600 through Mozart 2022
- MUSIC 141: The Hollywood Musical: Singing and Dancing the American Dream 2022
- MUSIC 238S: Sound, Music, and the Moving Image 2022
- MUSIC 249: Hollywood Film Music 2022
- MUSIC 256S: Music History II: 1600 through Mozart 2022
- MUSIC 791: Independent Study 2022
- THEATRST 141: The Hollywood Musical: Singing and Dancing the American Dream 2022
- VMS 217S: Sound, Music, and the Moving Image 2022
- CINE 230S: Sound, Music, and the Moving Image 2021
- MUSIC 129S: Sound, Music, and the Moving Image 2021
- MUSIC 790S-1: Seminar in the History of Music 2021
- MUSIC 791: Independent Study 2021
- VMS 217S: Sound, Music, and the Moving Image 2021
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- ‘J’ai imaginé un genre de drame’: Le Pygmalion de Jean-Jacques Rousseau. October 25, 2012 2012
- Italien ou français? Le Devin du village trahi par ses sources. October 22, 2012 2012
- Rousseau musicien. September 23, 2012 2012
- Une journée à Royaumont avec Rousseau le musicien. June 10, 2012 2012
- Le Devin du village trahi par ses sources. May 10, 2012 2012
- The Disfigurement of Rousseau’s Le Devin du village. Conference “Rousseau at 300". April 19, 2012 - April 21, 2012 2012
- ‘Anempathetic Music: Visible Violence and the Audible Offscreen, Panel ‘Violent Images’. Annual Meeting of the SCMS. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. March 21, 2012 - March 25, 2012 2012
- Two graduate seminars on Rousseau and 18th-century opera in France. March 13, 2012 2012
- ‘La ballade mélodramatique au XIXe siècle.’ Invited lecture.. July 8, 2011 2011
- Déconstruire Rousseau: Chabanon annotateur du Dictionnaire de musique. June 25, 2009 2009
- ‘Puissance de la voix… ou de la parole? Le récit mélodramatique au cinema’. May 7, 2009 2009
- ‘ “Il n’y a que des corps animés qui chantent”: La fantasmatique vocale dans The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes’, Colloque “Opéra et fantastique”. March 27, 2009 2009
- Keynote address. "Music-Image-Text: Searching for the Melodramatic". September 6, 2008 2008
- Diva of the Slums? Yvette Guilbert and the Revival of the "Chanson Populaire". March 12, 2008 2008
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Service to the Profession
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