Assistant Professor of Musicology
Dr. Burke joined the music history faculty at the University of Louisville in 2015. His research centers on music of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries with areas of interest that include French spectacle and the relationship between science, natural philosophy, and music. His dissertation, “Music, Magic, and Mechanics: The Living Statue in Ancien-Régime Spectacle,” examines the rise of the living statue as a complex symbol of the power of music and dance in works by composers including Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel de La Barre, and Jean-Philippe Rameau. He also has long been engaged with the field of music and disability studies. His article on Civil-war era popular songs that portray disabled veterans appears in the Oxford Handbook of Music and Disability Studies (2015).
Dr. Burke received his Ph.D. in musicology from Case Western Reserve University. He has presented talks at national and international conferences including the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, and the Power of Affections International Conference. His work has been supported by the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, and by the Richard A. Zdanis Research Fellowship, the Arts & Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, and the Heinrich Award from Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Burke also holds degrees in Music Theory and Composition, and is an active composer.
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About Devin Burke
Dr. Burke joined the music history faculty at the University of Louisville in 2015. His research centers on music of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries with areas of interest that include French spectacle and the relationship between science, natural philosophy, and music. His dissertation, “Music, Magic, and Mechanics: The Living Statue in Ancien-Régime Spectacle,” examines the rise of the living statue as a complex symbol of the power of music and dance in works by composers including Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel de La Barre, and Jean-Philippe Rameau. He also has long been engaged with the field of music and disability studies. His article on Civil-war era popular songs that portray disabled veterans appears in the Oxford Handbook of Music and Disability Studies (2015).
Dr. Burke received his Ph.D. in musicology from Case Western Reserve University. He has presented talks at national and international conferences including the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, and the Power of Affections International Conference. His work has been supported by the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music, and by the Richard A. Zdanis Research Fellowship, the Arts & Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, and the Heinrich Award from Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Burke also holds degrees in Music Theory and Composition, and is an active composer.
| 2015 - Present | Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Louisville ‐ School of Music | |
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Disciplines
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Member, American Association of University Professors | Member, American Musicological Society (National Society and South-Central and AMS Midwest chapters) | Member, American Society of Composers and Publishers | Member, National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity | Member, Renaissance Society of America | Member, Society for Seventeenth-Century Music |
Honors and Awards
- 2003 John H. Scidmore Memorial Award for scholarship, service, and devotion to senior classmates, Lawrence University
- 2004 Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Award, Lawrence University
- 2006 Corwin Award, First prize for large ensemble music composition, University of California at Santa Barbara
- 2012 Arts & Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, biannual award given to a select group of students invited to participate in an interdisciplinary dissertation seminar, Case Western Reserve University
- 2013 Heinrich Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement by a Graduate Student in Musicology, Case Western Reserve University
- 2014 Nomination for the 2015 Oxford Bibliographies Graduate Student Article Award
- 2014 Society for Eighteenth-Century Music Student Paper Award, for outstanding paper presented by a graduate student at the 2014 SECM conference
- 2014 Richard A. Zdanis Research Fellowship (campus-wide), given to a Ph.D. student in recognition of research creativity and contribution to field of practice, Case Western Reserve University
- 2015 Graduate Dean’s Instructional Excellence Award (campus-wide), given to graduate teaching assistants in recognition of providing outstanding instruction to students of the university, Case Western Reserve University
- 2015 Graduate Dean’s Instructional Excellence Award (campus-wide), given to graduate teaching assistants in recognition of providing outstanding instruction to students of the university, Case Western Reserve University
- 2018 Faculty Favorite Nominee, University of Louisville
- 2020 Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Master's Students, University of Louisville
- 2021 University of Louisville Student Champion
Courses
- MUH 204: Music in Western Civilization
- MUH 315/HUM 361: Music and Sound in Film
- MUS 509/109-03: Early Music Vocal Ensemble
- MUS 361: Music Literature (1000-1750)
- MUS 500: Graduate Music History Review (co-taught)
- MUS 570/670: Emotion and Innovation: Music in the Baroque
- MUS 570/670: Music and Globalization
- MUS 570/670: Music in Film
- MUS 570/670: Music and Exoticism
- MUS 570/670: Exoticism in Early Music
- MUS 570/670: Birth of the Orchestra
- MUS 570/670: Music and Crisis
- MUS 570/670 (Graduate/undergraduate seminars): The Madrigal
- MUS 590: Independent Study (Baroque Ornamentation)
- MUS 607: Bibliography and Research seminar
- MUS 691: Music History Special Topics Graduate Seminar: American Music in Times of War
- MUS 695: Thesis Guidance
| 2008 - 2016 | M.A., Case Western Reserve University ‐ Music History | |
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| 2008 - January 2016 | Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University ‐ Musicology | |
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| 2005 - 2008 | M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara ‐ Music Composition | |
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| 1999 - 2004 | B.M., Lawrence University ‐ Music Theory and Composition | |
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| 1999 - 2004 | B.A., Lawrence University ‐ Anthropology | |
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Links
Contact Information
PHONE (502) 852-1869
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