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Overview

  • Daniel Beller-McKenna teaches music history at the University of New Hampshire where he has been on the faculty since 1998. Previously he served on the faculty of the University of South Carolina.  He holds degrees in Journalism and Music from Temple University in Philadelphia where he studied classical guitar and music history, and from Harvard University where he wrote his dissertation on Brahms’s later settings of biblical texts.  His research has continued to focus on Brahms, including the 2004 monograph Brahms and the German Spirit, which examines Brahms and nationalism.  Most recently he has presented papers on the reception of Brahms’s music in France, and the use of his music in French literature and film in the mid-twentieth century.  His articles on Brahms have appeared in 19th Century Music, The Journal of Musicology, Music & Letters, and other scholarly journals.  Additionally he has published articles on John Lennon and the Beatles.  He is co-editor of For the Sake of the Song: Essays on Townes Van Zandt (2022). Beller-McKenna serves on the Board of Directors of the American Brahms Society, of which he was President from 2001-2007, and has served as President of the New England Chapter and on various committees of the American Musicological Society. He is active as a steel guitarist in northern New England.
  • Teaching Activities

  • Country Music Taught course
  • Musicology Seminar Taught course
  • Musics in Context Taught course
  • Topics in Music History Taught course
  • Country Music Taught course 2023
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2023
  • Music of the Romantic Period Taught course 2022
  • The Western Musical Canon Taught course 2022
  • Country Music Taught course 2022
  • Music & Social Change Taught course 2022
  • Research Seminar Taught course 2022
  • History & Literature of Music Taught course 2021
  • Music of the Baroque Taught course 2021
  • Country Music Taught course 2021
  • Introduction to Music Taught course 2021
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2021
  • Country Music Taught course 2020
  • History & Literature of Music Taught course 2020
  • Music of the Romantic Period Taught course 2020
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2020
  • Country Music Taught course 2019
  • Survey of Music in America Taught course 2019
  • Country Music Taught course 2019
  • Country Music Taught course 2019
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2019
  • Country Music Taught course 2018
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2018
  • Introduction to Bibliography Taught course 2017
  • Music of the Romantic Period Taught course 2017
  • Country Music Taught course 2017
  • History & Literature of Music Taught course 2017
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2017
  • History & Literature of Music Taught course 2016
  • Research Seminar Taught course 2016
  • Sem/Schubert's Instrumental Taught course 2016
  • Country Music Taught course 2016
  • History & Literature of Music Taught course 2016
  • Survey of Music in America Taught course 2016
  • History & Literature of Music Taught course 2015
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2015
  • Country Music Taught course 2015
  • Introduction to Music Taught course 2015
  • Roots of Rock Taught course 2015
  • Introduction to Bibliography Taught course 2014
  • Music of the Romantic Period Taught course 2014
  • History & Literature of Music Taught course 2014
  • Research Seminar Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Music, Temple University
  • M.M. Music, Temple University
  • Ph.D. Music, Harvard University
  • Full Name

  • Daniel Beller-McKenna