Richard Will

Education: M.A. and Ph.D. in Musicology, Cornell University; B.A. in Music, University of California at Santa Cruz

Richard Will specializes in European music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, as well as American folk and roots music. Current projects include Mozart Live: Performance, Media, and Meaning, an examination of Mozart performance in the 20th century, and studies in the ideology of folk music collecting and arranging. He is the author of The Characteristic Symphony in the Age of Haydn and Beethoven (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and of articles and reviews in Music & Letters, Journal of the American Musicological Society, Beethoven Forum, Musical Quarterly, The Cambridge History of 18th-Century Music, and elsewhere. He has received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the American Philosophical Society, and the German Academic Exchange Service among others. He is also a bluegrass fiddler and hosts a regular jam session for members of the university and Charlottesville communities.