MICHAEL COOPER

J. Michael Cooper joins the Sarofim School of Fine Arts faculty in 2006 as the Margarett Root Brown Chair in Fine Arts. Prior to his appointment at Southwestern he was on the faculty of the University of North Texas. His research interests include 19th- century music, source studies, historiography and political history, specializing in Mendelssohn, Schumann, Berlioz, and Richard Strauss. A Fulbright scholar, Dr. Cooper has published writings in Early Music, Nineteenth-Century Music, and elsewhere. Performances and CD recordings of his editions of unknown and little-known works by Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel have earned him a place at the forefront of the community of scholars of 19th-century music. Most important among these are a facsimile edition of the complete autograph sources of Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony, the first complete edition of the revised version of that work (Wiesbaden, 1997 and 2001), and the first source-critical edition of Mendelssohn’s Op. 69 Motets. Dr. Cooper is also the author of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Guide to Research (New York, 2001) and Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony (Oxford, 2003). His latest book, Heathen Muse: The Walpurgis Night, Goethe, and Mendelssohn, will be published in 2007.

• PhD, Duke University, Musicology
• BM and MM, Florida State University

		J. Michael Cooper Associate Professor of Music Margarett Root Brown Chair in Fine Arts
J. Michael Cooper joins the Sarofim School of Fine Arts faculty in 2006 as the Margarett Root Brown Chair in Fine Arts. Prior to his appointment at Southwestern he was on the faculty of the University of North Texas. His research interests include 19th- century music, source studies, historiography and political history, specializing in Mendelssohn, Schumann, Berlioz, and Richard Strauss. A Fulbright scholar, Dr. Cooper has published writings in Early Music, Nineteenth-Century Music, and elsewhere. Performances and CD recordings of his editions of unknown and little-known works by Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny Hensel have earned him a place at the forefront of the community of scholars of 19th-century music. Most important among these are a facsimile edition of the complete autograph sources of Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony, the first complete edition of the revised version of that work (Wiesbaden, 1997 and 2001), and the first source-critical edition of Mendelssohn’s Op. 69 Motets. Dr. Cooper is also the author of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Guide to Research (New York, 2001) and Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony (Oxford, 2003). His latest book, Heathen Muse: The Walpurgis Night, Goethe, and Mendelssohn, will be published in 2007. • PhD, Duke University, Musicology • BM and MM, Florida State University • tel 512 863 1843 • email cooperm@southwestern.edu