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Past Member

Margaret Dorothea Mehl

Edward T. Cone Member in Music Studies

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Japan
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Margaret Mehl is exploring howWestern music, particularly art music, was introduced to Japan in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the multiple meanings associated with the violin in theWest and in Japan, and the reasons why the violin in Japan, despite occasional experiments, did not ultimately find a place in indigenous music.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Spring

Degrees

Copenhagen
D.Phil.
2005
University of Bonn
D.Phil.
1991

Appointments

University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
1995–2000
Lecturer
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
1994–1995
Lecturer
University of Cambridge, UK
1991–1993
Postdoctoral Research Fellow