Prof Christopher Morris

Biography
Research Interests
Post Doctoral Fellows/Research Team
Researcher Name | Project | Role | Funding Body | |
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Laura Anderson | Disruptive Soundscapes: Music and Sound Design in French Post-War Cinema | Collaborator | Irish Research Council (IRC) | |
Francesca Placanica | Engendering Monodrama | Collaborator |
Books
Year | Publication | |
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2023 | Screening the Operatic Stage: Television and Beyond.
Christopher Morris (2023) Screening the Operatic Stage: Television and Beyond. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [Details] |
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2012 | Modernism and the Cult of Mountains: Music, Opera, Cinema
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Christopher Morris (2012) Modernism and the Cult of Mountains: Music, Opera, Cinema . : Ashgate. [Details] |
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2002 | Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning form Wagner to Berg.
Christopher Morris (2002) Reading Opera Between the Lines: Orchestral Interludes and Cultural Meaning form Wagner to Berg. : Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | 'Re-envisaging Music: Listening in the Visual Age'
Christopher Morris; Antonio Cascelli (2021) 'Re-envisaging Music: Listening in the Visual Age' In: Introduction. Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana. [Details] |
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2017 | 'Back from the Dead: Kubrick, Music and the Auteur'
Christopher Morris (2017) 'Back from the Dead: Kubrick, Music and the Auteur' In: Nicholas Attfield and Ben Winters (eds). Music, Modern Culture, and the Critical Ear. New York: Routledge. [Details] |
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2018 | 'The Deadness of Live Opera'
Morris, Christopher (2018) 'The Deadness of Live Opera' In: Susanne Foellmer, Maria Katharina Schmidt, Cornelia Schmitz (eds). Performing Arts in Transition: Moving between Media. Oxford and New York: Routledge. [Details] |
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2016 | 'Puccini’s Things: Media and Materials in Il trittico'
Christopher Morris and Alessandra Campana (2016) 'Puccini’s Things: Media and Materials in Il trittico' In: Arman Schwartz and Emanuele Senici (eds). Puccini and His World. Princeton: Princeton University Press. [Details] |
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2015 | 'Die Operette und die Moderne'
Christopher Morris (2015) 'Die Operette und die Moderne' In: Kunst der Oberfläche - Operette zwischen Bravour und Banalität. Berlin: Henschel Verlag. [Details] |
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2012 | ''Too Much Music': The Media of Opera'
Christopher Morris (2012) ''Too Much Music': The Media of Opera' In: The Cambridge Companion to Opera Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
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2008 | 'From Revolution to Mystic Mountains: Edmund Meisel and the Politics of Film'
Christopher Morris (2008) 'From Revolution to Mystic Mountains: Edmund Meisel and the Politics of Film' In: Composing for the Screen in Germany and the USSR: Cultural Politics and Propaganda. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. [Details] |
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2006 | 'Opera'
Christopher Morris (2006) 'Opera' In: Encyclopedia of Modern Europe: Europe Since 1914. New York: Scribner. [Details] |
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2005 | 'Richard Wagner: Opera and Music Drama'
Christopher Morris (2005) 'Richard Wagner: Opera and Music Drama' In: German Literature of the Nineteenth Century, 1830-1899. Rochester: Camden House. [Details] |
Edited Books
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Re-envisaging Music. Listening in the Visual Age
Christopher Morris; Antonio Cascelli (Ed.). (2021) Re-envisaging Music. Listening in the Visual Age Lucca: Libreria Musicale Italiana. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | 'Casting Metal: Opera Studies after Humanism'
Morris, Christopher (2019) 'Casting Metal: Opera Studies after Humanism'. Opera Quarterly, 35 (1):21-39 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2015 | 'The Mute Stones Sing: Rigoletto Live from Mantua'
Morris C. (2015) 'The Mute Stones Sing: Rigoletto Live from Mantua'. TDR/The Drama Review, 59 (4):51-66 [DOI] [full-text] [Details] |
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2014 | 'Figaro Dances, Opera Dances: Response to Rebecca Schneider'
Christopher Morris (2014) 'Figaro Dances, Opera Dances: Response to Rebecca Schneider'. Opera Quarterly, 30 [full-text] [Details] |
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2011 | 'Wagnervideo'
Christopher Morris (2011) 'Wagnervideo'. OPERA QUARTERLY, 26 :235-255 [full-text] [Details] |
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2010 | 'Digital Diva: Opera on Video'
Christopher Morris (2010) 'Digital Diva: Opera on Video'. OPERA QUARTERLY, 26 :96-119 [full-text] [Details] |
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2003 | 'Review Essay:'Songs of the Living Dead''
Christopher Morris (2003) 'Review Essay:'Songs of the Living Dead''. Nineteenth Century Music, 27 :74-93 [full-text] [Details] |
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2002 | ''Alienated From His Own Being': Nietzsche, Bayreuth and the Problem of Identity'
Christopher Morris (2002) ''Alienated From His Own Being': Nietzsche, Bayreuth and the Problem of Identity'. Journal of the Royal Musical Association, 127 :85-116 [full-text] [Details] |
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2001 | ''Sympathy with Death': Narcissism and Nostalgia in the Post-Wagnerian Orchestra'
Christopher Morris (2001) ''Sympathy with Death': Narcissism and Nostalgia in the Post-Wagnerian Orchestra'. Musical Quarterly, 85 :85-116 [full-text] [Details] |
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1996 | 'What the Conductor Saw: Sex, Fantasy, and the Orchestra in Strauss's Feuersnot'
Christopher Morris (1996) 'What the Conductor Saw: Sex, Fantasy, and the Orchestra in Strauss's Feuersnot'. Journal of Musicological Research, 16 :83-109 [Details] |
Book Review
Year | Publication | |
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2013 | Arne Stollberg, Ohr und Auge, Klang und Form: Facetten einer musikästhetischen Dichotomie bei Johann Gottfried Herder, Richard Wagner und Franz Schreker.
Christopher Morris (2013) Arne Stollberg, Ohr und Auge, Klang und Form: Facetten einer musikästhetischen Dichotomie bei Johann Gottfried Herder, Richard Wagner und Franz Schreker. Book Review [Details] |
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2009 | Jacqueline Warwick, Steven Baur and Raymond Knapp, eds., Musicological Identities: Essays in Honour of Susan McClary.
Christopher Morris (2009) Jacqueline Warwick, Steven Baur and Raymond Knapp, eds., Musicological Identities: Essays in Honour of Susan McClary. Book Review [Details] |
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2008 | Victoria Johnson, Jane F. Fulcher, and Thomas Ertman, eds., Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu.
Christopher Morris (2008) Victoria Johnson, Jane F. Fulcher, and Thomas Ertman, eds., Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu. Book Review [Details] |
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2007 | Roberta Montemorra Marvin and Downing A. Thomas, eds., Operatic Migrations: Transforming Works and Crossing Boundaries.
Christopher Morris (2007) Roberta Montemorra Marvin and Downing A. Thomas, eds., Operatic Migrations: Transforming Works and Crossing Boundaries. Book Review [Details] |
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2006 | Joachim Köhler, Richard Wagner: Last of the Titans.
Christopher Morris (2006) Joachim Köhler, Richard Wagner: Last of the Titans. Book Review [Details] |
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2006 | Lawrence Kramer, Opera and Modern Culture: Wagner and Strauss.
Christopher Morris (2006) Lawrence Kramer, Opera and Modern Culture: Wagner and Strauss. Book Review [Details] |
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2005 | Words on Music: Essays in Honor of Andrew Porter on the Occasion of his 75th Birthday.
Christopher Morris (2005) Words on Music: Essays in Honor of Andrew Porter on the Occasion of his 75th Birthday. Book Review [Details] |
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2004 | Emma Sutton, Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s.
Christopher Morris (2004) Emma Sutton, Aubrey Beardsley and British Wagnerism in the 1890s. Book Review [Details] |
Guest Editor
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | Opera Quarterly: Opera at the Multiplex.
Morris, Christopher; Attard, Joseph (2019) Opera Quarterly: Opera at the Multiplex. Oxford, New York: Guest Editor [DOI] [Details] |
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2012 | Alphaville Journal: Sound Voice, Music.
Christopher Morris (2012) Alphaville Journal: Sound Voice, Music. Guest Editor [Details] |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Society for Musicology in Ireland | Council Member | 12-JUN-15 / 08-JUN-18 |
Committees
Committee | Function | From / To | |
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Governing Authority | Member | 2015 / 2019 |
Reviews
Journal | Role | |
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Opera Quarterly | Associate Editor |
External Collaborators
Name | Role / Description | Country | |
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Alessandra Campana | Co-author | U.S.A. |