Daniel Evan Freeman (born 27 April 1959) is an American

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...

who specializes in

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art music Art music (alternatively called classical music, cultivated music, serious music, and canonic music) is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic value. It typically implies advanced structural and theoretical considerationsJacques Siron, ...

of the eighteenth century, in particular the musical culture of eighteenth-century

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

and the

Bohemian lands The Czech lands or the Bohemian lands ( cs, České země ) are the three historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia. Together the three have formed the Czech part of Czechoslovakia since 1918, the Czech Socialist Republic since 1 ...

. He is also active as a

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

and

music editor A music sequencer (or audio sequencer or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open Sound Cont ...

Biography

He was born in

Everett, Washington Everett is the county seat and largest city of Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is north of Seattle and is one of the main cities in the metropolitan area and the Puget Sound region. Everett is the seventh-largest city in the ...

, but raised in

Merrill, Wisconsin Merrill is a city in and the county seat of Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located to the south of and adjacent to the Town of Merrill. The population was 9,347, according to the 2020 census. Merrill is part of the United Sta ...

, from early childhood. He earned a

B.Mus. Bachelor of Music (BM or BMus) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree, and the majority of work consists of presc ...

degree in piano performance at the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin. Founded when Wisconsin achieved statehood in 1848, UW–Madison ...

in 1981 and also studied piano as a non-degree candidate at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a system of public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. Campuses Indiana University has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration of IUPUI. * Indiana Univers ...

with James Tocco. He studied musicology at the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Uni ...

( M.Mus, 1983,

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

, 1987), where his teachers included

Bruno Nettl Bruno Nettl (14 March 1930 – 15 January 2020) was an ethnomusicologist who was central in defining ethnomusicology as a discipline. His research focused on folk and traditional music, specifically Native American music the music of Iran a ...

, John Walter Hill, Nicholas Temperley, and Herbert Kellman. His dissertation "The Opera Theater of Count Franz Anton von Sporck in Prague (1724-1735)" was revised and published in 1992 as the first monograph devoted to the musical cultural of eighteenth-century Prague or the Bohemian lands ever written in English. This work has been followed by two other books concerned with music-making in eighteenth-century Prague: ''Josef Mysliveček, "Il Boemo"'' (2009) and ''Mozart in Prague'' (2013). No other musicologist of any nationality has succeeded in completing three separate monographs on the same subject matter. Freeman's biography of Josef Mysliveček is partially the basis (along with material from the 2015 documentary film ''Zpověď zapomenutého'') of the screenplay for the film ''

Il Boemo ''Il Boemo'' () is a 2022 feature film about the life and career of the Czech composer Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781), directed by Petr Václav. Mysliveček was one of the most acclaimed and prolific composers of opera seria in Italy in the se ...

'' (2022), written by Czech film director

Petr Václav Petr Václav (born 11 June 1967) is a Czech film director and screenwriter whose films have received many awards, both in the Czech Republic and internationally. He has lived in Paris since 2003 and holds both French and Czech citizenship. Life ...

. The film was selected by the Czech Republic as its entry for

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at the

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. Freeman has taught music history at the University of Illinois, the

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, and the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

, where he is a lecturer. Since 2002, he has appeared frequently as a resident associate of the

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...

. His research has been supported by grants from the

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, the American Council of Learned Societies, the

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, and the

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. Besides his monographs, Freeman has published essays on Italian opera of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, eighteenth-century keyboard music, and the music of

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

, the Bach sons,

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread ...

, and Josquin des Prez. He has also published editions of the music of

Josef Mysliveček Josef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. Mysliveček provided his younger friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with significant co ...

and

Giovanni Benedetto Platti Giovanni Benedetto Platti (born possibly 9 July 1697 (according to other sources 1690, 1692, 1700) in Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, we ...

and was a contributor to the ''New Grove Dictionary of Opera'' (1992) and the revised ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (2001). Freeman's essay "An 18th-Century Singer’s Commission of ‘Baggage’ Arias," originally published in the journal ''

Early Music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classic ...

'' in 1992, was re-printed as a classic study about baroque opera in ''Opera Remade, 1700-1750'' (Farnham: Ashgate, 2010). In October 2022, Freeman was awarded a silver medal from the Faculty of Arts of

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in Prague for his efforts in promoting the music of Czech composers outside of the Czech homelands.Se
Newsletter of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University

Books

*''The Opera Theater of Count Franz Anton von Sporck in Prague'' (1992), *''Josef Mysliveček, "Il Boemo"'' (2009), ; condensed version in Czech as ''Il Boemo: průvodce po životě a díle Josefa Myslivečka'', translated by Petra Johana Poncarová (2021), ; updated full biography in Czech as ''Josef Mysliveček'', translated by Petra Johana Poncarová (2022), ; revised, updated edition in English (2022), *''Mozart in Prague'' (2013), ; revised, updated edition (2021),

References

External links

Alliance Publications, Inc. - F - Freeman, DanielHarmonie Park Press - Detroit Monographs in Musicology - Josef Mysliveček, "Il Boemo": The Man and His MusicPendragon Press
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Freeman, Daniel E. 1959 births Living people American musicologists People from Everett, Washington People from Merrill, Wisconsin University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign School of Music alumni University of Illinois faculty University of Southern California faculty University of Minnesota faculty University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education alumni Writers from Washington (state) Writers from Wisconsin