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Alexander Ludwig

Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments
Liberal Arts and Sciences
aludwig@berklee.edu
Telephone
617-747-6485
Personal Websites
Alexander Ludwig's Website

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Alex Ludwig, Ph.D., is a musicologist at Berklee who teaches topics in music history, ranging from Mahler and Schoenberg in fin-de-siècle Vienna to the Beatles in countercultural America. His main focus is the history of film music, which is also the topic of his book, Hearing Death at the Movies: Film Music and the Long History of the Dies Irae.

Career Highlights
  • Instruments include cello, piano
Education
  • Brandeis University
    Massachusetts
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
    Musicology
  • Brandeis University
    Massachusetts
    Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
    Musicology
  • Boston University
    Massachusetts
    Bachelor of Music (BM)
In Their Own Words

My teaching style is inspired by the world around us, focusing on both the cultural context and musical content. In the liberal arts, we draw connections from a wide range of sources, and I seek to help my students discover and examine the impact of those connections. As a former instrumentalist, I have the tools to communicate the importance of an historical perspective on performance.

The most important product of my classes is not a student with all the answers; instead, I try to foster a learning environment in which they discover how to think about those answers. Fostering inspiration is the only guarantee that my students will continue learning throughout their career at Berklee and the rest of their lives. No matter their major or principal instrument, every Berklee student is concerned with the creative process. This fact alone accounts for the unique student body here at Berklee.

Additional Related Links
Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast