Updated: July 2011
- Personal
- Professional Education
- Academic Appointments
- Professional Experience
- Administrative Activities
- Fields of Research
- Scholarships
- Membership in Professional Societies
- Supervision for Higher Degrees
- Teaching Responsibility for Open University Courses
- Other Teaching Experience
- Other Professional Activities
- List of Publications
Personal
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Professional Education
| 1962–1964 | Rubin Academy of Music, Tel-Aviv, Music Theory |
| 1966–1968 | Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia Roma, Composition |
| 1972–1976 | Tel-Aviv University, Classical Studies |
| 1979–1983 | Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, Musicology |
| 1985–1989 | Ph.D, Université de Strasbourg, Musicology Subject of Doctorate: The Orchestration in the Operas of Berlioz and His Contemporaries, Directed by François Lesure and François-Bernard Mâche. |
Piano Studies
| 1962–1966 | Verdina Shlonsky |
| 1969–1971 | Yahli Wagman |
| 1979–1982 | Yvonne Loriod |
Academic Appointments
| 1991– | Lecturer, The Open University of Israel |
| 2006– | Senior Lecturer, The Open University of Israel |
Professional Experience
| 1968–1979 | "Oranim" Teacher's College, Music Dept., Teacher of Solfège, Harmony, Counterpoint, Music History |
| 1977–1979 | "Oranim" Teacher's College, Head of Music Institute |
| 1972–1978 | University of Tel-Aviv Academy of Music, Lecturer (Harmony, Counterpoint, Analysis) |
| 1984–1991 | The Open University of Israel, Course Coordinator |
| 1991– | The Open University of Israel, writing and developing academic courses in musicology |
Administrative Activities
| 1994–1995 | Member, Study Program in Humanities Approval Committee |
| 1997–1999 | Chair, Department of Literature, Language and the Arts, The Open University |
| 2002–2004 | Chair, Department of Literature, Language and the Arts, The Open University |
| 2007–2008 | Chair, Department of Literature, Language and the Arts, The Open University |
| 2009– | Member, Study Program Approval Committee |
| 2009-2011 | Chair, Study Program in Humanities Approval Committee |
| 2011-2012 | Chair, Department of Literature, Language and the Arts, The Open University |
Fields of Research
- The orchestration and the operas of Hector Berlioz
- The musical language of Richard Wagner
- W.A.Mozart: Orchestration, rhythmic procedures, authenticity, formal particularities, extra-European influences etc.
- Michael Haydn: German Operas, research of style, and preparing manuscripts for publication
Scholarships
| 1958–1964 | Scholarship for Composition, Israel-American Cultural Foundation |
| 1966–1968 | Scholarship for Composition, Italian Government |
| 1979–1982 | Scholarship for Musicology, French Government |
Membership in Professional Societies
- The American Musicological Society
- Israel Musicological Society
- Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum
Supervision for Higher Degrees
| 2001–2003 | Yael Lavie, The Department of Musicology, Tel-Aviv University, MA, conferred in 2003. |
| 2004– | Yonatan Bar-Yoshafat, The Department of Musicology, Tel-Aviv
University (with Prof. Moshe Zuckerman) The student is writing a doctoral thesis, not yet submitted. |
Teaching Responsibility for Open University Courses
Course Coordinator
| 1984–1989 | Introduction to Music |
| 1989–1991 | The Music of J.S.Bach |
| 1991–1992 | Introduction to Music (New Version) |
| 2003–2004 | Introduction to Music |
| 2009–2010 | Harmonic Structures I |
Other Teaching Experience
| 1988–2003 | Teacher of History of Music and coach of chamber music ensembles, Yigal Alon High School, Department of Music, Ramat-Hasharon |
| 2004 | Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University, The Department of Musicology: "The Chamber Music of Haydn and Mozart" |
| 2005–2006 | Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University, The Department of Musicology: "Survey of The History of Music: Classic and Romantic Periods" |
Other Professional Activities
Membership on Professional Committees
| 1989 | Member, The Publication Committee of the Israeli Music Institute |
| 1995 | Member, The Committee of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the Investigation of Orchestras in Israel (report: June 1995) |
| 1997 | Chair, Committee for an Award for the best performance of Israeli Music |
| 1998 | Member, Committee for an award for the best performance of Chamber Music |
| 1999 | Member, Committee for the AKUM award for composition |
| 2000 | Chair, Committee for an award for the best performance of Israeli Music |
| 2001 | Chair, Committee for an award for the best performance of Israeli Music |
| 2002 | Member, Committee for an award for the best performance of Israeli Music. |
| 2002–2004 | Member, Professional Committee advising the General Inspector of Music education in the Ministry of Education |
| 2002–2005 | Member, Music Books Committee of the Ministry of Culture |
| 2002–2005 | Member, Committee for the Appreciation of Israeli Orchestras of the Ministry of Culture |
Lectures
| "Satie and Debussy as forerunners of surrealistic art" - in the framework of a Symposium of the OUI, including performances of works by Satie & Debussy (1994). |
| "From 'Le Devin du Village' by Rousseau to 'Bastien und Bastienne' by Mozart" - in the framework of a symposium of the OUI (1995). |
| "The Turkish element in Mozart's music" - in the framework of a symposium of the OUI (1996). |
| "The myth of the primadonna" - as introduction to a special performance for OUI students of "Master-Class," a play on Maria Callas performed by the Habima National Theatre (1997). |
| "Mozart and Utopia" - in the framework of a symposium "Utopias and Distopias," celebrating the 25th anniversary of the OUI (2000). |
List of Publications
Thesis and Dissertation
| Doctoral Dissertation: The Orchestration in the Operas of Berlioz and His Contemporaries. Directed by François Lesure and François-Bernard Mâche, Université des Sciences Humaines de Strasbourg |
Articles in Refereed Books
| Benjamin Perl, Mozartian undercurrents in Berlioz: Appreciation, resistance and unconscious appropriation, in Berlioz and Debussy: sources, contexts and legacies, Essays in honour of François Lesure. Ed. Barbara Kelly and Kerry Murphy, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2008. |
Articles in Refereed Journals
| Benjamin Perl, Brass in the Operas of Berlioz, Brass Bulletin, Bulle, April 1984, pp. 18-30. |
| Benjamin Perl, Von der Symphonie zur Sinfonia - zu Mozarts früher Instrumentierungskunst - [From the Symphony to the Sinfonia - Comments on Mozart's Early Art of Instrumentation] - Mozart-Jahrbuch, 1996, pp. 53-64. |
| Benjamin Perl, Wo soll man bei 6/8 die Taktstriche ziehen [Where to Place the Bar-Lines in 6/8 Meter] - Mozart-Jahrbuch, 1998, pp. 85-102. |
| Benjamin Perl, Mozart in Turkey, Cambridge Opera Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, November 2000, pp. 219-236. Reprt. in: Essays on Opera, John Rice (ed.), Ashgate, Farnham 2010, 265-282. |
| Benjamin Perl, The Doubtful Authenticity of Mozart’s Horn Concerto K 412, The Historic Brass Society Journal, 2004, pp. 67-88. |
| Benjamin Perl, Eine besondere Art der Rückleitung bei Mozart [A Special Type of Retransition in Mozart's Works], Mozart Studien 15, Schneider, Tutzing 2006, pp. 11-37. |
| Benjamin Perl, Mozartian Touches in the Dramatic Works of Michael Haydn, Min-Ad, special issue "Mozart in Context," January 2007 . |
| Benjamin Perl, Mozart as a letter-writer: The dash as a stylistic feature and its affinity to musical phenomena, Mozart Studien 20 (forthcoming). |
Book Reviews
| Benjamin Perl, Review of The A-R Publication of Myslivecek’s Violin Concertos, ed. Chapell White, 'Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era', xli, A-R Editions, Madison, Wisconsin, 1994. Music & Letters, May 1998, pp. 317-321. |
| Benjamin Perl, Review of Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781) A Thematic Catalogue of his Instrumental and Orchestral Works, by Angela Evans & Robert Dearling, 'Musikwissenschaftliche Schriften' xxxv, Katzbichler, Munich & Salzburg, 1999. Music & Letters, May 2001, pp. 309-310. |
| Benjamin Perl, Review of Orientalism, Masquerade and Mozart's Turkish Music, by Matthew Head, Royal Musical Association, London, 2000. Music & Letters, August 2002, pp. 455-58. |
| Benjamin Perl, Review of The Cambridge Companion to Berlioz, Peter Bloom (ed.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000. Ad Parnassum, A Journal of 18th and 19th Century Instrumental Music, April 2003, pp. 164-68. |
Articles in Conference Proceedings
| Benjamin Perl, Brahms and Music outside History, in: Picture and Sound: Art, Music and History (a collection of articles from the conference "History and Art" of the Historical Society and the Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem, June 2004), Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem 2007 [Hebrew]. |
| Benjamin Perl, "Mir gefällt nicht recht, dass in der ersten Zeile die Worte ed era zur folgenden Zeile gehören" – die Verszeile als musikalische Einheit im Idomeneo" [the Poetic Line as a Musical Unit in Mozart's Idomeneo], in: Proceedings of "Mozart e la filologia del testo," Cremona 2006. |
| Benjamin Perl, Mozarts Sonate KV 545 als Parodie, oder: die Wunder der Gleichzeitigkeit [Mozart's Sonata K 545 as a Parody, or the Wonders of Simultaneity], in: Mozart im Zentrum. Festschrift fũr Manfred Hermann Schmid, Schneider, Tutzing 2010, 177-190. |
| Benjamin Perl, Michael Haydns deutsche Opern, in: Johann Michael Haydn, Werk und Wirkung. Referate des Michael-Haydn-Kongresses in Salzburg vom 20. bis 22. Oktober 2006, Petrus Eder OSB und Manfred Hermann Schmid (eds.), Strube, München 2010, 125-135. |
Lectures at conferences
| "Is Mozart's First Horn Concerto Really his Last One? Problems in dating Mozart's works," paper presented at the annual conference of the Mozart Society of America, Columbus Ohio, November 2002. |
| "Brahms and Music outside of History" - lecture at the annual conference of the Israeli Historical Society, including a concert performance (with the cellist Yagi Malka) of the two sonatas for cello and piano by Brahms, Jerusalem, June 2003. |
| "Mozart e la filologia del testo" [Mozart and the philology
of text], Cremona, May 2006. The title of the paper: "'Mir gefällt nicht recht, dass in der ersten Zeile die Worte ed era zur folgenden Zeile gehören' – the Poetic Line as a Musical Unit in Mozart's Idomeneo". |
| "Johann Michael Haydn. Leben und Werk" [Johann Michael Haydn.
Life and Works], Salzburg, October 2006. The title of the paper: "Michael Haydn's Singspiele: a Musical Characteristic" |
| International Musicological Conference celebrating the 60th
birthday of Manfred Hermann Schmid, Tuebingen, 19-21 October 2007. The title of the paper: "Mozarts Sonate KV 545 als Parodie, oder: die Wunder der Gleichzeitigkeit" [Mozart's Sonata K 545 as a Parody, or: the Marvels of Simultaneity] |
Open University Books
Writing
| The Culture of Enlightenment in Europe An introduction to the music units (1984) |
Music at First Sight
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Introduction to Music
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Opera
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The Classical Style
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Translations from English, German and Italian
The Culture of Enlightenment in Europe
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The Opera
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I served as advisor to study units in the following courses:
| Music at First Sight: The Keyboard Class (vol. I-III); Organ Point; The Musical Phrase; Polyphony; Musical Instruments; Symphonic Experiences; Transformations of a Melody |
| Introduction to Music: The Tone-System; Melody; Major, Minor, Mode; The Scale-System; First Steps in Polyphony; Harmony; The Harmonic Phrase; Music and Words - Historical Aspects |
| Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana; The Birth of Opera; The Opera Ensemble; The Barber of Seville; Salome; L'enfant aux Sortilèges |
| The Classical Style: From Baroque to Classicism; The rise of the Sonata; Mozart's Church Music; Mozart's Piano Concertos; Haydn's Symphonies |
Other Publications
In books
| Benjamin Perl, "Music and Drama in the Works of Richard Wagner," in Who Is Afraid of Richard Wagner?, Keter, Jerusalem, 1984, pp. 170-200. |
| Benjamin Perl, "Boris Godunov, an Introduction," in Modest Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov, Hebrew translation by Harai Golomb, Or-Am, Tel-Aviv, 1990, pp. 79-92. |
In journals
| Benjamin Perl, Berlioz Orchestrateur D'Opéras, in Avant-Scène Opéra, Paris, Mars 1990. |
| Benjamin Perl, Mozart - the Orchestral Image in his Piano Works, in Opus, Tel-Aviv, autumn 1991, pp. 4-12. |
| Benjamin Perl, Sergiu Natra - a Survey of his Life’s Work as a Composer (A command by the IMI bulletin, 1994, publication postponed, as the bulletin closed down). The article served as a source for the article on Natra in The New Grove Dictionary of Music, 2000. |
| Benjamin Perl, Music by Distance Education at the Open University, Adult Education in Israel 8, 2004. |