Professor Katharine Ellis FBA

The cultural history of music in France during the long nineteenth century: social and ideological factors influencing composition, performance, education and audience experience; music criticism; music in fiction; women's history
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2013
Subjects
Music

Current post

1684 Professor of Music, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

University of Bristol Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music

What is musicology?

5 May 2020 Professor Katharine Ellis FBA

Professor Katharine Ellis FBA explains the academic study of musicology and its applications in everyday life.

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Professor Liz James FBA

Byzantine studies but especially art and archaeology; art and text, light and colour; mosaics; also gender; power; place and space; receptions and perceptions of Byzantium.

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Professor Rebecca Herissone FBA

The musical cultures of early modern England, including the analysis of creativity, the study of material cultures (particularly music manuscripts and print publications) and ontological issues relating to musical notation

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Professor George Lewis FBA

Music composition and improvisation; interactive media and computer music; history and criticism of experimental music and improvised music (United States and Europe); critical improvisation studies

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