Laura Tunbridge

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Laura Tunbridge, FBA, MAE (born 1974) is a British musicologist and academic, specialising in 19th and 20th-century music, Robert Schumann, and opera. She has been Professor of Music at the University of Oxford since 2017 and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford since 2014. Previously, she taught at the University of Reading and the University of Manchester.[1][2]

Biography[]

Tunbridge studied music at The Queen's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1996.[3][4] She studied for a Master of Arts (MA) degree in musicology from the University of Nottingham, graduating in 1997 with a distinction.[4] She then moved to the United States where she studied for Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees at Princeton University:[3] she completed her PhD in musicology in 2002.[4]

Tunbridge began her academic career as a lecturer in music at the University of Reading from 2002 to 2004.[5] She then moved to the University of Manchester where she was a senior lecturer in music analysis and critical theory.[5] In October 2014, she joined the University of Oxford, and was elected a fellow and Tutorial system in music at St Catherine's College, Oxford.[3] In 2017, she was awarded a Title of Distinction as Professor of Music.[1]

In 2020, she was elected a Member of the Academia Europaea (MAE).[5] In 2021, she was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6]

Selected works[]

  • Tunbridge, Laura (2007). Schumann's late style. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521871686.
  • Tunbridge, Laura (2010). The song cycle. Cambridge Introductions to Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521896443.
  • Kok, Roe-Min; Tunbridge, Laura, eds. (2011). Rethinking Schumann. New York: OUP USA. ISBN 978-0195393859.
  • Tunbridge, Laura (2018). Singing in the age of anxiety: lieder performances in New York and London between the World Wars. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0226563572.
  • Tunbridge, Laura (2020). Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces. London: Viking. ISBN 978-0241414279.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Laura Tunbridge Appointed to Full Professorship". Faculty of Music. University of Oxford. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Laura Tunbridge". Faculty of Music. University of Oxford. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Laura Tunbridge". St Catherine's College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Laura Tunbridge - Curriculum Vitae". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Laura Tunbridge". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ^ "The British Academy elects 84 new Fellows recognising outstanding achievement in the humanities and social sciences". The British Academy. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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