Richard Middleton (musicologist)

Richard Middleton FBA is Emeritus Professor of Music at Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is also the founder and co-ordinating editor of the journal Popular Music.

Education[]

Middleton studied at Clare College, Cambridge and at the University of York, where his PhD was supervised by Wilfrid Mellers.

Career[]

Middleton previously taught at the University of Birmingham and the Open University. He was appointed to his present position in 1998.

In 2004 Professor Middleton was elected to a Fellowship by the British Academy.^[1]

Middleton retired from his post at Newcastle in 2005.

Bibliography[]

Author[]

• Pop Music and the Blues: A Study of the Relationship and Its Significance. London: Gollancz, 1972. ISBN 0-575-01442-3.
• Studying Popular Music. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-335-15276-7.
• Voicing the Popular: On the Subjects of Popular Music. London: Routledge, 2006. ISBN 978-0-415-97590-2.
• The Bells of Victory: The Pitt-Newcastle Ministry and Conduct of the Seven Years' War 1757-1762 ISBN 9780521521321.

Editor or co-editor[]

• Reading Pop. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-816612-5
• Clayton, Martin, Trevor Herbert, and Richard Middleton, eds. The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction. London: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0-415-93844-9

References[]

External links[]

• Prof. Richard Middleton - Profile, background, publications, and other detailed information from the University of Newcastle Arts & Cultures Staff index

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