Dr. Anne Robertson

Biography

Anne Walters Robertson is the Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor in the Music Department at the University of Chicago. She has been teaching at UChicago since 1984, after receiving her PhD from Yale University. Her scholarly work focuses on plainchant, early church Latin, vernacular polyphony, and the secular music of the late Middle Ages. She explores the interactions of music with theological and courtly ideas, reflecting the development of medieval spirituality and personal devotion. Her research covers the history of music in the cathedral of Reims and the liturgy of the abbey of St-Denis in Paris. She has published extensively on fourteenth-century polyphony and local musical dialects, highlighting the contributions of composers like Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut. Additionally, her work examines the symbolic and folkloric aspects of early motets and masses. Beyond her teaching and research, Robertson has held several leadership positions, including Deputy Provost for Research and Education and Chair of the Music Department. She has received numerous accolades, including several prizes from the American Musicological Society and the Haskins Medal from the Medieval Academy of America. In 2008, she became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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