Professor Dr. Laura Tunbridge

Biography

Laura Tunbridge joined the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford in 2014 as a Heather Professor of Music. Prior to her current role, she was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester and a Lecturer at the University of Reading. Tunbridge studied music at Queen’s College, Oxford, where she completed her undergraduate degree, followed by an M.A. at the University of Nottingham and a PhD from Princeton University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on Robert Schumann’s music and its connections with Byron’s Manfred and Goethe’s Faust. She has received grants from prestigious institutions such as the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. Furthermore, she served as the editor of the Journal of the Royal Musical Association from 2013 to 2018 and was elected a member of Academia Europaea in 2020. Tunbridge's research interests include German Romanticism, reception history, and analysis of song and chamber music. Her monographs include 'Schumann’s Late Style', 'Song Cycle', 'Singing Age Anxiety', and 'Beethoven: Life in Nine Pieces'. Currently, she is exploring mid-twentieth century ensembles in her ongoing research projects. In her teaching, she covers various subjects, including the representation of women in Richard Strauss's music, and she supervises dissertations on a range of topics related to music history and performance.

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