Dr. Markus Rathey

Biography

Markus Rathey is a Robert S. Tangeman Professor of Practice in Music History at Yale University, where he serves in both the Yale School of Music and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. His academic focus spans the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries, with a particular emphasis on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach and his relationship with religion, politics, and the Enlightenment. Rathey has published extensively, contributing to both English and German music encyclopedias and scholarly journals. His notable publications include 'Bach World: Music, Society, Representation' (Oxford University Press, 2023) and 'Sacred Secular Intersections: Music in the Long Nineteenth Century' (Lexington Press, 2022). He has previously held teaching positions at the University of Mainz and the University of Leipzig, and was a research fellow at the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. Rathey has actively participated in the academic community as a past president of the American Bach Society and serves on the editorial board of the 'Yale Journal of Music & Religion.'

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