Overview
Philip Rupprecht specializes in music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His recent writings address the institutional politics of musical taste, concepts of narrative in operatic drama, the role of the stereotype in the formation of national traditions in music, and agency effects in instrumental music. His research at the BBC Written Archives has led recently to a study of the production of middlebrow taste in Britain in the 1950s. His book, British Musical Modernism, was published by Cambridge in 2015. Most recently, he has published essays on contemporary composers Thomas Adès, Simon Holt, and James Dillon.
Rupprecht is co-editor (with David Beard) of the book series Music Since 1900 (Cambridge UP).
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Music
·
2016 - Present
Music,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Tonalität seit 1900
Chapter · 2025 CitePieces of Tradition: An Analysis of Contemporary Tonal Music
Journal Article Journal of Music Theory · January 1, 2022 Full text Open Access CiteRecent Grants
Music MD Biddle 2017 Proposal
Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · 2017 - 2017Tonality 1900-1950: Concept and Practice
ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities · 2010 - 2011View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Yale University ·
1993
Ph.D.
Yale University ·
1991
M.Phil.
University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) ·
1988
B.A.