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Philip Rupprecht

Professor of Music
Music
Box 90665, Durham, NC 27708-0665
105 Biddle Music Building, Box 90665 Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0665
Office hours By  Appointment - please email me: philipr@duke.edu  

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Judith Weir and the Figure of the Orphan

Book section · June 26, 2026 Childhood and the Operatic Imaginary since 1900 tilts Opera Studies off its adult-centric axis by focusing on children as characters, creators, performers, and audiences. ... Cite

Tonalität seit 1900

Book section · 2025 Cite

The Avant-Garde

Book section · January 1, 2022 This chapter is an examination of Britten’s engagement with progressive musical and aesthetic thought. As a successful and popular composer, Britten is rarely identified as an ‘avant-garde’ artist, yet his career took note of progressive developments from ... Full text Cite

SYMPHONIES SERIOUS OR FOR FUN: Malcolm Arnold, the BBC, and the Production of Taste

Book section · January 1, 2022 Malcolm Arnold’s concert music of the 1940s and 1950s pleased audiences but rankled press critics. The archived verdicts by the Score Reading Panel at the BBC Music Department document mixed opinions of Arnold’s music. Arnold’s characteristic tone-often ca ... Full text Cite

The Chamber Music

Book section · 1999 Cite