Current Appointments & Affiliations
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Music
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2005 - Present
Music,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Music
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1989 - Present
Music,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Rethinking Mendelssohn. Ed. by Benedict Taylor
Journal Article Music and Letters · December 27, 2021 Full text CiteFanny hensel’s lieder (ohne worte) and the boundaries of song: The curious case of the lied in d major, op. 8, no. 3
Chapter · January 1, 2021 The subject of this chapter, Fanny Hensel’s Lied in D major for piano solo, Op. 8, No. 3, might seem an anomalous choice for a volume devoted to the composer’s texted Lieder. But one could readily advance the argument that, like Schubert, Hensel was at her ... Full text CiteFrom the Church to the Concert Hall: J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn, and the Imaginary Chorale
Chapter · January 1, 2021 ‘Every room in which Bach is performed is transformed into a church.’ We do not know the context for this remark attributed to Mendelssohn (sometime before March 1835), but it reflects one significant thread in the nineteenth-century ‘emancipation of music ... Full text CiteRecent Artistic Works
Beethoven Cello Sonata in A, Op. 69, mvts III-IV
Video Recording August 1, 2016R. Larry Todd: Chamber Music Performances, 2011
Musical Performance Repertoire Portfolio January 1, 2011R. Larry Todd: Performances, 2000 - 2007
Musical Performance January 1, 2007View All Artistic Works
Education, Training & Certifications
Yale University ·
1979
Ph.D.
Yale University ·
1976
M.Phil.
Yale University ·
1974
B.A.