Richard Middleton (musicologist)

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Richard Middleton FBA is Emeritus Professor of Music at Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is also the founder and co-ordinating editor of the journal Popular Music.

Education

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Middleton studied at Clare College, Cambridge and at the University of York, where his PhD was supervised by Wilfrid Mellers.

Career

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Middleton previously taught at the University of Birmingham and the Open University. He was appointed to his present position in 1998.

In 2004 Professor Middleton was elected to a Fellowship by the British Academy.[1]

Middleton retired from his post at Newcastle in 2005.

Bibliography

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Author

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  • Pop Music and the Blues: A Study of the Relationship and Its Significance. London: Gollancz, 1972. ISBN 0-575-01442-3.
  • Studying Popular Music. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-335-15276-7.
  • Voicing the Popular: On the Subjects of Popular Music. London: Routledge, 2006. ISBN 978-0-415-97590-2.

Editor or co-editor

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References

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  1. ^ "Professor Richard Middleton". British Academy. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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