Richard Middleton FBA is
Emeritus Professor
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of Music at
Newcastle University
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in
Newcastle upon Tyne
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. He is also the founder and co-ordinating editor of the journal ''Popular Music''.
Education
Middleton studied at
Clare College
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,
Cambridge
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and at the
University of York
, mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £8.0 million
, budget = £403.6 million
, chancellor = Heather Melville
, vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery
, students ...
, where his
PhD was supervised by
Wilfrid Mellers
Wilfrid Howard Mellers (26 April 1914 – 17 May 2008) was an English music critic, musicologist and composer.
Early life
Born in Leamington, Warwickshire, Mellers was educated at the local Leamington College and later won a scholarship to Dow ...
.
Career
Middleton previously taught at the
University of Birmingham
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
and the
Open University
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. He was appointed to his present position in 1998.
In 2004 Professor Middleton was elected to a Fellowship by the
British Academy
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It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...
.
Middleton retired from his post at Newcastle in 2005.
Bibliography
Author
*''Pop Music and the Blues: A Study of the Relationship and Its Significance''.
London
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: Gollancz, 1972. .
*''Studying Popular Music''.
Philadelphia
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:
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
Press, 1990. .
*''Voicing the Popular: On the Subjects of Popular Music''.
London
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:
Routledge
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, 2006. .
Editor or co-editor
*''Reading Pop''.
Oxford University Press
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, 2000.
*
Clayton, Martin, Trevor Herbert, and Richard Middleton, eds. ''The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction''. London: Routledge, 2003.
References
External links
Prof. Richard Middleton- Profile, background, publications, and other detailed information from the University of Newcastl
Arts & Cultures Staff index
English musicologists
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
Alumni of the University of York
Academics of the University of Birmingham
Academics of the Open University
Academics of Newcastle University
Fellows of the British Academy
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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