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Richard Middleton (musicologist)

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[edit]

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

Career[edit]

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.

Pop Music and the Blues: A Study of the Relationship and Its Significance. : Gollancz, 1972. ISBN 0-575-01442-3.

London

Studying Popular Music. : Open University Press, 1990. ISBN 0-335-15276-7.

Philadelphia

Voicing the Popular: On the Subjects of Popular Music. : Routledge, 2006. ISBN 978-0-415-97590-2.

London

- Profile, background, publications, and other detailed information from the University of Newcastle Arts & Cultures Staff index

Prof. Richard Middleton