Robert Orledge is a leading scholar of early twentieth century French music.
He was born in Bath, Somerset on 5 January 1948 and educated at the City of Bath Boys' School (1958-65) and at Clare College, Cambridge (1965-71) where he gained a BA (Hons) Music degree in 1968 and an MA in 1972. He was awarded a Ph.D. for his thesis: A Study of the Composer Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) in May 1973.
In 1964 he was awarded the diploma of Associate of the...
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Robert Orledge is a leading scholar of early twentieth century French music.
He was born in Bath, Somerset on 5 January 1948 and educated at the City of Bath Boys' School (1958-65) and at Clare College, Cambridge (1965-71) where he gained a BA (Hons) Music degree in 1968 and an MA in 1972. He was awarded a Ph.D. for his thesis: A Study of the Composer Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) in May 1973.
In 1964 he was awarded the diploma of Associate of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO). In 1971 he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Music at The University of Liverpool, being promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1980, to Reader in 1986, and to a Personal Chair in April 1991.
He has completed articles on
Several editions of unknown Satie "discoveries" are now available through Editions Salabert, Paris, and the edition of his 6e Nocturne appeared with Eschig, Paris, in 1994. His latest project is the orchestral full score of Satie's additional music for Gounod's opera Le médecin malgré...
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