Robert L. Kendrick
Robert L. Kendrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert L. Kendrick 1957 (age 68–69) |
| Spouse | Lucia Marchi[1] |
| Awards | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Quantrell Award |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BA) New York University (MA, PhD) |
| Thesis | Genres, Generations, and Gender: Nuns’ Music in Early Modern Milan, c. 1550-1706 (1993) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Main interests | Renaissance and Baroque eras |
Robert L. Kendrick OMRI (born 1957)[2] is an American musicologist. He is the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago.[3] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018.[4] In 2019 Kendrick was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 5th class (Knight) for his work in researching sacred Italian music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.[5] In 2023, he received the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.[6]
He also sits on the advisory board of Women's Philharmonic Advocacy, a non-profit organization that promotes equity for women composers.[7]
Publications
Selected works by Robert L. Kendrick:
- Biblical Families in Music: Conflict and Heterodoxy in Oratorios, 1670-1770, 2025
- Fruits of the Cross: Passiontide Music Theater in Habsburg Vienna, 2018
- Singing Jeremiah: Music and Meaning in Holy Week, 2014
- The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, 2002
- Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Milan, 1996
References
- ↑ Schmitt, Natalie (2014). Befriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala: The Comic Scenarios. University of Toronto Press. p. xxi.
- ↑ "Kendrick, Robert L. 1957-". Index Theologicus. Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ↑ "Robert L. Kendrick". music.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ↑ "Robert L. Kendrick". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- ↑ "Professor Robert Kendrick Is Honored as Knight of the Italian Republic". music.uchicago.edu. University of Chicago. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching". UChicago.
- ↑ "About". Women's Philharmonic Advocacy. Retrieved September 30, 2023.