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  Featuring Christopher Moore

  

  Featuring Christopher Moore

  Christopher Moore is associate professor of musicology at the University of Ottawa’s School of Music. Prior to arriving at the School of Music in 2007 he was visiting assistant professor at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester. He received his PhD from McGill University in 2006. He also holds degrees in piano performance from the Versailles Conservatory and a masters in musicology from the Sorbonne.

  His research focuses primarily on French music of the twentieth century which he examines in relationship to questions of criticism, musical style, gender, identity, and politics. In 2012 he was the recipient of the American Musicological Society’s Philip Brett Award for an article on Francis Poulenc which was published in The Musical Quarterly. He is the co-editor of two books: Music Criticism in France During the Interwar Period (Boydell and Brewer, 2018), and Music & Camp (Wesleyan University Press, 2017). He is currently completing a book dealing with the musical press in France during the 1930s.

  Christopher Moore est professeur agrégé de musicologie à l’École de musique de l’Université d’Ottawa depuis 2007. Auparavant, il était professeur adjoint invité à l’Eastman School of Music de l’Université de Rochester. Il a obtenu son Ph.D. de l’Université McGill en 2006. Il détient également un diplôme en interprétation (piano) du Conservatoire de Versailles et une maîtrise en musicologie de la Sorbonne.

  Ses recherches sont principalement axées sur la musique française du XX^e siècle, qu’il examine du point de vue de la critique, du style musical, du genre et de la politique. En 2012, l’American Musicological Society lui a décerné le prix Philip Brett pour un article sur Francis Poulenc qui a été publié dans la revue The Musical Quarterly. Il a codirigé deux ouvrages : Music Criticism in France During the Interwar Period (Boydell and Brewer, 2018), et Music & Camp (Wesleyan University Press, 2017). Il achève actuellement un livre sur la presse musicale dans la France des années 1930.

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