Nicholas Cook
Encyclopedia
Nicholas Cook is a British musicologist and writer born in Athens
, Greece. In 2009 he became the 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge
, where he is a Fellow of Darwin College
. Previously, he was professorial research fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London
, where he directed the Arts and Humanities Research Council
Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM). He has also taught at the University of Hong Kong, University of Sydney
, and University of Southampton
, where he served as dean of arts.
He is a former editor of the Journal of the Royal Musical Association
and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy
in 2001.
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Greece. In 2009 he became the 1684 Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, where he is a Fellow of Darwin College
Darwin College, Cambridge
Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Founded in 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after the family of one of the university's most famous graduates, Charles Darwin...
. Previously, he was professorial research fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
, where he directed the Arts and Humanities Research Council
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Established in April 2005 as successor to the Arts and Humanities Research Board, the Arts and Humanities Research Council is a British Research Council and non-departmental public body that provides approximately £102 million from the Government to support research and postgraduate study in the...
Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM). He has also taught at the University of Hong Kong, University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
, and University of Southampton
University of Southampton
The University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
, where he served as dean of arts.
He is a former editor of the Journal of the Royal Musical Association
Royal Musical Association
The Royal Musical Association is a British scholarly society and charity. Founded in 1874, the Association claims to be the second oldest musicological society in the world, after that of the Netherlands...
and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
in 2001.
Books
- (Co-edited with Eric Clarke, Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, and John Rink) The Cambridge Companion to Recorded Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- The Schenker Project: Culture, Race, and Music Theory in Fin-de-siècle Vienna. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Music, Performance, Meaning: Selected Essays. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007.
- (Co-edited with Anthony Pople) The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- (Co-edited with Eric Clarke) Empirical Musicology: Aims, Methods, Prospects. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- (Co-edited with Mark Everist) Rethinking Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Music: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Analysing Musical Multimedia. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
- Music, Imagination, and Culture. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990.
- Musical Analysis and the Listener. New York: Garland, 1989.
- A Guide to Musical Analysis. London: Dent, 1987.