Benjamin Earle

Dr.

  • Associate Professor, Music

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I have supervised PhD and MA research dissertations on a wide range of twentieth-century musical topics, including: the piano music of Erik Satie; British musical Wagnerism; the solo Cello Sonata of Zoltan Kodaly; the choral music of Ton de Leeuw; the experience of temporality in Olivier Messiaen's Visions de l'Amen; music, politics and philosophy in the work of Luciano Berio; Maltese chamber music; Michael Tippett and Jungian psychology; harmony and form in orchestral music by Toru Takemitsu; and the legacy of Morton Feldman in contemporary experimental music. Current research students are working on topics including: the operas of Giorgio Federico Ghedini; the history of the saxophone in Italy; performance practice in twelve-note string music before Darmstadt; and the music of Nikolai Roslavets.

20032024

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