Elizabeth Norman McKay
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| Elizabeth Norman McKay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931 London, England |
| Occupation | Musicologist |
| Education | PhD University of Oxford |
| Subject | Music |
| Notable works | Franz Schubert's music for the theatre, Franz Schubert : a biography |
Elizabeth Norman McKay (née Norman) is an English musicologist, pianist and Lieder accompanist.[1]
McKay graduated at Lawnswood Highschool Leeds in 1947/48.
She gained a degree in Physics from Bristol University and worked in London as a pianist, accompanist, and repetiteur. In 1962 she was awarded a D.Phil from Oxford for her thesis on Schubert's Music. for the Theatre.
She was formerly Tutor in Piano and Visiting Professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire.
Her Publications include 3 books on Franz Schubert, and many contributions to symposia and dictionaries.
Selected bibliography
- 1962 The stage-works of Schubert, considered in the framework of Austrian Biedermeier society
- 1991 Franz Schubert's music for the theatre
- 1987 The impact of the new pianofortes on classical keyboard style : Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert
- 1996 / 2001 Franz Schubert : a biography
- 1998 The Oxford Bicentenary Symposium 1997 : Bericht - The Biedermeier and Beyond (1997)
- 1998 Schubert's string and piano duos in context
- 2003 Schubert and the theatre
- 2009 Schubert : the piano and dark keys
External links
Notes
- ↑ Franz Schubert. A biography 1996, (Cover). E. Hilmar: Schubert-Lexikon, Graz 1996.
