Lydia Goehr

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Full Name	Lydia Goehr
Occupation	Musicologist
Date Of Birth	Jan 10, 1960(1960-01-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	London
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

Lydia Goehr Biography

Lydia Goehr is one of the most popular and richest Musicologist who was born on January 10, 1960 in London, United States. Goehr was born in London, on January 10, 1960. She is the daughter of the composer Alexander Goehr and granddaughter of Walter Goehr. She received her Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where her dissertation on the ontology of music was supervised by Bernard Williams. In addition to her permanent appointment at Columbia, Goehr has accepted a number of visiting appointments, including a position as Visiting Ernest Bloch Professor at UC Berkeley’s music department in 1997, as the visiting Aby Warburg Professor at the University of Hamburg in 2002-2003, as a visiting professor at the Freie Universität in Berlin in 2008, and as a visiting professor in the Fu-Berlin SFB Theater und Fest in 2009.

Lydia Goehr is a Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. Her research specialties include the philosophy of music, aesthetics, critical theory, the philosophy of history, and 19th- and 20th-century philosophy.

Lydia Goehr Net Worth

Lydia Goehr is one of the richest Musicologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lydia Goehr 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Goehr has written three books, co-edited a fourth, and has published numerous articles in the philosophy of music and critical theory. Her first book, The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music (Clarendon Press, Oxford), was published in 1992, and has since been translated into Greek, Chinese and Italian. Her second book, A Quest for Voice: On Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy (Clarendon Press, Oxford), is based on the Bloch Lectures, delivered at the University of California, Berkeley in 1997. Her third book, published in 2008, is Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory (Columbia University Press).

Goehr has received several awards for her research as well as for her teaching of undergraduate students and mentoring of graduate students. She has been a recipient of the Getty and Guggenheim Fellowships. In 2012, Goehr was awarded the H. Colin Slim Award by the American Musicological Society. In 2009/2010, Goehr received a Lenfest Distinguished Columbia Faculty Award. In 2005, Goehr was a winner of the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching.

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Lydia Ranked on the list of most popular Musicologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lydia Goehr celebrates birthday on January 10 of every year.