Robert Orledge

Who is Robert Orledge?

Robert Orledge is a leading scholar of early twentieth century French music, and a Professor Emeritus of the University of Liverpool.

Professor Orledge was born in Bath, Somerset on 5 January 1948 and educated at the City of Bath Boys' School and at Clare College, Cambridge where he gained a BA Music degree in 1968 and an MA in 1972. He was awarded a PhD for his thesis: A Study of the Composer Charles Koechlin in May 1973.

In 1964 he was awarded the diploma of Associate of the Royal College of Organists. In 1971 he was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Music at The University of Liverpool, being promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1980, to Reader in 1986, and was a professor of music from 1991 to 2002.

Robert Orledge has written books on

Gabriel Fauré; Debussy and the Theatre; Satie the Composer; Charles Koechlin: His Life and Works; Satie Remembered.

Robert Orledge has completed articles on

Satie's Sarabandes for Music and Letters, and on Vexations.