Simon P. Keefe
Simon P. Keefe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 December 1968 Leicester, UK |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation(s) | Musicologist, author |
| Employer | University of Sheffield |
Simon Patrick Keefe (born December 24, 1968) is an English
Keefe specialises in Mozart, and is the only British member of the Salzburg-based Akademie für Mozart-Forschung of the
Keefe is a life-long fan of Aston Villa F.C.[1]
Work and publications
Books
- Mozart's Piano Concertos: Dramatic Dialogue in the Age of Enlightenment (2001)
- Mozart's Viennese Instrumental Music: A Study of Stylistic Re-Invention (2007)
- Mozart's Requiem: Reception, Work, Completion (2012)
- Mozart in Vienna: The Final Decade (2017)
Edited books
- The Cambridge Companion to Mozart (2003)
- The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto (2005)
- The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia (2006)
- Mozart Studies (2006)
- The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music (2009)
- Mozart Studies 2 (2015)
- Mozart (2015)
- Mozart in Context (2018)
Media engagement
Keefe has appeared in BBC Two's film, Mozart in Prague: Rolando Villázon on Don Giovanni (2014), for which he was principal musicological consultant.[1] He has also appeared as a contributor to two BBC Two Newsnight films (2007, 2008) and Deutsche Welle's In Mozart's Footsteps: London (2006), alongside various radio appearances.[1]
Awards
The Mozart Society of America awarded Keefe's 2012 monograph Mozart's Requiem: Reception Work and Completion the Marjorie Weston Emerson Award in 2013, for the best book or edition published in 2011 or 2012.
Mozart in Context was named one of the "best classical music book releases of 2019" by the
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Simon Keefe – Academic Staff – Staff – Music". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- OCLC 38085381. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
