Rosa Newmarch and the Music of Moravia
16 October 2018, 15:00 - 16:00
Talk
The Weston Library: Lecture Theatre
Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
Philip Ross Bullock introduces the writer Rosa Newmarch, a passionate advocate of the music of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia in Britain, and traces her remarkable friendship with Leoš Janáček.
Philip Ross Bullock
Philip Ross Bullock
Speaker
Philip Ross Bullock is Professor of Russian Literature and Music at the University of Oxford, Fellow in Tutor in Russian at Wadham College, and Director of TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities). He read French, German and Russian at Durham University, before completing a DPhil in Russian Literature at Oxford, and held organ scholarships at both universities during his studies. His research has been supported by postdoctoral and mid-career fellowships from the British Academy, as well as research fellowships at the Institutes o... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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