Rate Professor Carolyn Abbate

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Musicology, Princeton University, 1984; B.A., Yale University, 1977.

Research Interests: Musicology, opera studies, sound studies, and the intersections of music and philosophy.

Appointments: Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University; previously Professor at University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University.

Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1993; American Academy of Arts and Sciences member.

Publications:

• Unsung Voices: Opera and Musical Narrative in the Nineteenth Century (Princeton University Press, 1991).
• In Search of Opera (Princeton University Press, 2001).

Editorial Contributions: Editorial board member, Journal of the American Musicological Society.