Robert L. Kendrick Explained

Robert L. Kendrick
Honorific Suffix:	OMRI
Birth Name:	Robert L. Kendrick
Spouse:	Lucia Marchi^[1]
Alma Mater:	University of Pennsylvania (BA) New York University (MA, PhD)
Work Institution:	University of Chicago

Robert L. Kendrick (born 1957)^[2] is an American musicologist. He serves as the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.^[3] In 2019 Kendrick was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 5th class (Knight) for his work in researching sacred Italian music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.^[4]

He also sits on the advisory board of Women's Philharmonic Advocacy, a non-profit organization that promotes equity for women composers.^[5]

Publications

Selected works by Robert L. Kendrick:

• Fruits of the Cross: Passiontide Music Theater in Habsburg Vienna, 2018
• Singing Jeremiah: Music and Meaning in Holy Week, 2014
• The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, 2002
• Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Milan, 1996

Notes and References

1. Book: Schmitt . Natalie . Befriending the Commedia dell'Arte of Flaminio Scala: The Comic Scenarios . 2014 . University of Toronto Press . xxi .
2. Web site: Kendrick, Robert L. 1957- . Index Theologicus . Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . September 30, 2023.
3. Web site: Robert L. Kendrick . music.uchicago.edu . University of Chicago . January 16, 2023.
4. Web site: Professor Robert Kendrick Is Honored as Knight of the Italian Republic . music.uchicago.edu . University of Chicago . January 16, 2023.
5. Web site: About . Women's Philharmonic Advocacy . September 30, 2023.