Leah Broad

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Leah Broad
Occupation
  • Author
  • Radio and television presenter
  • Researcher
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
SubjectMusic history, Women's history
Website
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Leah Broad is a British writer, broadcaster, and researcher at Christ Church, Oxford. [1] She was awarded the 2015 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for contemporary British arts journalism [2] and was a BBC New Generation Thinker in 2016 [3] She is a trustee of the William Alwyn Foundation. [4] Her writing focuses on the history of women in the arts. [5] Her group biography, Quartet, published by Faber and Faber, was awarded a Kirkus star. [6]

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Early life and education

Broad completed an undergraduate degree in Music at Christ Church, Oxford where she ran the Christ Church Music Society [7] and founded and edited the Oxford Culture Review. [8] She holds a doctorate in musicology from the University of Oxford on Swedish and Finnish theatre music. [9]

Writing and presenting

Broad's debut group biography, Quartet, covers the lives of women composers Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Doreen Carwithen, and Dorothy Howell. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The book argues that women have had important influences on classical composition, but that this progress is not linear and can be erased and forgotten. [16] Broad has discussed the book at festivals including the Hay Festival [17] and Edinburgh International Book Festival. [18] Alongside violinist Fenella Humphreys and pianist Nicola Eimer, Broad presented performances of works by the composers covered in the book at venues including the Barbican Centre. [19] She has a second book under contract with Faber and Faber. [20]

Broad has presented for BBC Radio 3 including appearances on Record Review , Composer of the Week , Music Matters, the Sunday Feature, and the BBC Proms. [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

Broad's journalistic work covering music and the arts has featured in newspapers including The Guardian , the Financial Times , and the London Review of Books . [26] [27] [28]

Broad's academic work has been published in the Journal of the Royal Musical Association , Music & Letters , Tempo, and Music and the Moving Image as well as collected volumes from the Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, and Boydell and Brewer. [29]

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References

  1. ↑ "Leah Broad". Faber and Faber. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  2. ↑ Robert McCrum (2016-02-28). "2015 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize-winner announced". The Observer. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  3. ↑ "New Generation Thinkers 2016". BBC. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  4. ↑ "The William Alwyn Foundation". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  5. ↑ Leah Broad. "People: Dr. Leah Broad". Christ Church, University of Oxford. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  6. ↑ "Quartet - A stellar work of social and music history sprinkled with emotional dashes of love, sex, and politics". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  7. ↑ Terence Handley MacMath. "Interview: Leah Broad, music lecturer, Oxford". Church Times. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  8. ↑ "Contributors". The Oxford Culture Review. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  9. ↑ Leah Broad (2017). Nordic incidental music: between modernity and modernism (Thesis). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  10. ↑ George B. Stauffer (2023-10-05). "Where Are the Women Composers?". The New York Review. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  11. ↑ Flora Willson (2023-03-10). "The Muses at a football match". Time Literary Supplement. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  12. ↑ Ivan Hewett (2023-02-27). "Did these four female composers really change music history?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  13. ↑ Annalena McAfee (2023-02-21). "Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  14. ↑ Alexandra Cochlan (2023-02-05). "Quartet by Leah Broad: The four female composers that history forgot". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  15. ↑ Erica Jeal (2023-03-01). "Quartet by Leah Broad review - Britain's great female composers". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  16. ↑ "Interview Q&A with Leah Broad Author of Quartet". The London Magazine.
  17. ↑ "Leah Broad and Alice Farnham talk to Gavin Plumley". Hay Festival. 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  18. ↑ "Leah Broad: Singing Women's Praises". Edinburgh International Book Festival. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  19. ↑ "Fenella Humphreys & Leah Broad Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World". The Barbican. 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  20. ↑ Ruth Comerford (2022-12-02). "Faber bags feminist history of trailblazing composers". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  21. ↑ Copland's Clarinet Concerto with Mark Simpson and Andrew McGregor. BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  22. ↑ Composer of the Week: Doreen Carwithen. BBC Radio 3. 2022-11-21. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  23. ↑ International Women's Day Celebrations. BBC Radio 3. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  24. ↑ Hidden Women and Silenced Scores. BBC Radio 3. 2023-08-13. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  25. ↑ BBC Proms 2022 - Prom 13: Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers. BBC Radio 3. 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  26. ↑ Leah Broad (2022-04-19). "Fashion, fabrics and fishtails – why we need to talk about what female classical performers wear". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  27. ↑ "Leah Broad". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  28. ↑ "Leah Broad". London Review of Books. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  29. ↑ "Leah Broad: Quartet". Hidden Notes. 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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