Lydia Goehr

Lydia Goehr
Lydia Goehr
Born	10 January 1960 (age 65); London, England
Education
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (Ph.D.);
Thesis	The work of music (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Bernard Williams
Philosophical work
Institutions	University of Maryland; University of Nevada at Reno; Boston University; Harvard University; Wesleyan University; Columbia University; Freie Universität Berlin; University of Hamburg; University of California, Berkeley;
Main interests	History of aesthetic theory, philosophy of music, philosophy of art, critical theory
Notable works	The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: an Essay in the Philosophy of Music (Oxford, 1992); The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy (Oxford and Berkeley, 1998); Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory (Columbia University Press, 2008)

Lydia Goehr (born January 10, 1960) is an American philosopher and musicologist. She is the Fred and Fannie Mack Professor of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, at Columbia University. Her research specialties include the philosophy of music, aesthetics, critical theory, the philosophy of history, and 19th- and 20th-century philosophy.

Lydia Goehr
Born	10 January 1960 (1960-01-10) (age 65) London, England

Education
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (Ph.D.)
Thesis	The work of music (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Bernard Williams
Philosophical work
Institutions	University of Maryland University of Nevada at Reno Boston University Harvard University Wesleyan University Columbia University Freie Universität Berlin University of Hamburg University of California, Berkeley
Main interests	History of aesthetic theory, philosophy of music, philosophy of art, critical theory
Notable works	The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: an Essay in the Philosophy of Music (Oxford, 1992) The Quest for Voice: Music, Politics, and the Limits of Philosophy (Oxford and Berkeley, 1998); Elective Affinities: Musical Essays on the History of Aesthetic Theory (Columbia University Press, 2008)