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Rachel Moore

Dr Rachel Moore

Darlithydd mewn Cerddoriaeth

Email
MooreR19@caerdydd.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 75978
Campuses
33-37 Heol Corbett, Ystafell 2.05, Cathays, Caerdydd, CF10 3EB
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My research interests lie in French music and culture of the early twentieth century, with a particular focus on music-making during the First World War. My first book, Performing Propaganda: Musical Life and Culture in Paris, 1914–1918, explored the ways in which Western art music became a central part of the home-front war effort in Paris during WWI, employed by both musicians and government as a power tool of propaganda. More recently, I am working on a study of the role of music in shaping ‘Allied’ identity during the First World War; this project focusses on a range of instances of musical exchange between Paris and London, from the cross-channel enterprises of touring theatrical troupes, to mass ‘Allied’ concerts, or street music performed by French and British soldier-musicians on leave.

I have spoken widely on the topic of music during WWI, including pre-concert talks, and speaking engagements for the National Trust. I have also participated in broadcasts for BBC Radio 4.

Although my primary lies in historical musicology, I have strong interests in ethnomusicology. Plans for future research include a large-scale project investigating the influence of Andean music and musicians in twentieth-century France.

Prior to coming to Cardiff, I was Director of Studies and Lecturer in Music at St Peter’s College, Oxford, and a Research Fellow at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. I have held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Music at the University of Oxford, and have a PhD in Musicology from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Although trained as a flautist and trombonist, I have since learnt to play the trumpet and cornet and am an active performer.

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My research focusses specifically on French musical life in the early twentieth century, with particular interests in music during the First World War. I have written a number of articles on this area, and my first monograph, Performing Propaganda: Musical Life and Culture in Paris, 1914–1918 was published in 2018. I am a keen public speaker, and have given talks about my research for the National Trust, and for a number of pre-concert talks at venues such as St John’s Smith Square and Conway Hall in London. I have also participated in radio broadcasts, including BBC Radio 4’s ‘1914–1918: The Cultural Front’. In 2014 I worked in collaboration with the British Library to co-organise an international three-day conference, ‘The Music of War: 1914–1918’.

My recent research projects include a study of the role of music in shaping concepts of ‘Allied’ identity during the First World War. Music in wartime can play a vital role in bringing people together and creating a sense of belonging to a national cause; this project develops this idea by combining ideas of nation with those of an emerging Allied force. It examines a wide range of musical exchange between Paris and London, to explore how interaction between two capital cities both sustained and challenged national identities within the context of an emerging Allied Entente.

I have published widely on music publishing in early France in the 1910s and 20s, focussing particularly on the importance of the First World War as a catalyst for change in the publishing industry. My recent work in this areas has included a Research Fellowship on the AHRC-funded project ‘Accenting the Classics: Durand’s Édition Classique as a French Prism on the Musical Past’. This research focussed on the French music publisher Jacques Durand’s major edition of music, the Édition Classique—a significant collection of European instrumental music from the 18th and 19th  centuries, published from 1915 onwards. The editions were edited by some of France’s leading composers, musicologists, and teachers. My research as part of the project offers new insights into early twentieth-century French cultural identity; it sheds light on the history of music publishing but also on the ways in which international publishing markets and cultural networks operated.

Although my primary interests lie in historical musicology, I have strong interests in ethnomusicology. Plans for future research include a large-scale project investigating the influence of Andean music and musicians in twentieth-century France.

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Rwy'n addysgu ar nifer o fodiwlau israddedig ac ôl-raddedig gan gynnwys: Astudiaethau Achos mewn Hanes Cerddoriaeth; Traethawd hir; Cyflwyno Astudiaethau Cerddoriaeth; Ymchwil Cerddoriaeth mewn Ymarfer; Cerddoriaeth, Diwylliant a Gwleidyddiaeth; Theori ac Ymarfer Cerddoriaeth Addysgu. Rwyf wedi goruchwylio traethodau hir israddedig ac ôl-raddedig ar ystod o bynciau cerddolegol. Rwy'n croesawu ymholiadau gan y rhai sydd â diddordeb mewn ymchwil PhD ar bob agwedd ar gerddoriaeth yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, ac ar Gerddoriaeth Ffrengig ddiwedd y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg a dechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif.

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Education and qualifications

  • 2012: PhD, Royal Holloway, University of London
  • 2004: MMus, Royal Holloway, University of London
  • 2003: BMus (Hons.), Royal Holloway, University of London

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

  • Cyfarwyddwr Astudiaethau a Darlithydd mewn Cerddoriaeth, Coleg Sant Pedr, Rhydychen
  • Cymrawd Ymchwil a ariennir gan AHRC, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
  • Cymrawd Gyrfa Gynnar Leverhulme mewn Cerddoriaeth, Cyfadran Cerddoriaeth, Prifysgol Rhydychen/Coleg Newydd, Rhydychen
  • Cymrawd Ymchwil Iau a Darlithydd Stipendiary mewn Cerddoriaeth, Coleg Caerwrangon, Rhydychen
  • Darlithydd Stipendiary mewn Cerddoriaeth, Coleg Newydd, Rhydychen

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

  • adolygydd cymheiriaid ar gyfer Gwasg Prifysgol Caergrawnt, Cerddoriaeth a Gwleidyddiaeth, La revue musicale OICRM

Meysydd goruchwyliaeth

Rwy'n croesawu ymholiadau gan y rhai sydd â diddordeb mewn ymchwil PhD ar bob agwedd ar gerddoriaeth yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, ac ar Gerddoriaeth Ffrengig ddiwedd y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg a dechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif.