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Dr David Robb

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Dr David Robb

Dr David Robb

School of Arts, English and Languages

Dr. Robb’s research is dedicated to the relationship between politics and music. He has especially looked at the history of political music and song in Germany. He takes an interdisciplinary approach analysing text alongside music in its performance and political /historical context.

The genres he looks at range from cabaret, agitprop and theatre song to folk (international), pop, rock and techno. A musician himself, he is currently exploring connections between political song traditions in Ireland and Germany and is seeking to build a European network.

Contact info

  • d.robb@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5203

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

  • Politics in music and song (all genres/ national/ international/ contemporary / historical)
  • Cabaret and music theatre

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • “Popular and Traditional Songs: Historical Critical Liederlexikon” 1848 revolutionary song project of David Robb and Eckhard John
  • His work has led to new ways of viewing the songs of the German 1848 Revolution which were revived in the post WWII German folk revival. See above website.
  • Research results were presented at the Rudolstadt Folk Festival, Germany in July 2013 in front of an audience of school teachers and social workers who used German song in classes on political education.

Research students

PhD Title American Influence on German Film Musicals in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich
Country Germany
   
PhD Title  Music and Recognition Theory
Country  United Kingdom
   
PhD Title  Liszt’s B minor Sonata
Country  United Kingdom

 


Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title The Figure of Kasperl in Austrian Comic Volkstheater
Country United Kingdom
Current Position  Freelance researcher and teacher in Vienna
   
PhD Title  Translation of the Comedy of Plautus
Country  United Kingdom
Current Position  Governance Director, Amnesty International (previously at UNICEF and WHO)
   

 

 


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