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columbia university , freieuniversität , uc berkeley lightsteelblue history philosophy of art of aesthetic theory , philosophy of music , lydia goehr
 lydia goehr
lydia goehr

lydia goehr is a professor 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 .
goehr was born in london , on january 10 , 1960 .
she is the daughter of the composer alexander goehr and granddaughter of walter goehr .
she received her ph.d. from cambridge university , where her dissertation on the ontology of music was supervised by bernard williams .
in addition to her permanent appointment at columbia , goehr has accepted a number of visiting appointments , including a position as visiting ernest bloch professor at uc berkeley 's music department in 1997 , as the visiting aby warburg professor at the university of hamburg in 2002-2003 , as a visiting professor at the freie universität in berlin in 2008 , and as a visiting professor in the fu-berlin sfb theater und fest in 2009 .
goehr has written three books , co-edited a fourth , and has published numerous articles in the philosophy of music .
her first book , `` the imaginary museum of musical works : an essay in the philosophy of music '' -lrb- clarendon press , oxford -rrb- , was published in 1994 , and has since been translated into greek and chinese .
her second book , `` a quest for voice : on music , politics , and the limits of philosophy '' -lrb- clarendon press , oxford -rrb- , is based on the bloch lectures , delivered at the university of california , berkeley in 1997 .
her third book , published in 2008 , is `` elective affinities : musical essays on the history of aesthetic theory '' -lrb- columbia university press -rrb- .
goehr 's work focuses on the history of aesthetic theory , attempting to understand the relational nature of norms and power dynamics with the structure that confines them and regulates their practice .
most of her work has focused on the musical arts , and some of it has explored the complicated and often hostile relationship between the various arts , and between the arts and philosophy and religion .
she has also engaged with ideas about the legitimacy of war from a critical theory standpoint , although not an explicitly feminist one , as well as dealt with the philosophy of history and the history of philosophy .
goehr has received several awards for her research as well as for her teaching of undergraduate students and mentoring of graduate students .
she has been a recipient of the getty and guggenheim fellowships .
in 2012 , goehr was awarded the h. colin slim award by the american musicological society .
in 2009/2010 , goehr received a lenfest distinguished columbia faculty award .
in 2005 , goehr was a winner of the columbia university presidential award for outstanding teaching .
