Ralph P. Locke (born 1949) is an American musicologist, classical music critic and professor emeritus of musicology at

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. Established in 1921 by celebrated industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman, it was the ...

. He founded the ''Eastman Studies in Music'' series. He is a contributor to the ''

New Grove Dictionary of Music ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

'' and several other books, and has been editor of several journals. He is also "one of the most published musicologists on orientalism and music." Locke earned his BA at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

and his PhD at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

Selected bibliography

*''Music and the Exotic from the Renaissance to Mozart'', Cambridge University Press, 2015 *''Musical Exoticism: Images and Reflections'', Cambridge University Press, 2009 *''Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists since 1860'', University of California Press, 1997 *''Music, Musicians, and the Saint-Simonians'', University of Chicago Press, 1986

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