Robert L. Kendrick

Robert L. Kendrick (born 1957) is an American musicologist. He is the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018. In 2019 Kendrick was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 5th class (Knight) for his work in researching sacred Italian music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. In 2023, he received the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

He also sits on the advisory board of Women's Philharmonic Advocacy, a non-profit organization that promotes equity for women composers.

Publications Selected works by Robert L. Kendrick: Biblical Families in Music: Conflict and Heterodoxy in Oratorios, 1670-1770, 2025 Fruits of the Cross: Passiontide Music Theater in Habsburg Vienna, 2018 Singing Jeremiah: Music and Meaning in Holy Week, 2014 The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, 2002 Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Milan, 1996