Dr Michael Murphy
Research interests
Dr Michael Murphy joined the Music Department, Faculty of Arts in 2001 having previously worked as a primary school teacher and lecturer in UCC. He teaches courses on the music of the 18th and 19th centuries, aspects of popular music, music technology, general music theory, and the role of music technology in music education. His research interests focus on music in Ireland and Poland in the nineteenth century.
He served on the Council of the Society for Musicology in Ireland from 2003 to 2018, and has acted as its Hon. Membership Secretary and Treasurer (2003-2006) and Hon. Secretary (2006-2009). He served on the editorial board of the Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland, and is a Research Associate with the Research Foundation for Music in Ireland.
From time to time he broadcasts music documentaries on RTÉ lyric fm.
Selected publications
Documents of Irish Music History in the Long Nineteenth Century, Irish Musical Studies 12, ed. Michael Murphy, Kerry Houston, Maria McHale (Four Courts Press, 2019)
Music in Nineteenth Century Ireland, Irish Musical Studies 9, ed. Michael Murphy & Jan Smaczny (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2007)
Musical Constructions of Nationalism: Essays on the History and Ideology of European Musical Culture 1800-1945, ed. Michael Murphy & Harry White (Cork University Press, Cork, 2001)
More information
Scholarship & Research Activity (2024)
Dr Michael Murphy was invited to address The Stanford Society’s forthcoming symposium on the occasion of Stanford’s centenary: ‘The British National Anthem in Stanford’s Ireland: Musical Expressions of Unionism’ (Royal Irish Academy of Music, 11 October 2024)
Dr Michael Murphy delivered a paper to the Society for Musicology in Ireland Plenary Conference: ‘Irish Freemasonry and the British national anthem, 1750-1935’ (Galway University, 28-29 June 2024)
Dr Michael Murphy delivered a paper to American Conference of Irish Studies
on the topic ‘Claiming the National Anthems of Ireland: God Save the King and Amhrán na bhFiann’ (Mary Immaculate College, 18 June 2024)
Dr Michael Murphy acted as a peer-reviewer for Boydell & Brewer (June 2024)
News/Events (2024)
Dr Michael Murphy was invited to write for the forthcoming Wexford Festival Opera (October 2024) programme book on the topic of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.
Dr Michael Murphy will give an illustrated talk at MIC’s forthcoming Culture Night on the topic of the National Anthems of Ireland (20 September 2024)
Dr Michael Murphy gave a pre-concert talk at the annual Killaloe Music Festival on Schubert’s String Quintet C major’ (2 June 2024)
