Philip Rupprecht is Associate Professor of Music at Duke University. He has published widely on twentieth-century British music and his books include Britten's Musical Language (Cambridge University Press, 2002) and two edited volumes, Rethinking Britten (2013) and Tonality 1900–1950: Concept and Practice (2012). He is also the recipient of fellowships from the NEH, the National Humanities Center, and the Wolfe Institute, Brooklyn College.