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Biography

Philip Gentry is a musicologist specializing in the history of music in the United States during the 20th century, both popular and classical.聽He is particularly interested in theoretical questions of history, identity and politics. His book聽What Will I Be: American Music and Cold War聽Identity聽(Oxford University Press, 2017) traced the changing relationship between music and identity in music of the 1950s, from doo-wop to John Cage. He has also published an article on Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 second symphony and a review essay of the musical聽Hamilton.聽He is currently writing a new book on 20th- and 21-century performances of early American history, analyzing how these creative historiographic practices inform contemporary political culture.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area,聽Dr. Gentry taught at the College of William & Mary before coming to the聽91原创. At Delaware he teaches the music history sequence for undergraduates; graduate seminars in research methods and various special topics; literature surveys of symphonic and chamber repertoires, and general interest courses on soul, hip-hop and LGBTQ musical history. He has also served a term as an at-large member of聽the national council of the American Musicological Society, and two terms as president of the society鈥檚 mid-Atlantic chapter.聽