Patrick Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk

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Patrick Charles Carnegy, 15th Earl of Northesk (born September 23, 1940 ) is a British peer , author , lecturer and record producer .

life and career

Carnegy was born on September 23, 1940 to Reverend Canon Patrick Charles Alexander Carnegy (1893-1969) and Joyce Eleanor Townsley († 1995). He has a younger brother.

He worked as an author, lecturer, music producer and in theater and literature studies. From 1964 to 1969 he was a journalist for the Times Educational Supplement and from 1969 to 1978 in the editing department of The Times Literary Supplement . From 1978 to 1988 he was editor of music books in the Faber and Faber Ltd . From 1979 to 1988 he was director of Faber Music Ltd . He was dramaturge at the Royal Opera House from 1988 to 1992 . From 1994 to 1996 he was a Leverhulme Research Fellow .

Carnegie also created posts in art magazine of BBC Radio 4 , Kaleidoscope , as well as documentaries about Franz Kafka , Thomas Mann and Wagner's Ring , 1998, he was a critic of the Stratford Theater for the Spectator .

Carnegy was a founding member of the Bayreuth International Arts Center . From 1986 to 1989 he was a member of the BBC Central Music Advisory Committee and from 1990 to 1996 he was a member of the BBC General Advisory Council .

In March 2010, he inherited the title of Earl of Northesk from distant relative David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk . He is currently not on the Register of Hereditary Peers , which are available for by-election. (As of May 2012)

family

He is not married and has no children.

Publications

  • Faust as Musician: A Study of Thomas Mann's novel 'Doctor Faustus' , Chatto & Windus, 1973, ISBN 978-0701119287 .
  • Christianity Revalued , Mowbray, 1974, ISBN 978-0264660400 (Editor)
  • Wagner and the Art of the Theater , Yale University Press, 2006, ISBN 978-0300106954 (2006, Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award , Special Jury Prize George Freedley Memorial Award )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Earls of Northesk (1662) Irvinemclean entry , accessed February 7, 2013
  2. ↑ Desperately seeking Wagner Guardian article , May 9, 2007
  3. ↑ Patrick Carnegy: Wagner and the Art of the Theater Article at Wagneropera.net , accessed on February 6, 2013
  4. ↑ Patrick Carnegy article in the Spectator , accessed February 6, 2013
predecessor Office successor
David Carnegie Earl of Northesk
2010– 		current holder of the title
personal data
SURNAME Carnegy, Patrick, 15th Earl of Northesk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carnegy, Patrick Charles, 15th Earl of Northesk (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer, writer, lecturer and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1940