Dr. Rebekah Ahrendt

Dr. Rebekah Ahrendt

Associate Professor
Musicology
Musicology
+31 30 253 6486
r.s.ahrendt@uu.nl

Publications

2021

Scholarly publications

Mahiet, D., Ahrendt, R., & Ramel, F. (Eds.) (2021). Forum: The Diplomat's Soundworld. Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society, 3, 235-361.
Mahiet, D., Ahrendt, R., & Ramel, F. (2021). Introduction: Diplomacy, Audible and Resonant. Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society, 2021(3), 235-243. https://doi.org/10.1163/25891774-03020001
Ahrendt, R. (2021). Le rayonnement du théâtre lyrique français: Provinces-Unies et Pay-Bas méridionaux. In H. Lacombe (Ed.), Histoire de l'opéra français: Du Roi-Soleil à a Révolution (pp. 916-922). (Histoire de l'opéra français; Vol. 1). Fayard.
Dambrogio, J., Amanda, G., Smith, D. S., Jackson, H., Demaine, M. L., Graham, D., Mills, D., Ahrendt, R., Akkerman, N. N. W., Van der Linden, D., & Demaine, E. D. (2021). Unlocking history through automated virtual unfolding of sealed documents imaged by X-ray microtomography. Nature Communications, 12(1), [1184]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21326-w

Popularising publications

Ahrendt, R. (2021, Mar 29). Brienne: Opera gossip, banned books discussed in an accessible-edged locked letter, France (1690s). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-_Eqv37V8

2020

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (Author), Van der Linden, D. (Author), Akkerman, N. N. W. (Author), Smith, D. S. (Author), & Dambrogio, J. (Author). (2020). The Brienne Collection (upload 2): Early Modern Letters Online. Data set/Database, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford. http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/forms/advanced?col_cat=Brienne%20Collection

Popularising publications

Ahrendt, R. (2020, Feb 16). Anne de Sainte-Aldegonde’s rectangle-inside locked letter to her father Jean Desurlis, Tournai (1699). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nOb8DE8pE
Ahrendt, R. (2020, Feb 16). Letterlocking: Brienne Postal Archive: A partially opened pleated letter, France (1701). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK5vNnQyCBI
Ahrendt, R. (2020, Dec 1). Letterlocking: Brienne Postal Archive: Sibling salutations sealed with a green heart, France (1703). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWIvXsj7nc
Ahrendt, R. (2020). Brienne Archive: The Chapel Fold: Elisabet Selis to her son, a theatre troupe dancer, France (1701). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJirsuJ9dEk
Ahrendt, R. S. (Author), Akkerman, N. N. W. (Author), Smith, D. S. (Author), van der Linden, D. C. (Author), Verwaal, R. E. (Author), & Dambrogio, J. (Author). (2020). Signed, Sealed & Undelivered: Virtual Exhibition. Exhibition http://brienne.org/brienne-exhibit-cover

2019

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2019). Musique, harmonie et négociations internationales: Psiché au congrès de Ryswick, 1697. In C. Courtet, M. Besson, F. Lavocat, & A. Viala (Eds.), Le jeu et la règle (pp. 157-170). (Rencontres Recherche et Création Festival d’Avignon; Vol. 5). CNRS Editions.
Ahrendt, R. S., Akkerman, N. N. W., Dambrogio, J., Smith, D. S., & van der Linden, D. C. (2019). The Letter as Object. In H. Hotson, & T. Wallnig (Eds.), Reassembling the Republic of Letters in the Digital Age: Standards, Systems, Scholarship (pp. 63-67). Univ.-Verl. Göttingen. https://doi.org/10.17875/gup2019-1146
Ahrendt, R. S., & Goulet, A-M., (TRANS.) (2019). L'activité des foyers musicaux et théâtraux en Europe vers 1700. Une enquête en coulisses. In A-M. Goulet, R. Campos, M. da Vinha, & J. Duron (Eds.), Les foyers artistiques à la fin du règne de Louis XIV (1682-1715). Musique et spectacles (pp. 399-416). (Épitome musicale). Brepols. https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/399699
Ahrendt, R. S. (2019). The Legal Spaces of Opera in The Hague. In S. Aspden (Ed.), Operatic Geographies: The Place of Opera and the Opera House (pp. 12-25). Chicago University Press.

2018

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2018). The Diplomatic Viol. In F. Ramel, & C. Prévost-Thomas (Eds.), International Relations, Music and Diplomacy: Sounds and Voices on the International Stage (pp. 93-114). (The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63163-9_5

Professional publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2018). Isis: Tragédie en musique. Livret de Philippe Quinault. Édition de Lionel Sawkins by Jean-Baptiste Lully (review). Notes, 75(2), 329-334. https://doi.org/10.1353/not.2018.0119

Popularising publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2018). Notes perdues: Op zoek naar Mr. de Sainte-Colombe. Tijdschrift Oude Muziek, 33(1), 10-13. https://issuu.com/oudemuziek/docs/oom18_tom_1_01-03def_lr_issuu

Other output

Ahrendt, R. S. (Author). (2018). Handel's Brockespassion. Web publication/site http://apollo-ensemble.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Handels_Brockespassion.pdf
Ahrendt, R. S. (Author). (2018). Background to the Brockespassion. Web publication/site http://apollo-ensemble.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Background-to-the-Brockespassion.pdf
Ahrendt, R. S. (Author). (2018). Barthold Brockes and G.F. Handel. Web publication/site http://apollo-ensemble.nl/bartold-brockes-en-g-f-handel/

2017

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (Author), van der Linden, D. C. (Author), Akkerman, N. N. W. (Author), Smith, D. S. (Author), & Dambrogio, J. (Author). (2017). The Brienne Collection (upload 1): Early Modern Letters Online. Data set/Database, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford. http://emlo-portal.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/collections/?catalogue=brienne-collection
Ahrendt, R. S., & Slowik, C. (2017). Viol. In B. Gustafson (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Music (Oxford Bibliographies Online). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199757824-0223
Ahrendt, R. S., & van der Linden, D. C. (2017). The Postmasters’ Piggy Bank: Experiencing the Accidental Archive. French Historical Studies, 40(2), 189-213. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-3761583
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/358478/Ahrendt_and_Van_der_Linden_Final_submission.pdf?sequence=3

2016

Other output

Ahrendt, R. S. (Author). (2016). On Letters, ‘Discovery,’ and Cooperation. Web publication/site, American Musicological Society. http://musicologynow.ams-net.org/2016/03/on-letters-discovery-and-cooperation.html

2015

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2015). A Huguenot Impresario in the Dutch Republic. European Drama and Performance Studies, 17-36.

Popularising publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2015). Culturele invloed van de Hugenoten: Een Europese massa-migratie. Historiek. http://historiek.net/culturele-invloed-van-de-hugenoten/52348/
Ahrendt, R. S. (2015). Culturele invloed van de Hugenoten: Een Europese massa-migratie. Tijdschrift voor oude muziek, 3, 18-23.

Other output

Ahrendt, R. S. (Author), Mahiet, D. (Author), & Ferraguto, M. (Author). (2015). Music & Diplomacy in Review. Web publication/site, American Musicological Society. http://musicologynow.ams-net.org/2015/07/music-diplomacy-in-review.html
Long & Away (Author). (2015). Samuel Capricornus, Sacred concerts for voices and violas da gamba. Digital or Visual Products, Cornetto-Verlag.

2014

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S., (TRANS.), & Goulet, A-M. (2014). La princesse des Ursins, fidelle sujet du roi de France et princesse étrangère à Rome. In Music & Diplomacy from the Early Modern Era to the Present Palgrave Macmillan.
Mahiet, D., Ferraguto, M., & Ahrendt, R. S. (2014). Introduction. In R. Ahrendt, M. Ferraguto, & D. Mahiet (Eds.), Music & Diplomacy from the Early Modern Era to the Present (pp. 1-20). Palgrave Macmillan.
Ahrendt, R. S., Ferraguto, M., & Mahiet, D. (Eds.) (2014). Music & Diplomacy from the Early Modern Era to the Present. Palgrave Macmillan.

Professional publications

Ahrendt, R. S., Irving, D. R. M., Howard, A., White, B., & Woolley, A. (2014). Baroque in Salzburg. Early Music, 42, 671-673.

Other output

Ahrendt, R. S. (Performer). (2014). David Funck, Stricturae Viola-di Gambicae. Digital or Visual Products, Olde Focus Recordings.
The Schoole of Night (2014). John Dowland, The Second Booke of Songs. Dux Records.

2013

Popularising publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2013). 1713: Vrede van Utrecht – Muziek in Utrecht. In Ciconia – Lassus – Froberger – Muffat #Europa: Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2013 (pp. 32-39). Organisatie Oude Muziek.

2012

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2012). Armide, the Huguenots, and The Hague. Opera Quarterly, 28(3-4), 131-158.

Other output

Bella Discordia (2012). La Virtuosissima—Barbara Strozzi. Raumklang.

2011

Other output

Ahrendt, R. S. (Performer), & Les grâces (Author). (2011). Les grâces françoises: Music of the French Baroque. Digital or Visual Products, MSR Classics.
Ahrendt, R. S., & Lee, J. R. (2011). Les grâces françoises. MSR Classics.

2010

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2010). Essay-length review of Benjamin Walton, Rossini in Restoration Paris (Cambridge, 2007); Sarah Hibberd, French Grand Opera and the Historical Imagination (Cambridge, 2009); Annegret Fauser and Mark Everist, eds., Music, Theater, and Cultural Transfer (Chicago, 2009). Cambridge Opera Journal, 353-364.

2009

Other output

Brandywine Baroque (2009). Cantates françoises. Plectra.

2007

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2007). Celts, Clerics, and Crusaders: The ‘Medieval’ in Gothic Music. In I. van Elferen (Ed.), Nostalgia or Perversion? Gothic Rewritings from the Victorian Age to the Present (pp. 96-112). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Other output

Brandywine Baroque (2007). Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Cello Sonatas. Plectra.

2004

Scholarly publications

Ahrendt, R. S. (2004). Psyche in the Salon: Transforming myth in the cantate française. In C. Barbafieri, & C. Rauseo (Eds.), Les Métamorphoses de Psyché (pp. 157-170). Presses Universitaires de Valenciennes.