Craig Wright

In this episode, I chat with Professor Craig Wright. Professor Wright is the Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music at Yale University, where he has taught since 1973 and chaired the Department of Music from 1986 to 1992. A leading scholar of medieval and Renaissance music, his research spans from early polyphony to Bach, while his later work explores Mozart and the concept of genius. He is the author of influential books including Music and Ceremony at Notre Dame of Paris, 500–1550 and The Maze and the Warrior: Symbols in Architecture, Theology, and Music. Wright’s popular undergraduate course “Listening to Music” is among Yale’s most celebrated offerings, and his interdisciplinary class “Exploring the Nature of Genius” has reached audiences worldwide. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has received the Dent Medal, the Einstein Prize, and the Kinkeldey Award for his scholarship.