Elizabeth Norman McKay

{{Short description|English musicologist, pianist and Lieder accompanist}}

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| birth_date = 1931

| birth_place = London, England

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| occupation = Musicologist

| education = Bristol University
PhD University of Oxford (Somerville College)

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| subject = Music

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| notableworks = Franz Schubert's music for the theatre,
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Elizabeth Norman McKay (née Norman) (1931 – 20 May 2018) was an English musicologist, pianist and Lieder accompanist.Franz Schubert. A biography 1996, (Cover). E. Hilmar: Schubert-Lexikon, Graz 1996.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?pid=189290711|title=Elizabeth MCKAY - Obituary|website=Legacy.com|access-date=6 August 2020}}

McKay graduated from Lawnswood High School in Leeds in 1947/48.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/elizabeth-norman-mckay-obituary-wb2chpvzj|title=Elizabeth Norman McKay|access-date=6 August 2020|website=The Times|date=24 June 2018 }}

She gained a degree in Physics from Bristol University, and worked in London as a pianist, accompanist, and repetiteur. In 1962 she was awarded a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford (where she studied at Somerville College) for her thesis on Schubert's music for the theatre.

She was formerly Tutor in Piano and Visiting Professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

Her publications include three books on Franz Schubert, and many contributions to symposia and dictionaries.