Robert Orledge (born 5 January 1948) is a leading scholar of early 20th century French music, and a Professor Emeritus of the University of Liverpool. Professor Orledge was born in Bath, Somerset and educated at the City of Bath Boys' School (1958–65) and at Clare College, Cambridge (1965–71) where he gained a BA (Hons) Music degree in 1968 and an MA in 1972. He was awarded a PhD for his thesis: A Study of the Composer Charles Koechlin (1867–1950) in May 1973. Robert Orledge has written books on Robert Orledge has completed articles on