James Hepokoski: Difference between revisions
Masily box (talk | contribs) linked 'sonata theory' and added wallace berry award info |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''James Hepokoski''' earned his Masters and PhD in Music History from Harvard University and has been professor at the Yale Department of Music since 1999. |
'''James Hepokoski''' earned his Masters and PhD in Music History from Harvard University and has been professor at the Yale Department of Music since 1999. |
||
He is best known for his writing on [[sonata form]] and its relation to the works of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] and [[Jean Sibelius]], as well as examinations of the symphony tradition and [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi's]] late operas. He has recently published, with [[Warren Darcy]], a work titled ''Elements of Sonata Theory'' which makes a large-scale argument about the relation of [[genre]] to musical structure and choices. He is the author of the entry on Jean Sibelius in the [[New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]. |
He is best known for his writing on [[sonata form]] and its relation to the works of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] and [[Jean Sibelius]], as well as examinations of the symphony tradition and [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi's]] late operas. He has recently published, with [[Warren Darcy]], a work titled ''Elements of [[Sonata Theory]]'' which makes a large-scale argument about the relation of [[genre]] to musical structure and choices, and which was the recipient of the Society for Music Theory's 2008 Wallace Berry Award. He is the author of the entry on Jean Sibelius in the [[New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]. |
||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
Revision as of 08:58, 29 December 2008
James Hepokoski earned his Masters and PhD in Music History from Harvard University and has been professor at the Yale Department of Music since 1999.
He is best known for his writing on sonata form and its relation to the works of Ludwig van Beethoven and Jean Sibelius, as well as examinations of the symphony tradition and Verdi's late operas. He has recently published, with Warren Darcy, a work titled Elements of Sonata Theory which makes a large-scale argument about the relation of genre to musical structure and choices, and which was the recipient of the Society for Music Theory's 2008 Wallace Berry Award. He is the author of the entry on Jean Sibelius in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
External links
  | This biography of an American academic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |