Bertrand Harris Bronson (June 22, 1902 – March 14, 1986) was an American academic and professor in the English department at the University of California, Berkeley.
Bronson's The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads (4 vols., 1959–72) was a major contribution to ballad scholarship. In this monumental work, Bronson collected together every tune that he could find for the texts contained in Francis James Child's The English and Scottish Popular Ballads (1888–98), and published, organised and analysed them. Also of note is Bronson's preface to Child Ballads Traditional in the United States, a long-playing record issued from the Library of Congress's Music Division.[3]
bertrand, harris, bronson, june, 1902, march, 1986, american, academic, professor, english, department, university, california, berkeley, biography, edithe, born, june, 1902, lawrenceville, jersey, after, studying, university, michigan, 1921, harvard, universi. Bertrand Harris Bronson June 22 1902 March 14 1986 was an American academic and professor in the English department at the University of California Berkeley Biography editHe was born on June 22 1902 in Lawrenceville New Jersey After studying at the University of Michigan A B 1921 and Harvard University he spent 3 years at Oriel College Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and was awarded his PhD by Yale University in 1927 1 He then became an instructor in English at the University of California Berkeley receiving a promotion to Assistant Professor in 1928 2 His honours while at the University of California Berkeley included a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1943 and honorary degrees from Laval University the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago Bronson specialised in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and Samuel Johnson with his book Johnson on Shakespeare being published shortly after his death Bronson s The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads 4 vols 1959 72 was a major contribution to ballad scholarship In this monumental work Bronson collected together every tune that he could find for the texts contained in Francis James Child s The English and Scottish Popular Ballads 1888 98 and published organised and analysed them Also of note is Bronson s preface to Child Ballads Traditional in the United States a long playing record issued from the Library of Congress s Music Division 3 He died on March 14 1986 1 References edit a b University of California In Memoriam 1986 CaliSphere Retrieved 8 March 2014 Bertrand H Bronson John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Archived from the original on 8 March 2014 Retrieved 8 March 2014 Bronson Bertrand 1960 Child Ballads Traditional in the United States The Library of Congress Music Division s Recording Laboratory pp 1 21 External links editWorks by Bertrand Harris Bronson at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Bertrand Harris Bronson at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bertrand Harris Bronson amp oldid 1180496139, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
