Donald Jay Grout (September 28, 1902 – March 9, 1987) was an American musicologist. He is best known as the author of A Short History of Opera, first published in 1947. The fourth edition was published by Columbia University Press in 2003.
Early in his career, Grout's main body of research was in opera. After 1960 he became more interested in philosophies of music history, due in large part to his publication of a general music history textbook, A History of Western Music. A ninth edition of the book was published in 2014; after Grout's death, the new editions were revised by Claude Palisca and J. Peter Burkholder.[2]
A reassessment of Grout's historiography was published in 2011 in the inaugural volume of Journal of Music History Pedagogy.[3]
Bibliographyedit
The Origins of the "opéra comique" (diss., Harvard U., 1939)
A Short History of Opera (New York, 1947, revised 3rd edition 1988 by H.W. Williams; 4th edition by Hermine Weigel Williams, published by Columbia University Press, 2003 )
A History of Western Music (New York, 1960, 7th ed, 2005 with J. Peter Burkholder)
Mozart in the History of Opera (Washington DC, 1972)
Principles and Practice in the Writing of Music History (Brussels: Paleis der Academiën, 1972)
Alessandro Scarlatti: An Introduction to his Operas (Berkeley, 1979)
Referencesedit
^ abJones, Gaynor G., and Claude V. Palisca. "Grout, Donald J(ay)", Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, retrieved 23 March 2018
^"A History of Western Music", WorldCat, retrieved 23 March 2018
^Kristy Johns Swift. "Grappling with Donald J. Grout's Essays on Music Historiography", Journal of Music History Pedagogy], 1 (2011)
February 15, 2024
donald, grout, september, 1902, march, 1987, american, musicologist, best, known, author, short, history, opera, first, published, 1947, fourth, edition, published, columbia, university, press, 2003, grout, born, rock, rapids, iowa, attended, syracuse, univers. Donald Jay Grout September 28 1902 March 9 1987 was an American musicologist He is best known as the author of A Short History of Opera first published in 1947 The fourth edition was published by Columbia University Press in 2003 Grout was born in Rock Rapids Iowa He attended Syracuse University and graduated with a degree in philosophy in 1923 He took his Ph D at Harvard University in 1939 He taught at Harvard from 1936 to 1942 at the University of Texas from 1942 to 1945 and at Cornell University until 1970 1 Early in his career Grout s main body of research was in opera After 1960 he became more interested in philosophies of music history due in large part to his publication of a general music history textbook A History of Western Music A ninth edition of the book was published in 2014 after Grout s death the new editions were revised by Claude Palisca and J Peter Burkholder 2 Grout also performed as a pianist and organist until the early 1950s He served as editor of JAMS from 1948 to 1951 and was president of the American Musicological Society 1952 54 1960 62 and the International Musicological Society 1961 64 1 A reassessment of Grout s historiography was published in 2011 in the inaugural volume of Journal of Music History Pedagogy 3 Bibliography editThe Origins of the opera comique diss Harvard U 1939 A Short History of Opera New York 1947 revised 3rd edition 1988 by H W Williams 4th edition by Hermine Weigel Williams published by Columbia University Press 2003 A History of Western Music New York 1960 7th ed 2005 with J Peter Burkholder Mozart in the History of Opera Washington DC 1972 Principles and Practice in the Writing of Music History Brussels Paleis der Academien 1972 Alessandro Scarlatti An Introduction to his Operas Berkeley 1979 References edit a b Jones Gaynor G and Claude V Palisca Grout Donald J ay Grove Music Online Oxford University Press retrieved 23 March 2018 A History of Western Music WorldCat retrieved 23 March 2018 Kristy Johns Swift Grappling with Donald J Grout s Essays on Music Historiography Journal of Music History Pedagogy 1 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Donald Jay Grout amp oldid 1166658165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
