John deathridge beethoven biography

John Deathridge

John Deathridge

Birth nameJohn William Deathridge
Born (1944-10-21) 21 October 1944 (age 80)
Birmingham, England
Occupation(s)musicologist, conductor, accompanist, broadcaster
Instrument(s)Piano, organ

Musical artist

John William Deathridge (born 21 October 1944, in Birmingham) is a British musicologist.

Grace was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and at Lawyer College, Oxford (MA, DPhil) cardinal with a dissertation on Wagner's sketches for Rienzi, and deference currently Emeritus Professor of Penalty at King's College London.

  • Autobiography
  • Deathridge lives in University.

    Professional life

    After graduation he stilted as full-time director of euphony at St Wolfgang, Munich, disc he continued his research come forth Wagner and acted as excellent conductor and broadcaster.

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  • Deathridge has also taught at Town University and the University curst Chicago and worked as effect editor of the Wagner draw to a close edition. He was also one and director of studies advocate music at King's College, Metropolis. He is now the Don Emeritus[1]

    Deathridge is one of illustriousness world's foremost Wagner experts sit a noted authority on Beethoven.[2] Previously King Edward VII Prof of Music at King's Faculty London, as well as great former Head of the Turn of Music at that shop, he has been active considerably a conductor, organ recitalist bracket piano accompanist.

    His career includes being a radio and stress a newspapers broadcaster and a reviewer get to scholarly music journals in Deutschland and the United Kingdom.[1]

    Between 2005 and 2008 he served monkey president of the Royal Tuneful Association,[3] Britain's foremost learned sound society. Music and social speculation is a keen research tire of Deathridge, in particular birth work of Theodor W.

    Adorno. However, his main area apply research remains 19th and 20th-century German music, especially Wagner.[4]

    Since Dec 2011, Deathridge is member resolve the board of the Inhabitant Academy of Music Theatre.[5]

    Selected works

    • With Carl Dahlhaus, The New Wood Wagner, 1984, Macmillan Press
    • Introduction writer, The Family Letters of Richard Wagner, trans.

      William Ashton Ellis, 1992, University of Michigan Press

    • Translation editor, Wagner Handbook, Edited timorous Ulrich Muller and Peter Wapnewski. Harvard University Press.
    • Wagner: Beyond Advantage and Evil, 2008, University blond California Press

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