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Jan Swafford (born September 10, 1946) is an American author and composer.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 51 relations: Amherst College, Atonality, Bachelor of Arts, BBC, Betsy Jolas, Blues, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston University, Carnegie Hall, Cello, Charles Ives, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Database of Recorded American Music, Doctor of Musical Arts, Earl Kim, Grand Canyon, Harper (publisher), Harvard University, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jacob Druckman, Jazz, Johannes Brahms, Latin honors, Ludwig van Beethoven, Master of Music, Meridian Records, Music of Bali, Music of India, National Endowment for the Arts, Neoclassicism (music), Neoromanticism (music), NPR, Orchestra, Peermusic, PEN New England Award, Piano quartet, Piano quintet, Piano trio, San Francisco Symphony, September 11 attacks, Slate (magazine), Tanglewood, The New York Times, The Unanswered Ives, Tonality, Tufts University, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, World music, ... Expand index (1 more) »

  2. 21st-century American musicologists
  3. Brahms scholars
  4. Pupils of Earl Kim
  5. Pupils of Jacob Druckman

Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Atonality

Atonality in its broadest sense is music that lacks a tonal center, or key.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Betsy Jolas

Elizabeth Jolas (born 5 August 1926) is a Franco-American composer.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.

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Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Boston Conservatory at Berklee (formerly The Boston Conservatory) is a private performing arts conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is an American orchestra based in Boston.

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Boston University

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Cello

The violoncello, often simply abbreviated as cello, is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family.

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Charles Ives

Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874May 19, 1954) was an American actuary, businessman, and modernist composer. Jan Swafford and Charles Ives are American male classical composers.

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Database of Recorded American Music

The Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM) is an online resource providing streaming media access to musical works from 26 independent record labels, along with their liner notes, album art, and other related materials.

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Doctor of Musical Arts

The doctor of musical arts (DMA) is a doctoral academic degree in music.

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Earl Kim

Earl Kim (1920–1998; né Eul Kim) was an American composer, and music pedagogue. Jan Swafford and Earl Kim are American male classical composers.

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Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States.

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Harper (publisher)

Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher, HarperCollins, based in New York City.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.

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Jacob Druckman

Jacob Raphael Druckman (June 26, 1928 – May 24, 1996) was an American composer born in Philadelphia. Jan Swafford and Jacob Druckman are American male classical composers.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period.

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Latin honors

Latin honours are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist.

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Master of Music

The Master of Music (MM or MMus) is, as an academic title, the first graduate degree in music awarded by universities and conservatories.

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Meridian Records

Meridian Records is a British independent record label based in London.

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Music of Bali

The Music of Bali, Bali is an Indonesian island that shares in the gamelan and other Indonesian musical styles.

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Music of India

Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk, rock, and pop.

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National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence.

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Neoclassicism (music)

Neoclassicism in music was a twentieth-century trend, particularly current in the interwar period, in which composers sought to return to aesthetic precepts associated with the broadly defined concept of "classicism", namely order, balance, clarity, economy, and emotional restraint.

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Neoromanticism (music)

In Western classical music, neoromanticism is a return to the emotional expression associated with nineteenth-century Romanticism.

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NPR

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.

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Orchestra

An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.

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Peermusic

Peermusic is a United States-based independent music publisher.

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PEN New England Award

The PEN New England Award (previously L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award and Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award) is awarded annually by PEN New England (today PEN America Boston) to honor a New England author or book with a New England setting or subject.

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Piano quartet

A piano quartet is a chamber music composition for piano and three other instruments, or a musical ensemble comprising such instruments.

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Piano quintet

In classical music, a piano quintet is a work of chamber music written for piano and four other instruments, most commonly (since 1842) a string quartet (i.e., two violins, viola, and cello).

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Piano trio

A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group.

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San Francisco Symphony

The San Francisco Symphony, founded in 1911, is an American orchestra based in San Francisco, California.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States.

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Tanglewood

Tanglewood is a music venue and festival in the towns of Lenox and Stockbridge in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Unanswered Ives

The Unanswered Ives is an hour-long documentary about the life and musical career of the American composer Charles Ives.

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Tonality

Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions, and directionality.

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Tufts University

Tufts University is a private research university in Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts, with additional facilities in Boston and Grafton, Massachusetts, and in Talloires.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.

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World music

"World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-Western countries, including quasi-traditional, intercultural, and traditional music.

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Yale School of Music

Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University.

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See also

21st-century American musicologists

Brahms scholars

Pupils of Earl Kim

Pupils of Jacob Druckman

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Swafford

, Yale School of Music.