Jonathan Guy Evrill Cross, FBA[1] (born 4 December 1961),[2] is a British musicologist who specialises in the 20th- and 21st-century music. He is an expert on the work of the British composer Harrison Birtwistle and the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.[3]
Jonathan Guy Evrill Cross | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 4, 1961 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol University of Oxford University of London |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Bristol University of Sussex Christ Church, Oxford |
Cross graduated from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Arts in musicology and later graduated with a Magister of Arts from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. from the University of London. After he worked in the University of Sussex and the University of Bristol. He joined in Christ Church, Oxford in 2003[4] and after appointed of a DLitt and the Professor of musicology in the University of Oxford.[3]
Currently Cross is the editor of the journal Music Analysis, associate editor of Grove Music Online[4] and a member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Musical Research.[5] His book The Stravinsky Legacy David H. Smyth called 'an ambitious undertaking'.[6]
Selected publications
edit- The Stravinsky Legacy. Music in the Twentieth Century. Vol. 8 (Illustrated ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1998. ISBN 978-0-521-56365-9.
- Harrison Birtwistle: Man, Mind, Music (Second ed.). London: Faber and Faber. 2014. ISBN 978-0-571-31780-6.
- US edition: Harrison Birtwistle: Man, Mind, Music. Cornell Paperbacks. Ithaka, N. Y.: Cornell University Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-801-48672-2.
- The Cambridge Companion to Stravinsky. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-521-66377-9. (editor)
- Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus (Second ed.). Milton Park, Oxfordshire: Routledge. 2017. ISBN 978-1-351-56412-0.
- Igor Stravinsky. Critical Lives. London: Reaktion Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-780-23540-0.
References
edit- ^ "Professor Jonathan Cross FBA". British Academy. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ VIAF 49380691
- ^ a b "Professor Jonathan Cross, FBA". Faculty of Music, University of Oxford. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Professor Jonathan Cross". Christ Church, Oxford. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Advisory Council Membership". Institute of Musical Research. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Smyth, David H. "Book Review: [The Stravinsky Legacy By Jonathan Cross Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998 xii, 282 pp.]". Journal of Music Theory. 44 (1). Duke University Press: 231–236. doi:10.2307/3090674.
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