Jan LaRue (1918 – 17 October 2004) was a musicologist and professor of music.[1]
Early Life
editLaRue was born in Sumatra, Indonesia. His father was the botanist Carl LaRue (1888-1955) and his mother Evelina Brown Forman. His father was influenced by the botanist, Dr. Adrian John Pieters which was his namesake.
Career
editLaRue graduated from Harvard in 1940. He received an M.F.A. from Princeton University in 1942. He taught at Wellesley College from 1942-43.
He joined the U. S. Army during World War II and serving in the Pacific theater.
At Wellesley Collage, he was Chairman of the Department of Music.[2]
LaRue was emeritus professor of music at New York University.[3] He was an expert on 18th-century music. He compiled a database of nearly 17,000 symphonic themes.
His work was pioneering in computer databases for musicological research. [3]
LaRue was a member of the Salzburg Mozarteum, an institute for Mozart research. In 2003, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Works
edit- Catalogue of 18th Century Symphonies. Indiana University Press. 1988. ISBN 0253313635. OCLC 17984482.
- Guidelines for Style Analysis (second ed.). Harmonie Park Press. 1992. ISBN 0899901565. OCLC 837791821.
- Marian Green LaRue, ed. (2011). Models for Style Analysis. Sterling Heights, MI: Harmonie Park Press.[4]
Awards
edit- Guggenheim Fellow 1964[5]
AMS award given in his name. [6]
References
edit- ^ "NYU Musicologist Larue Dies at 86". New York University. October 1, 2004.
Jan LaRue, a musicologist and emeritus professor of music at New York University, died on Sunday, October 17, in Rye, New York, succumbing to pneumonia and complications arising from a stroke suffered in January 2003, said his wife, Marian Green LaRue. He was 86.
- ^ Memorial from U. of Michigan. Check when department Chairman
- ^ a b "Jan LaRue, 86, Musicologist of 17,000 Symphonic Themes". New York Sun. October 28, 2004.
Jan LaRue, an expert on 18th-century music and an emeritus professor at New York University who compiled a colossal database of nearly 17,000 symphonic themes, died Sunday, the university announced.
- ^ FLOYD GRAVE Review Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online
- ^ "Jan LaRue". gf.org.
- ^ Jan LaRue Travel Fund for Research Travel to Europe from AMS
Notes
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