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Jan LaRue (1918 – 17 October 2004) was a musicologist and professor of music.[1]
Early Life[edit]
LaRue 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[edit]
LaRue 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
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