Godfrey Winham
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Godfrey Winham was an English-born music theorist
and composer
of contemporary classical music
who moved to the United States.
While in the UK, Winham studied with Hans Keller
, and contributed brief reviews and structural summaries of new works to The Music Review.
In 1956 he married the singer and contemporary music specialist Bethany Beardslee
. He received his B.A. (1956), M.F.A. (1956), and Ph.D. (1965) all at Princeton University
and remained there after his graduation as a lecturer and research associate in the field of computer-generated electronic sound. During the 1960s he was an influential figure in American music theory circles, even though his list of publication was not extensive. His large collection of mostly unpublished documents and papers is held at Princeton University.
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
of contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
who moved to the United States.
While in the UK, Winham studied with Hans Keller
Hans Keller
Hans Keller was an influential Austrian-born British musician and writer who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, as well as being an insightful commentator on such disparate fields as psychoanalysis and football...
, and contributed brief reviews and structural summaries of new works to The Music Review.
In 1956 he married the singer and contemporary music specialist Bethany Beardslee
Bethany Beardslee
Bethany Beardslee is an American soprano particularly noted for her performances of contemporary classical music....
. He received his B.A. (1956), M.F.A. (1956), and Ph.D. (1965) all at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and remained there after his graduation as a lecturer and research associate in the field of computer-generated electronic sound. During the 1960s he was an influential figure in American music theory circles, even though his list of publication was not extensive. His large collection of mostly unpublished documents and papers is held at Princeton University.
Writings by Godfrey Winham
- "Composition with Arrays": Perspectives of New MusicPerspectives of New MusicPerspectives of New Music is a peer-reviewed, academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It was founded in 1962 by Arthur Berger and Benjamin Boretz , making it the second-oldest music-theory journal now published in the United States .Perspectives was a Princeton-based journal...
9, no. 1 (Fall-Winter): 43–67.
Writings about Godfrey Winham
- Leslie David Blasius: The Music Theory of Godfrey Winham, Princeton University Press, 1997.