Laurence Dreyfus
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Laurence Dreyfus, FBA
(born 1952) is a Bach scholar. He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Cherry Hill High School West
in New Jersey
. He earned a B.A., Yeshiva U., studied cello under Leonard Rose
, at the Juilliard School
, later reading Musicology at the Columbia University (Ph.D.). Commuting from New York, he studied Viol with Wieland Kuijken, earning two diplomas from the Brussels Conservatoire.
In 1995, he became Thurston Dart Professor of the Faculty of Music, in King's College London
. In 2002, he became a Fellow of the British Academy
.
Dreyfus is a noted scholar of both J. S. Bach and Richard Wagner
. He has published three books under Harvard University press: Bach's Continuo Group (1986), Bach and the Patterns of Invention (1996) (which won the Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society) and Wagner and the Erotic Impulse (2010).
Dreyfus is also an expert performer. He founded the viol consort Phantasm
, which went on to win a Gramophone Award in 1997 for their performance of Purcell
's Fantasies.
Currently, Professor Laurence Dreyfus is a Fellow and tutor in Music, at Magdalen College
, Oxford, along with the Organist, Informator Choristarum and Fellow in Music, Daniel Hyde.
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
(born 1952) is a Bach scholar. He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Cherry Hill High School West
Cherry Hill High School West
Cherry Hill High School West is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two traditional high schools located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cherry Hill Public Schools. The other high school in the district is Cherry Hill High School East...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. He earned a B.A., Yeshiva U., studied cello under Leonard Rose
Leonard Rose
Leonard Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.Rose was born in Washington, D.C., his parents were immigrants from Kiev, Ukraine...
, at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, later reading Musicology at the Columbia University (Ph.D.). Commuting from New York, he studied Viol with Wieland Kuijken, earning two diplomas from the Brussels Conservatoire.
In 1995, he became Thurston Dart Professor of the Faculty of Music, in King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
. In 2002, he became a Fellow of the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
.
Dreyfus is a noted scholar of both J. S. Bach and Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
. He has published three books under Harvard University press: Bach's Continuo Group (1986), Bach and the Patterns of Invention (1996) (which won the Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society) and Wagner and the Erotic Impulse (2010).
Dreyfus is also an expert performer. He founded the viol consort Phantasm
Phantasm (music group)
Phantasm is a viol consort based in England. It was founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus.They have recorded on the Channel Classics Records, GMN, Simax, and Avie Records labels.-Members:*Laurence Dreyfus, treble viol and director...
, which went on to win a Gramophone Award in 1997 for their performance of Purcell
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
's Fantasies.
Currently, Professor Laurence Dreyfus is a Fellow and tutor in Music, at Magdalen College
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
, Oxford, along with the Organist, Informator Choristarum and Fellow in Music, Daniel Hyde.