Hugh Wiley Hitchcock
Hugh Wiley Hitchcock (born September 28, 1923 in Detroit , † December 5, 2007 in New York ) was an American musicologist . He created the Hitchcock directory of the works of Marc-Antoine Charpentier .
Hitchcock received his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College , Hanover, New Hampshire and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . He studied music with Nadia Boulanger in Paris . In 1961 he moved to New York to accept a post at Hunter College . A decade later he went to Brooklyn College . Hitchcock was the founding director of the Institute for Studies in American Music at Brooklyn College and a specialist in Charles Ives, among others . He retired in 1993, but continued to give lectures at Yale , Columbia and New York University .
In addition to teaching, he was the editor and author of important studies on baroque music .
Hitchcock was married twice. He had two children with his first wife, Susan Tyler Hitchcock of Charlottesville, also known as Janet Cox-Rearick. His second wife was Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock of Miami. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 84.
Books
- Music in the United States: A Historical Introduction (1969, revised in 2000)
- 129 songs by Charles Ives (2004)
Web links
- Literature by and about Hugh Wiley Hitchcock in the catalog of the German National Library
- "H. Wiley Hitchcock, Who Edited Dictionary of Music, Dies at 84 ” , NY Times , December 9, 2007
- Foundation in honor of H. Wiley Hitchcock
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hitchcock, Hugh Wiley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 2007 |
| Place of death | new York |