Jon W. Finson

Jon W. Finson (born November 4, 1950 in Chicago ) is an American musicologist .

Life

Jon W. Finson grew up in Northfield, Illinois . After attending New Trier High School in Winnetka , Illinois , he first studied orchestral conducting and singing at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music ( Bachelor of Music 1973) and later musicology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison ( Master of Arts 1975). From 1975 to 1980 he was a student at the University of Chicago with an academic year in Vienna and Berlin (1977/78). In 1980 he defended his doctoral thesis ( Doctor of Philosophy ) on Robert Schumann in Chicago : "Robert Schumann: The creation of the symphonic works". During his doctoral studies, he received a grant from the Martha Baird Rockefeller Foundation for Music . He did his doctorate with Philip Gossett ( editor of the complete works of Rossini and Verdi ).

It was from 1978 for 35 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill worked, where he is a professor as Professor and Adjunct Professor of American Studies had. As one of the most active Schumann researchers in the USA, he wrote a large number of essays on topics related to Robert Schumann. As early as 1978 he visited the Robert-Schumann-Haus in Zwickau. As an internationally recognized speaker , he was last active in 2010 at the International Schumann Conference in Zwickau .

Retired in 2013, Finson now lives in Florida .

Works

He became known through the publication of the first version of Schumann's Symphony in D minor in Wiesbaden in 2003 . Two of his previously published six books can be regarded as masterpieces of Robert Schumann research:

• Robert Schumann and the Study of Orchestral Composition: The Genesis of the First Symphony; Op. 38 (Studies in Musical Genesis and Structure) . Clarendon Press , Oxford 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-313213-9
• Robert Schumann: The Book of Songs . Harvard University Press , Cambridge MA 2007, ISBN 0-674-02629-2

In addition, he is still working on various editions, has written a large number of his own articles and other publications, and has been involved in two translations and several reviews .

Prices

Together with Ulf Wallin, he received the Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau for 2013.

Web links

• October 5, 2012 - The 2013 Schumann Prize winners have been announced . schumannzwickau.de; Short biography
• Jon W. Finson . ( Memento from June 19, 2013 on the Internet Archive ) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Named after the city of Trier in Germany and based on the example of German high schools, Jon W. Finson says he is still a proud alumnus there . See also: New Trier Township
2. ↑ See the biography of Martha Baird Rockefeller . The foundation was established in 1962 and dissolved again in 1982.
3. ↑ Jon W. Finson . ( Memento from June 19, 2013 on the Internet Archive ) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4. ↑ pulse rate . The Official Gazette of the City of Zwickau, October 10, 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.7 MB) p. 6; Retrieved November 26, 2012