Laurence Peck
Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken (born July 16, 1909 in Nottingham , † March 16, 2007 in Cambridge ) was an ethnomusicologist , zoologist and biochemist .
Live and act
Laurence Picken received a scholarship to study at Trinity College , Cambridge. He submitted his doctoral thesis in the field of zoology in 1935. In 1944 he became a fellow at Jesus College . Between 1946 and 1966 he was employed as assistant to the head of the research department in zoology at the university. In 1944 Picken also began his research in the field of traditional Chinese music and from 1951 he traveled regularly to Turkey. His large number of publications illustrate his diverse ethnomusicological interests. In 1975 he published Folk Musical Instruments of Turkey, an important work on Turkish music . In 1973 he was elected a member of the British Academy .
Two commemorative publications on his 60th and 70th birthday illustrate his high position among researchers. Picken's Library and Archives are located in the Cambridge University Library .
Works
- The Organization of Cells and Other Organisms. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1962
- Folk Musical Instruments of Turkey. Oxford University Press, London 1975
- As editor and author: Musica Asiatica. Vol. 1: 1977, Vol. 2: 1979, Vol. 3 1981, Vol. 4: 1984, Vol. 5: 1988, Vol. 6: 1991
- As editor: Music from the Tang Court. Vol. 1: 1981, Vol. 3: 1985, Vol. 5: 1990, Vol. 6: 2007, Vol. 7: 2006, Oxford University Press, London
literature
- David W. Hughes: The Picken School and East Asia: China, Japan and Korea. In: Ethnomusicology Forum, Volume 19, No. 2, November 2010, pp. 231-239
- FA Kuttner, F. Lieberman: Foreword and catalog raisonné in: Asian Music , Volume 6, No. 1/2 ( Perspectives on Asian Music: Essays in Honor of Dr. Laurence ER Picken ) 1975, pp. Vi / 1–2, 1975
- DR Widdess, RF Wolpert (Ed.): Music and Tradition. Essays on Asian and other musics presented to Laurence Picken. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1981
- Richard Widdess: Laurence Ernest Rowland Picken, 1909-2007. In: Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 166, 2010, pp. 227-255
Web links
- Laurence Peck. Cambridge biologist who applied his enormous erudition to the study of Oriental music. The Independent, March 31, 2007
- Pecking Centenary. The Times, March 24, 2007
- Laurence Picken Papers. Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress. (PDF; 101 kB) Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC 2011
- A conversation with Laurence Picken
- Picker’s 100th birthday event
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lucy Durán, Richard Widdess: Picken, Laurence . In: Stanley Sadie, John Tyrrell (Eds.): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Macmillan, London 2001, vol. 19
- ↑ Richard Widdess, 2010, p 251
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peck, Laurence |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Picken, Laurence Ernest Rowland (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ethnomusicologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nottingham |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 2007 |
| Place of death | Cambridge |