Eric Chafe (born 1946) is an American
musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...
specializing in the music of
Claudio Monteverdi,
Heinrich Biber
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl Li ...
,
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...
and
Richard Wagner.
Chafe holds a PhD in musicology from the
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
. He teaches at
Brandeis University
, mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts"
, established =
, type = Private research university
, accreditation = NECHE
, president = Ronald D. Liebowitz
, ...
, near Boston.
Bibliography
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* ''Tonal Allegory in the Vocal Music of J.S. Bach'', University of California Press, 1991
''Tonal Allegory in the Vocal Music of J.S. Bach''
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* ''Bach's Johannine Theology: The 'St. John Passion' and the Cantatas for Spring 1725'', New York, Oxford University Press, 2014
* ''Tears into Wine: J. S. Bach's Cantata 21 in its Musical and Theological Contexts'', New York, Oxford University Press, 2015
References
External links
on brandeis.edu
Review of Eric Chafe. Analyzing Bach Cantatas
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1946 births
Living people
American musicologists
Brandeis University alumni
University of Toronto alumni