Edward Aldwell (January 30, 1938 in

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) was an American pianist, music theorist and pedagogue. He was particularly renowned for his

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interpretations, and he recorded several albums, most notably the complete

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of Bach for

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, and Bach's

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for Hanssler Classics. He taught at The

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and at the

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. As a theorist, he was an expert in Schenkerian analysis, and he was the co-author (with

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) of one of the standard theory textbooks used throughout the United States, ''Harmony and Voice Leading'' (first published in 1979). While driving an all-terrain vehicle, on May 7, 2006, near his country home in

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, he suffered serious injuries when it overturned. He died from those injuries in Valhalla, New York, three weeks later.Daniel J. Wakin (3 June 2006)
"Edward Aldwell, 68, Pianist and Teacher of Music Theory, Is Dead"
''The New York Times''.

References

External links

The Edward Aldwell Center in Jerusalem
1938 births 2006 deaths American music theorists Musicians from Portland, Oregon Musicians from Rochester, New York Road incident deaths in New York (state) People from Valhalla, New York 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American musicologists American male pianists 20th-century American male musicians {{US-pianist-stub