Hugh John Macdonald
(born 31 January 1940 in
Newbury, Berkshire
Newbury is a market town in the county of Berkshire, England, and is home to the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire Council. The town centre around its large market square retains a rare medieval Cloth Hall, an adjoining half timbere ...
) is an English
musicologist chiefly known for his work within the music of the 19th century, especially in France. He has been general editor of the ''Hector Berlioz: New Edition of the Complete Works'' since its inception in 1967 and has been particularly active in the revival of interest in
Berlioz's music. He is also the author of several entries within ''
The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theor ...
''.
Biography
Macdonald studied under
Raymond Leppard at the
University of Cambridge from 1958–1966.
He went on to pursue doctoral studies, earning a Ph.D. in 1969 from Cambridge after researching the music of
Berlioz for a dissertation consisting of a critical edition of ''
Les Troyens
''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...
''.
He served on the faculty of music at Cambridge from 1966 to 1971 and on the music faculty at
University of Oxford from 1971 to 1980.
He became the Gardiner Professor of Music at
Glasgow University in 1980, where he remained until 1987, when he was appointed Avis Blewett Professor of Music at
Washington University in St. Louis.
Works
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* 1967-:
Articles
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Notes
Sources
"Hugh Mcdonald" (archived copy) from Washington University in St. Louis.
English musicologists
1940 births
Living people
Washington University in St. Louis faculty
Academics of the University of Glasgow
Academics of the University of Oxford
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
British expatriates in the United States
Berlioz scholars
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