Arnold Whittall (born 1935,
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England) is a British
musicologist
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and writer. He is Professor Emeritus at King's College London. Between 1975 and 1996 he was Professor at King's. Previously he lectured at
Cambridge
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,
Nottingham
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(1964–1969) and
Cardiff
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(1969–1975), where one of his students was Australian composer
Norma Tyer.
Since the 1960s he has published books, articles and contributed chapters to multi-authored books.
Books
* ''Schoenberg Chamber Music''. London: BBC, 1972.
* ''Music since the First World War''. London : Dent, 1977.
* ''The Music of Britten and Tippett – Studies in Themes and Techniques''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. (Second edition 1990)
* ''Romantic Music : a concise history from Schubert to Sibelius''. London : Thames and Hudson, 1987.
* (Co-authored with
Jonathan Dunsby
Jonathan Mark Dunsby (born 16 March 1953) is a British classical pianist, musicologist, author and translator, particularly known for his research in musical analysis. His introductory textbook, ''Music Analysis in Theory and Practice'' (1988), co ...
) ''Music Analysis: In Theory and Practice''. London : Faber, 1988.
* ''Musical composition in the twentieth century''. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
* ''Jonathan Harvey''. London : Faber, 1999.
* ''Exploring twentieth-century music : tradition and innovation''. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
* ''The Cambridge introduction to serialism''. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2008.
References
External links
Emeritus staff and research fellows at King's College London
1935 births
Living people
Academics of King's College London
British musicologists
Britten scholars
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