WRITERS & THEORISTS

This document contains a (representative) selection of the writers, theorists, musicologists, scholars, poets and educators for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries.

ADORNO, Theodor W(iesengrund)	(b. Frankfurt am Main, 1903; d. Visp, Switzerland, 1969). Philosopher and writer on music.
ARISTOXENUS	(b. Tarentum, ca. 375-60 B.C.E.; d. Athens?). Theorist.
BERNO OF REICHENAU	(d. Reichenau, 1048). Theorist.
BOETHIUS, Anicius Manlius Severinus	(b. Rome, ca. 480; d. ca. 524). Writer.
CAMPION [Campian], Thomas	(b. London, bapt. 1567; d. London, buried 1620). Poet and composer.
CASSIODORUS, Magnus Aurelianus	(b. Scylacium [Scylletium; now Squillace, Calabria]. ca. 485; d. Vivarium [now Stalleti], near Scylacium, ca. 580). Writer.
CORRETTE, Michel	(b. Rouen, 1709; d. Paris, 1795). Composer and author of method books.
DA PONTE, Lorenzo	(b. Ceneda [Vittorio Veneto], 1749; d. New York, 1838). Poet and librettist.
FORKEL, Johann Nicolaus	(b. Meeder, Lower Franconia, 1749; d. Göttingen, 1818). Music historian and bibliographer.
FUX, Johann Joseph	(b. Hirtenfield, near St. Marien, Styria, 1660; d. Vienna, 1741). Theorist and composer.
GALILEI, Vincenzo	(b. S. Maria a Monte, near Florence, probably late 1520s; d. Florence, buried 1591). Theorist, lutenist, and composer. Father of the astronomer Galileo Galilei.
GUIDO OF AREZZO [Guido d'Arezzo, Guido Aretinus]	(b. ca. 991-992; d. after 1033). Theorist.
HOLST, Imogen (Clare)	(b. Richmond, Surrey, 1907; d. Aldeburgh, 1984). Writer on music and conductor.
HUCBALD	(b. at or near Tournai, ca. 840; d. St. Amand, 930). Monk and theorist.
JOHANNES DE GARLANDIA [Johannes Gallicus]	(fl. ca. 1240). Theorist.
KIRCHNER, Athanasius	(b. Geisa, near Fulda, 1601; d. Rome, 1680). Scholar and theorist.
KOCH, Heinrich Christoph	(b. Rudolstadt, 1749; d. there, 1816). Theorist, composer, and violinist.
MARTINI, Giovanni Battista ["Padre Martini"]	(b. Bologna, 1706; d. there, 1784). Writer on music, pedagogue, and composer.
MERSENNE, Marin	(b. La Soultière, Maine, 1588; d. Paris, 1648). Music theorist and philosopher.
MOCQUEREAU, André	(b. La Tessoualle, Maine-et-Loire, 1849; d. Solesmes, 1930). Scholar.
NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (Wilhelm)	(b. Röcken, near Leipzig, 1844; d. Weimar, 1900). Philosopher, writer on music.
NOTKER LABEO	(b. ca. 950; d. St. Gall, 1022). Theorist, translator, and monk.
PEDRELL, Felipe	(b. Tortosa, Spain, 1841; d. Barcelona, 1922). Scholar and composer.
PERLE, George	(b. Bayonne, N.J., 1915). Composer and theorist.
PTOLEMY, Claudius	(b. Ptolemais?, after 83 C.E.; d. 161). Theorist. Although chiefly known for his work on mathematics and astronomy, he also wrote a 3-volume treatise on music theory.
RAMOS DE PAREJA [Ramis de Pareia], Bartolomeo [Bartolome]	(b. Baeza, ca. 1440; d. 1491 or later). Theorist.
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques	(b. Geneva, 1712; d. Ermenonville, 1778). Philosopher, author, and composer.
SCHENKER, Heinrich	(b. Wisniowczyki, Galicia, 1868; d. Vienna, 1935). Theorist.
SEEGER, Charles (Louis, Jr.)	(b. Mexico City, 1886; d. Bridgewater, Conn., 1979). Musicologist, composer, folklorist.
TOVEY, Donald (Francis)	(b. Eton, 1875; d. Edinburgh, 1940). Music scholar, composer, and pianist.
VIRDUNG, Sebastian	(b. Amberg, ca. 1465). Theorist and composer.
WEBER, (Jacob) Gottfried	(b. Freinsheim, 1779; d. Kreuznach, 1839). Theorist and composer.
ZARLINO, Gioseffo [Gioseffe]	(b. Chioggia, 1517; d. Venice, 1590). Music theorist and composer.