Jeffrey Gordon Kurtzman | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 84–85) |
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Jeffrey Gordon Kurtzman (born 1940) is an American pianist,musicologist and editor. A professor of musicology at theWashington University in St. Louis, he is known for his research on Italian sacred music of the 17th century, especially Monteverdi'sVespro della Beata Vergine.[1]
Kurtzman studied piano at theUniversity of Colorado, graduating in piano performance in 1963. He studied musicology at theUniversity of Illinois from 1965 to 1968, earning a PhD in 1972 with a dissertation entitledThe Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 and their Relationship with Italian Sacred Music of the Early Seventeenth Century.[2] He taught atRice University from 1975, was appointed a professor in 1982, and has been a professor of musicology at theWashington University in St. Louis since 1986.[2]
Kurtzman is known for his research on Italian sacred music of theRenaissance and earlyBaroque, especially Monteverdi'sVespro della Beata Vergine.[3] He edited music by Monteverdi forCarus-Verlag, including the collection of sacred musicSelva morale e spirituale and excerpts from it.[4] He authored a critical edition of theVespro della Beata Vergine forOxford University Press in 1999 and subsequently wrote a book,The Monteverdi Vespers of 1610: Music, Context, Performance.[5] A reviewer described it as "comprehensive" and "authoritative", covering Monteverdi's work in the context of his contemporaries, the music, and considerations for its performance.[5] He noted the author's knowledge and "keen musical instincts" in aspects of performance such as tempo, tuning, pitch and transposition, vocal technique, pronunciation and ornamentation, andcontinuo realization.[5]
Together with Anne Schnoebelen, Kurtzman published a catalogue of sacred music printed in Italy, around 2000 works for mass and other liturgical functions.[1] He edited the complete works byAlessandro Grandi and co-founded the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music.[1]
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