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Robert Gauldin

Summary

Robert Luther Gauldin Jr. (born 1931) is an American composer. He is professor emeritus of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music.[1][2][3]

Career edit

Robert Gauldin was born to Robert Luther Gauldin (1905–1959) and Lula Mae Self (1905–1977). He graduated in 1949 from Vernon High School, Vernon, Texas. During his senior year, he was Vice President of the Honor Society and, as clarinetist, President of the Band. In the 1949 Vernon High School Yearbook, he was labeled "the BEBOP man."[4]

Gauldin, in 1952, earned a Bachelor of Music degree in composition, with High Honors, from the University of North Texas College of Music.[5] He went on to study at the Eastman School of Music where, in 1956, he earned a Master of Music degree in Music Theory,[6] and in 1959, a PhD in Music Theory.[7] From 1959 to 1963 he served as professor of theory at William Carey College. For the next thirty-four years – from 1963 to 1997 – he was a professor at Eastman School of Music.[8][9]

Compositions edit

  • Movement for Wind Quintet (©1953)
  • Music for Quiet Listening (vinyl LP). "Pavane" (Side A: track 4), by Gauldin. Eastman School of Music Orchestra, Howard Hanson (conductor). Mercury SR90053. 1959. OCLC 1052998561 (all editions) (audio via YouTube).[10]

Publications edit

Gauldin is the author of Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music and has authored many articles in publications that including Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of the American Liszt Society and Sonus.

Academic and peer reviewed
    1. Part I. The Historical Development of Scoring for the Wind Ensemble. 205 pgs. 1959. OCLC 80085182 (all editions) & 1066808516.
    2. Part II. Three Symphonic Studies for Wind Instruments. 1958. OCLC 19825325
Ped­a­gogi­cal text­books*
  • Gauldin, Robert (2004) [1997]. Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music. W.W. Norton – via Google Books (no preview). LCCN 96-28216, LCCN 2003-66237; ISBN 978-0-3939-7074-6, 0-3939-7074-4; ISBN 978-0-3939-7666-3, 0-3939-7666-1; Gale A58633797; OCLC 53223722 (all editions).
  • Gauldin, Robert (March 4, 2013) [1985]. A Practical Approach to 16th Century Counterpoint (revised ed.). Waveland Press – via Google Books (limited preview). LCCN 84-15989; LCCN 2014-567211; ISBN 1-4786-0471-9, 978-1-4786-0471-6; ISBN 978-1-4786-0875-2
  • Gauldin, Robert (March 4, 2013) [1988; 1995]. A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint (revised ed.). Waveland Press – via Google Books (limited preview). LCCN 87-11364; LCCN 2015-563610; ISBN 978-1-4786-0876-9; ISBN 1-4786-0470-0, 978-1-4786-0470-9; OCLC 840477436 (all editions).

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*Also peer reviewed

Honors edit

Bibliography edit

Annotations edit

  1. ^ The R.T. French Company, headquartered in Rochester, and its parent, in Great Britain (Reckitt & Colman Ltd. from 1926 to 2000; then, by merger in 2000, becoming Reckitt Benckiser Group plc), established an exchange professorship between the University of Rochester and University of Hull in 1953 and later expanded to exchanges between Rochester and colleges at Oxford University (May & Klein; 1977). Today, the program continues between professors at Oxford and the University of Rochester.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Anderson, 1982, p. 188.
  2. ^ International Who's Who, 1992, p. 382.
  3. ^ Who's Who in American Music, 1983, p. 153.
  4. ^ Yamparika, 1949, p. 76.
  5. ^ North Texas, August 22, 1952, p. 9.
  6. ^ U. Rochester Commencement, June 10, 1956.
  7. ^ U. Rochester Commencement, June 7, 1959.
  8. ^ Who's Who in America 2008, p. 1929.
  9. ^ Who's Who in the World, 2007.
  10. ^ U. Rochester Commencement, June 9, 1957.
  11. ^ Dallas Morning News, April 29, 1952, p. 9.
  12. ^ BMI Awards, 1952.

References edit

  • Anderson, Elsie Ruth, ed. (1982). "Gauldin, Robert". Contemporary American Composers. A Biographical Dictionary (2nd ed.). Boston: G.K. Hall & Co. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-8161-8223-7. LCCN 81007047. OCLC 7795619 – via Internet Archive.
  • "BMI Student Composer Award Winners". Broadcast Music, Inc.
  • "NTSC Students Contest Winners". Dallas Morning News. Vol. 103, no. 212. April 29, 1952. p. 9 (col. 5, bottom) – via GenealogyBank.
  • "Gauldin, Robert L.". International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory – In the Classical and Light-Classical Fields: 1992/93 (13th ed.). 1992. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-948875-11-3 – via Internet Archive.
  • Jaques Cattell Press, ed. (1983). "Gauldin, Robert Luther". Who's Who in American Music: Classical. New York: R.R. Bowker. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8352-1725-5. ISSN 0737-9137. LCCN 84642464. OCLC 635577325 – via Internet Archive.
  • "Gauldin, Robert L.". Who's Who in America 2009. Vol. 1: A–L (63rd ed.). New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who. 2008. p. 1729 – via Internet Archive.
  • Who's Who in the World (24th ed.). New Providence, New Jersey: Marquis Who's Who. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8379-1137-3. ISSN 0083-9825. LCCN 79139215. OCLC 605923732. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • "Summer Commencement of North Texas State College Denton, Texas". University of North Texas. August 22, 1952. p. 9.
  • "The University of Rochester One Hundred and Sixth Annual Commencement" (PDF). University of Rochester. June 10, 1956.
  • "The University of Rochester One Hundred and Seventh Annual Commencement" (PDF). University of Rochester. June 9, 1957.
  • "The University of Rochester One Hundred and Ninth Annual Commencement" (PDF). University of Rochester. June 7, 1959.
  • "Bobby Gauldin". The Yamparika (yearbook). Vernon, Texas: Vernon High School. p. 76. OCLC 6307091 – via Ancestry.com.

External links edit

  • Robert Gaulin at Eastman School of Music

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