About: Mark DeVoto
Musicologist and composer
Mark DeVoto is an expert in early 20th-century music. A graduate of Harvard College (1961) and Princeton University (Ph.D., 1967), he is professor emeritus of music at Tufts University. He wrote the revised fourth (1978) and fifth (1987) editions of
Harmony by his teacher Walter Piston, and in 1997 edited the
Altenberg Lieder, op. 4, for the new edition Alban Berg's complete works. In 2004 he published
Debussy and the Veil of Tonality: Essays on his Music, and in 2011
Schubert's Great C Major: Biography of a Symphony, both with Pendragon Press.
Articles by Mark DeVoto:
- “Sanctuary” Sanctifies Symphony Hall,
10 Oct 2018 in Reviews
- Levit, Thomas, Mahler, & Rachmaninoff Rhapsodize,
14 Aug 2018 in Reviews
- Oliver Knussen, 1952-2018,
10 Jul 2018 in News & Features
- Another French Cinderella, in English,
05 May 2018 in Reviews
-
Act II of Tristan und Isolde Makes Fine Impression,
06 Apr 2018 in Reviews
- Chamber Players Keep Good Company,
12 Mar 2018 in Reviews
- Serving New Music Like No Others,
06 Mar 2018 in Reviews
- BSO’s French Roots Show,
16 Feb 2018 in Reviews
- Suitably Irreverent Bat Echolocates at Agassiz,
01 Feb 2018 in Reviews
- BSO Plays to Modernist Tastes,
12 Jan 2018 in Reviews
- Tanglewood Is Icumen in,
16 Nov 2017 in News & Features
- A Big Buss for BUSO and Tovey,
14 Nov 2017 in Reviews
- Essential and Often Hair-Raising Small Lizard,
05 Nov 2017 in Reviews
- Taking a Knee in 1918,
02 Nov 2017 in News & Features
- Collage’s Modern Colors, Hues and Cries,
17 Oct 2017 in Reviews
- Taylor-Made in Cambridge,
14 Oct 2017 in Reviews
- French Maximalism at the ICA,
14 Apr 2017 in Reviews
- Collage Showcases “Heroes and Anti-Heroes”,
03 Apr 2017 in Reviews
- BSO Subscription Series Announced,
30 Mar 2017 in News & Features
- BSO Sonorous Under Altinoglu,
30 Mar 2017 in Reviews
- Parker and Winds Play Paine,
25 Mar 2017 in Reviews
- Britannia Rules!,
19 Mar 2017 in Reviews
- Comically Distraught Haydn to Dancing Beethoven,
17 Mar 2017 in Reviews
- Another Zander Sanders BoPhil Moment,
24 Feb 2017 in Reviews
- Is Maelzel the Boss?,
17 Feb 2017 in Reviews
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