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Richard Taruskin
American musicologist and critic (1945–2022)
Richard Filler Taruskin (April 2, 1945 – July 1, 2022) was an American musicologist and music critic who was among the leading and most prominent music historians of his generation.[1] The breadth of his scrutiny into source material as well as musical analysis that combines sociological, cultural, and political perspectives has incited much discussion, debate and controversy.[2] He regularly wrote music criticism for newspapers including The New York Times.
Taruskin tchaikovsky biography
He researched a wide variety of areas, but a central topic was Russian music from the 18th century to the present day. Other subjects he engaged with include the theory of performance, 15th-century music, 20th-century classical music, nationalism in music, the theory of modernism, and analysis.
He is best known for his monumental survey of Western classical music, the six-volume Oxford History of Western Music.[2] His awards inc