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Mann, Alfred was born on April 28, 1917 in Hamburg, Germany. Came to the United States May 2, 1939, naturalized, 1943. Son of Wilhelm and Edith (Weiss) Mann.
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Classic study comprises two parts. The first is a comprehensive historical survey of writings on the fugue from the beginning of fugal teaching (c. 1350) to the present. Part Two explores in depth four 18th-century studies which are its classical presentations: Steps to Parnassus, J. J. Fux (1725), A Treatise on Fugue, F. W. Marpurg (1753–54), Fundamental and Practical Essay on Fugal Counterpoint, Padre Martini (1775), A Manual of the Fundamental Principles of Composition, J. A. Albrechtsberger (1790). Translations of texts, introductions and critical commentary, and many musical examples. Index. Bibliography.
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Mann, Alfred was born on April 28, 1917 in Hamburg, Germany. Came to the United States May 2, 1939, naturalized, 1943. Son of Wilhelm and Edith (Weiss) Mann.
Certified, State Academy Music, Berlin, Germany, 1937. Certified, Royal Conservatory, Milan, Italy, 1938. Diploma, Curtis Institute Music, Philadelphia, 1942.
Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1955. Doctor of Music (honorary), Whitworth College, 1947.
Doctor of Music (honorary), Baldwin-Wallace College, 1984. Doctor of Music (honorary), Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1985.
Alfred Mann left Germany before World World War II and moved to Italy where he only could stay shortly. In 1938, Mann had to leave Italy, because of a Mussolini mandate, and Mann moved to the United States of America. After a long career, Mann became Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School in 1980. In 1943, Mann made the first translation of Johann Joseph Fux"s Gradus ad Parnassum into English.
The translation contained the preface, pages 41 – 139 and page 279 of the original work.
In 1958, Mann translated into English, the part of Gradus ad Parnassum that concerned the composition of a fugue, pages 140 – 217 of the original work.
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Board of directors G.F. Handel Gesellschaft, Halle, Germany. Served with Counter Intelligence Corps, United States Army, 1943-1945. Fellow American Council Learned Society, American Philosophical Society, National Foundation Humanities.
Member American Musicological Society, International Musicological Society, American Bach Society (secretary 1972-1992), American Handel Society (honorary, board directors since 1965), International Bach Society (honorary), International Schuetz Society (board directors American chapter since 1983), Bach Riemenschneider Institute (honorary).
Married Carolyn Owens, August 23, 1948. Children: Adrian, John, Timothy.