Background
Williams, David Russell was born on October 21, 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of H. Russell and Mary Dean (Whitmer) Williams.
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At last a vast amount of recent scholarship, pertaining to four centuries of theoretical developments including the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods, has been organized systematically in a single volume. In the Dictionary of Theorists, the major section of the volume, individual entries devoted to approximately 250 theorists supply all of the bibliographic information most scholars are likely to require: titles and publication data for each author's treatises and principal articles, as well as titles and locations of manuscripts; lists of translations, facsimile editions, and microfilm copies of each work; a bibliography of articles, books, dissertations, and encyclopedia entries pertinent to an author and his works; and a compilation of modern reviews of the books, translations, and facsimile editions cited. Author, title, and subject indices facilitate access to materials for various research topics in the areas of speculative and practical music theory, and to a lesser yet significant extent, in the areas of acoustics, aesthetics, lexicography, music analysis, musicology, orchestration, and performance practice. A chronology is provided so that the reader may determine at a glance, which authors were active at any point within the centuries covered.
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Music Theory from Boethius to Zarlino is a companion volume to Music Theory from Zarlino to Schenker: A Bibliography and Guide by David Damschroder and David Russell Williams (Harmonologia, No. 4, Pendragon Press). Like the previous work, the goal of the volume is to create a logically organized introduction to the major theorists of the time and a thorough review of the scholarly work about these writers. While specialists in the history of music theory may find new materials in these pages, this work is primarily designed for the non-specialist as a practical and basic introduction to the treatises, people, and scholarship of Medieval and Renaissance theory. See also PPNo 386, Music Theory from Zarlino to Schenker. The two major sections of the work are the Dictionary of Theorists which includes individual chapters for approximately one hundred and twenty authors, arranged alphabetically and the Literature Supplement which lists articles, books and dissertations which pertain to several Dictionary of Theorists authors and which, therefore, would be inappropriately placed in any one of those chapters. The work begins with a listing of Abbreviations listing short entries used throughout the book for periodicals, series, congress reports, and Festschriften. The work concludes with Indices referencing names, titles, topics, and an approximate chronology of the works cited.
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Williams, David Russell was born on October 21, 1932 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Son of H. Russell and Mary Dean (Whitmer) Williams.
AB, Columbia University, 1954. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1965.
Director music, Windham College, Putney, Vermont, 1959-1962; opera coach, Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1962-1965; associate professor theory, administrator of Master of Music program, Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1965-1980; professor, department chairman music, U. Memphis (formerly Memphis State University), 1980-1987; professor music, U. Memphis (formerly Memphis State University), 1980-1998; professor emeritus, U. Memphis (formerly Memphis State University), since 1998. Board directors Memphis Youth Symphony, Memphis Symphony, 1984-1990. Member Executive Board Opera Memphis, 1980-1987, Salute to Memphis Music, 1980-1987.
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Board directors, secretary Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 1976-1978. Vice president, board directors Rochester Chamber Orchestra, 1974-1978. President, board directors Opera Theatre of Rochester, 1973-1974.
Board directors, chairman American Ritual Theatre, 1979-1980. Board sponsors Metropolitan Opera Middle South Region, Memphis, since 1983. Served as corporal United States Army, 1957-1959.
Member National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (treasurer Memphis chapter 1984-1986), College Music Society (secretary 1973-1983), Music Teachers National Association Science (state chairman 1971-1974), National Association Schools of Music (chairman region 8 1989-1992), Tennessee Association Music Executives in Colleges and Universities (president 1986-1987), Rochester Club, University Club, Summit Club, Pi Kappa Lambda (president University Memphis chapter 1988-1990), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha, Sigma Alpha Iota.
Married Elsa Bühlmann, January 30, 1960.
