Background
Smither, Howard Elbert was born on November 15, 1925 in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Son of Elbert S. and Ethel (Schwab) Smither.
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- A History of the Oratorio. Volume One. The Oratorio in the Baroque Era. Italy. Vienna. Paris. 1979. Cloth with dustjacket.
- A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 3: The Oratorio in the Classical Era (The Oratorio in the classical Era is the third volume of ...)
- A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 3: The Oratorio in the Classical Era by Howard E. Smither (1987-05-21)
- A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 1: The Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Italy, Vienna, Paris (Howard Smither has written the first definitive work on t...)
- A History of the Oratorio, Volume 3: The Oratorio in the Classical Era
Howard Elbert Smither
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Howard Elbert Smither, Musicologist. Avocations: hiking, jazz trumpet performance.
M C. Fellow Cornell Univercity, 1953-1954, National Endowment for Humanities, Italy, 1972-1973, England, 1979-1980, Guggenheim, 1984-1985; Fulbright senior research grant in Italy, 1965-1966, senior Fulbright lecturer Moscow State Conservatory, 1990.
Education
AB magna cum laude, special honors in music, Hamline University, 1950. Master of Arts in musicology, Cornell University, 1952. Postgraduate, University Munich, 1954.
Doctor of Philosophy in musicology, Cornell University, 1960.
Career
Instructor, Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio., 1955-1957; assistant professor, Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio., 1957-1960; assistant professor, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1960-1963; associate professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1963-1968; associate professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1968-1971; professor, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971-1979; director graduate studies in music, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977-1979, 83-84, 86-88; James Gordon Hanes professor humanities in music, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1979-1992; James Gordon Hanes professor emeritus humanities in music, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1992; John Bird professor of music, U. Wales, Cardiff, 1993-1995. Lecturer, chairman panels regional, national and international meetings, conferences, symposiums, 1964-1990.
Achievements
Works
book
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A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 3: The Oratorio in the Classical Era
(The Oratorio in the classical Era is the third volume of ...)
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A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 1: The Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Italy, Vienna, Paris
(Howard Smither has written the first definitive work on t...)
- A History of the Oratorio. Volume One. The Oratorio in the Baroque Era. Italy. Vienna. Paris. 1979. Cloth with dustjacket.
- A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 3: The Oratorio in the Classical Era by Howard E. Smither (1987-05-21)
- A History of the Oratorio, Volume 3: The Oratorio in the Classical Era
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A History of the Oratorio: Vol. 3: The Oratorio in the Classical Era
Membership
Member American Museum Society (honorary. Chairman Southeast chapter 1969-1971, member council 1969-1971, 75-77, board directors 1977-1979, president 1980-1982, delegate to American Council Learned Societies 1984-1988, to International Congress Strasbourg 1982), Music Library. Association (board directors 1968-1970), Society for American Music, International Association Jazz Educators, International Trumpet Guild.
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Married Doris J. Arvin (divorced 1976). Children: Thomas A., Jesse N. Woodsmith. Married Ann M. Woodward.
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American
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Fellow Cornell University, 1953-1954, National Endowment of the Humanities, Italy, 1972-1973, England, 1979-1980, Guggenheim, 1984-1985. Fulbright senior research grant in Italy, 1965-1966, senior Fulbright lecturer Moscow State Conservatory, 1990.Fellow Cornell University, 1953-1954, National Endowment of the Humanities, Italy, 1972-1973, England, 1979-1980, Guggenheim, 1984-1985. Fulbright senior research grant in Italy, 1965-1966, senior Fulbright lecturer Moscow State Conservatory, 1990.