Background

DeVoto, Mark Bernard was born on January 11, 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Bernard Augustine and Helen Avis (MacVicar) DeV.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard College, 1961. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1967.

Career

Teacher Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1964-1968, University New Hampshire, Durham, 1968-1981. Teacher department music Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1981-2000. Board member International Alban Berg Society, New York City, since 1975.

President Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund, Boston, 1985-1996, since 2007.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • Debussy and the Veil of Tonality: Essays on His Music (Dimension & Diversity, No. 4,)

    (This new book on Debussy's music comprises analytical stu...)

  • [(Debussy and the Veil of Tonality: Essays on His Music )] [Author: Mark Devoto] [Jun-2004]
  • DEBUSSY AND THE VEIL OF TONALITY: ESSAYS ON HIS MUSIC. Dimension & Diversity, No. 4
  • Harmony, 5th Edition Hard Cover DeVoto
  • Instructor's Manual for Piston/DeVoto Harmony, 5th Edition

• Other Work

  • Author: Debussy and Veil of Tonality, 2004. Co-author: (with Walter Piston) Harmony, 5th edition, 1987. Compiler: Mostly Short Pieces, 1992.
    
    Translator, editor: Berg Guides, 1995 (American Society of Composers Deems Taylor 1995). Member editorial board Perspectives of New Music, since 1972. Composer many unpublished works.

Membership

Member American Musicol. Society, Society Music Theory, Society for American Music, New England Conference Music Theorists, Harvard Museum Association.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Avocations: writing fiction, cooking.

Connections

Married Deanna Mirsky (divorced). Children: Emily Julia, Marya Ellen.

father:

Bernard Augustine DeV.

mother:

Helen Avis (MacVicar) DeV.

spouse:

Deanna Mirsky

child:

Emily Julia DeVoto

child:

Marya Ellen DeVoto