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.

Achievements

• Mark Bernard DeVoto has been listed as a noteworthy Music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • 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. Dimension & Diversity, No. 4
  • (Debussy and the Veil of Tonality: Essays on His Music ) Author: Mark Devoto Jun-2004

Membership

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

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