Martin Jarvis

Education

He studied 1971-1975 at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under Clarence Myerscough for violin and Winifred Copperwheat for viola.

Career

Jarvis was the third of five children, and the only boy, born to Dorothy and Bernard Jarvis. Bernard Jarvis was a police officer and eventually became a superintendent. Dorothy Jarvis had been an actress.

Jarvis founded the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, which gave its first concert in 1989 - he ended his term as its artistic director at the end of 2009.

Jarvis is also a professor and lecturer of music at Charles Darwin University. After research of his own, Jarvis has controversially postulated, using handwriting analysis heuristics, that the suites were composed by Bach"s wife Anna Magdalena.

Other academics such as Stephen Rose have responded that, while Anna Magdalena may have contributed to the labours on his manuscripts, "there is not enough evidence to show that she single-handedly composed the Cello Suites."

Jarvis was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from Charles Darwin University based on his research, and presented his findings at an October 2008 meeting of the International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences in Melbourne. Jarvis himself has acknowledged about his conclusions and about the general portrayal of Anna Magdalena Bach"s role in music history, "My conclusions may not be wholly accurate, but the way in which tradition has put Anna Magdalena into this pathetic role .. is rubbish." Jarvis published the book Written by Mrs Bach in 2011.

lieutenant was made into a documentary film in 2014.

Achievements

• Jarvis was a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2007 Australia Day Honours.