Patricia Carpenter

January 21, 1923 (age 77)

Santa Rosa, California , United States

Her areas of scholarly interest included music theory, the history of music theory, musical analysis, and the aesthetics of music She conducted the San Bernardino Symphony. Learning of Arnold Schoenberg from Leginska, she wrote asking him for lessons (correspondence is preserved in the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna). She was initially accepted into the composition program at Columbia University to study with Douglas Moore, and her compositions included several chamber and orchestra works. Under the supervision of Albert Hofstadter in philosophy and Paul Henry Language in musicology, she embarked upon studies in the aesthetics and history of music The first woman to present a keynote address to the Society of Music Theory, she served as its Vice-President from 1992 to 1994. The driving force behind the establishment of the doctorate in music theory at Columbia University, she was a pillar in the Department of Music. She retired in 1989. The Music Theory Society of New York State holds an annual competition for an emerging scholar award named after her.

Patricia Carpenter

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professor theorist Vice-President

Background

Carpenter, Patricia was born on January 21, 1923 in Del Rosa, California, United States. Daughter of Daniel James and Dorothy Helen (Clock) Carpenter.

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She studied several instruments, primarily piano with Ethel Leginska, as well as percussion, bassoon, and conducting. From 1942 to 1949 she studied with Schoenberg, and in 1944 she gave the Los Angeles premier of his Piano Concerto in the two-piano version. She completed her Doctor of Philosophy in Music and Philosophy at Columbia in 1972.

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Her areas of scholarly interest included music theory, the history of music theory, musical analysis, and the aesthetics of music She conducted the San Bernardino Symphony. Learning of Arnold Schoenberg from Leginska, she wrote asking him for lessons (correspondence is preserved in the Arnold Schoenberg Center in Vienna).

She was initially accepted into the composition program at Columbia University to study with Douglas Moore, and her compositions included several chamber and orchestra works.

Under the supervision of Albert Hofstadter in philosophy and Paul Henry Language in musicology, she embarked upon studies in the aesthetics and history of music The first woman to present a keynote address to the Society of Music Theory, she served as its Vice-President from 1992 to 1994.

The driving force behind the establishment of the doctorate in music theory at Columbia University, she was a pillar in the Department of Music. She retired in 1989. The Music Theory Society of New York State holds an annual competition for an emerging scholar award named after her.

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Patricia Carpenter has been listed as a noteworthy music educator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

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Member American Musicol. Society, College Music Society, American Society Aesthetics (secretary Eastern division 1966-1967), Society Music Theory (executive board since 1980, vice president since 1991).

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Father:: Daniel James Carpenter
Mother:: Dorothy Helen (Clock) Carpenter

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