Background
Gossett, Philip was born on September 27, 1941 in New York City. Son of Harold and Pearl (Lenkowsky) Gossett.
Gossett, Philip was born on September 27, 1941 in New York City. Son of Harold and Pearl (Lenkowsky) Gossett.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Amherst College, 1963; student, Columbia University, 1961-1962; Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1970; Doctor of Humane Letters, Amherst College, 1993.
Assistant professor music and humanities, University of Chicago, 1968-1973; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1973-1977; professor, University of Chicago, 1977-1984; Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Svc. professor music, University of Chicago, since 1984; dean division humanities, University of Chicago, since 1989. Visiting associate professor Columbia University, 1975, Institute de Musicologie Universite de Paris, 1988, Gauss seminars, Princeton University, 1991. Consultant in field.
Trustee Chicago Symphony Orchestra, since 1991, Court Theatre, Chicago, since 1994. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academia Filarmonica of Bologna (honorary). Member American Musicol.
Society (county 1972-1974, board directors 1974-1976, vice president 1986-1988, Albert Einstein award 1969, president 1994-1996), International Musicol. Society, American Institute Verdi Studies (board directors), Societa Italiana di Musicologia, Society TextualScholarship (president 1993-1995), Premio Paolo Borciani (president 1997).
Married Suzanne Solomon, August 4, 1963;children: David, Jeffrey.