Peter Grant Jeffery

Background

Jeffery, Peter Grant was born on October 19, 1953 in New York City. Son of Grant Turner and Mathilde Jeffery.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1975. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1980.

Career

Cataloguer, editor Hill Monastic Manuscript Library.,, St. John's U., Collegeville, Minnesota, 1980-1982; Mellon faculty fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1983; member of faculty, New York School Liturgical Music, New York City, 1983-1984; assistant professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1984-1987; associate professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1987-1992; professor, Princeton University, since 1993. Visiting scholar Center for Literature and Cultural Studies, Harvard University, 1990-1992,Boston College, 1992-1993. Visiting professor Harvard University, 1992-1993.

Achievements

• Peter Grant Jeffery has been listed as a noteworthy musicologist, fine arts educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Oral Traditions 3, Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant: An Anthology. Part 3: Ethiopian Chant and Notation; Notational History; Glossary; References

    (This three-volume anthology introduces the Ethiopian Chri...)

  • Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology) by Peter Jeffery (1995-12-01)
  • Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)

    ( Studying Gregorian chant presents many problems to the ...)

  • Ethiopian Christian Liturgical Chant
  • (Re-envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant) Author: Peter Jeffery published on (December, 1995)

Membership

Member American Musicological Society (council 1986-1988, Alfred Einstein award 1985), Medieval Academy American, North America Academy Liturgy, Society Biblical Literature, Society for Ethnomusicology.

Connections

Married Margot Fassler, 1983. Children: Joseph Jeffery Fassler, Francis Fassler Jeffery.

Father:

Grant Turner Jeffery

Mother:

Mathilde Jeffery

Spouse:

Margot Fassler

child:

Francis Fassler Jeffery

child:

Joseph Jeffery Fassler Jeffery