Background
Baltzer, Rebecca A. was born on June 17, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Ralph Neal and Sherard Rawles Baltzer.
consultant musicologist researcher
Baltzer, Rebecca A. was born on June 17, 1940 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Ralph Neal and Sherard Rawles Baltzer.
Bachelor of Arts in English magna cum laude, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, 1962. Master of Arts in Musicology, Boston University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, Boston University, 1974.
Part-time instructor, lecturer in music Boston University, 1964—1967. Professor musicology School Music University Texas, Austin, since 1967, associate dean Graduate School, 1982—1986. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, 1979—1980, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 1986—1988.
Visiting professor music Princeton University, 1996.
Member of Society for American Music, Early Music American, College Music Society, Medieval Academy American (local arrangements chair annual meeting 2000), American Musicological Society (board directors 1980-1982, vice president 1988-1990, treasurer, member executive committee 1993—2000, Alfred Einstein award 1973), Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Charles Edward McCarthy, March 17, 1984.