Background
Rubsamen, Walter Howard was born on July 21, 1911 in New York City. Son of Charles Adolf and Pauline (Beutenmueller) Rubsamen.
Rubsamen, Walter Howard was born on July 21, 1911 in New York City. Son of Charles Adolf and Pauline (Beutenmueller) Rubsamen.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, University Munich (Germany), 1937.
Member faculty University of California at Los Angeles, 1938, professor music, 1955-1973, department chairman, 1965-1973, chairman faculty, 1968-1970. Visiting professor U. Berne (Switzerland), 1957-1958, University of Chicago, summer 1947, Columbia, summers 1950, 57. Lecturer universities Munich, Heidelberg (Germany), Turin, Milan, Rome and Venice (all Italy), U. Basel (Switzerland).
Guggenheim fellow, 1947, 57.
Ford Foundation fellow, 1955. Grantee American Council Learned Societies, 1963.
American Philosophical Society, 1946.
Member faculty University of California at Los Angeles, 1938, professor music, 1955-1973, department chairman, 1965-1973, chairman faculty, 1968-1970. Member American, International musicological societies, Gesellshaft für Musikforschung, Society Italiana di Musicologia, Dante Alighieri Society Southern California (president 1969-1970).
Married Gisela Roth, May 2, 1955. Children: Valerie, Glen, Hope (Mistress Rudolph Platzek), Eric.