Philip Gossett
American musicologist (1941-2017) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 75
Philip Gossett was an American musicologist and historian, and Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Service Professor of Music at the University of Chicago. His lifelong interest in 19th-century Italian opera began with listening to Metropolitan Opera broadcasts in his youth.
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2017Died12 June 20172008Gordon J. Laing AwardAwardSerena MedalAward1971Guggenheim FellowshipAward1941Born27 September 1941
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Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera, a major work on the subject, won the Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society as best book on music of 2006.
Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1941 to 2017 · aged 75
