Jonathan Cross (academic)
British musicologist (b. 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jonathan Guy Evrill Cross, FBA[1] (born 4 December 1961)[2] is a British musicologist, who specialises in the 20th- and 21st-century music. He is an expert on the work of the British composer Harrison Birtwistle and the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.[3]
Jonathan Guy Evrill Cross | |
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Born | (1961-12-04) December 4, 1961 (age 62) |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | University of Bristol University of Oxford University of London |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Bristol University of Sussex Christ Church, Oxford |
Cross graduated in the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Arts in musicology and later graduated with a Magister of Arts in the University of Oxford and a PhD in the University of London. After he worked in the University of Sussex and the University of Bristol. He joined in the Christ Church, Oxford in 2003[4] and after appointed of a DLitt and the Professor of musicology in the University of Oxford.[3]
Currently Cross is the Editor of the journal Music Analysis, Associate Editor of Grove Music Online[4] and a member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Musical Research.[5] His book The Stravinsky Legacy David H. Smyth called 'an ambitious undertaking'.[6]