Richard Crawford (music historian)

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Richard Crawford is an American music historian, formerly a professor of music at the University of Michigan. [1] His American Musical Landscape is one of the seminal works of American music history, [2] published in 2001. He has published a number of other books, and edited a series of books on American music. He is an honorary member and past president of the American Musicological Society, [3] one of the founding members of the Society for American Music, [4] and is the founder and former editor-in-chief of MUSA (Music of the United States of America). [5]

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References

  1. "Richard Crawford". University of Michigan Regents. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  2. "Faculty Awards: Richard Crawford, Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award". The University Record. October 3, 1994. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  3. "AMS – Administration". American Musicological Society. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  4. "Richard Crawford to Deliver Inaugural Plenary Lecture". American Musicological Society. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
  5. "Personnel". MUSA. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2015-01-05.