Richard Taruskin
1945 - 2022
General Information
Bio
(1945-2022) Author, critic. Richard Taruskin was born in Queens, New York, and died in Oakland, California.
Full Name
Richard Taruskin
Locations
Queens
Author's Timeline
Unknown
OTHER
Mr. Taruskin attended the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan, New York.
1945
BIRTH
Richard Filler Taruskin was born in Queens, New York, on April 2, 1945.
1965
OTHER
Mr. Taruskin received a bachelor of arts from Columbia University in 1965.
1976
OTHER
Mr. Taruskin studied and taught at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, and received his Ph.D. in historical musicology in 1976.
1993
LITWORK
Musorgsky: Eight Essays and an Epilogue
Princeton: Princeton University Press
978-0-691-01623-8
Collection of essays.
Princeton: Princeton University Press
978-0-691-01623-8
Collection of essays.
1995
LITWORK
Text and Act: Essays on Music and Performance
Oxford: Oxford University Press
978-0-19-535743-1
Collection of essays.
Oxford: Oxford University Press
978-0-19-535743-1
Collection of essays.
1996
LITWORK
Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions: A Biography of the Works through Mavra, Two-volume set
University of California Press
0520070992 / 978-0520070998
Biography.
University of California Press
0520070992 / 978-0520070998
Biography.
1997
LITWORK
Defining Russia Musically: Historical and Hermeneutical Essays
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
978-0-691-01156-1
Nonfiction.
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
978-0-691-01156-1
Nonfiction.
2005
LITWORK
The Oxford History of Western Music
Oxford University Press
978-0-19-516979-9
Music history.
Oxford University Press
978-0-19-516979-9
Music history.
2008
LITWORK
On Russian Music
University of California Press
0520249798 / 978-0520249790
Collection of writings.
University of California Press
0520249798 / 978-0520249790
Collection of writings.
2008
LITWORK
The Danger of Music and Other Anti-Utopian Essays
University of California Press
0520249771 / 978-0520249776
Collection of essays.
University of California Press
0520249771 / 978-0520249776
Collection of essays.
2016
LITWORK
Russian Music at Home and Abroad: New Essays
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press
978-0-520-28809-6
Collection of essays.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press
978-0-520-28809-6
Collection of essays.
2020
LITWORK
Cursed Questions: On Music and Its Social Practices
University of California Press
0520344286 / 978-0520344280
Collection of essays.
University of California Press
0520344286 / 978-0520344280
Collection of essays.
2022
DEATH
Richard Taruskin died at a hospital in Oakland, California, on July 1, 2022.
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