Robert Gauldin Explained

Robert Luther Gauldin Jr. (born 1931) is an American composer. He is professor emeritus of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music.

Career

Robert Gauldin was born to Robert Luther Gauldin (1905–1959) and Lula Mae Self (1905–1977). He graduated in 1949 from Vernon High School, Vernon, Texas. During his senior year, he was Vice President of the Honor Society and, as clarinetist, President of the Band. In the 1949 Vernon High School Yearbook, he was labeled "the BEBOP man."

Gauldin, in 1952, earned a Bachelor of Music degree in composition, with High Honors, from the University of North Texas College of Music. He went on to study at the Eastman School of Music where, in 1956, he earned a Master of Music degree in Music Theory, and in 1959, a PhD in Music Theory. From 1959 to 1963 he served as professor of theory at William Carey College. For the next thirty-four years – from 1963 to 1997 – he was a professor at Eastman School of Music.

Compositions

• Movement for Wind Quintet (©1953)
• Book: 1959 . Music for Quiet Listening . . "Pavane" (Side A: track 4), by Gauldin. Eastman School of Music Orchestra, Howard Hanson (conductor) . Mercury SR90053 . (audio via YouTube).

Publications

Gauldin is the author of Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music and has authored many articles in publications that including Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy, Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of the American Liszt Society and Sonus.

• Book: Gauldin . Robert L. Jr. . 1959 . PhD Thesis . .

1. Book: 1959 . Part I. The Historical Development of Scoring for the Wind Ensemble . 205 pgs. & .
2. Book: 1958 . Part II. Three Symphonic Studies for Wind Instruments.

• . Bribitzer-Stull . Matthew . Gauldin . Robert . 2007 . Hearing Wagner in Till Eulenspiegeli: Strauss's Merry Pranks Reconsidered . re: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks . . Eastman Theory Association, Eastman School of Music . 21 . 1–39 . ; .

• Book: Gauldin, Robert . 2004 . 1997 . [{{GBurl |y61qQgAACAAJ }} Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music ]. en . W.W. Norton . Google Books (no preview) ., ; ; ; ; .
• Book: Gauldin, Robert . March 4, 2013 . 1985 . [{{GBurl |afAVAAAAQBAJ |pg=PR1}} A Practical Approach to 16th Century Counterpoint ]. revised . en-US . Waveland Press . Google Books (limited preview) . ; ; ;
• Book: Gauldin, Robert . March 4, 2013 . 1988; 1995 . [{{GBurl |OfgVAAAAQBAJ|pg=PR1 }} A Practical Approach to 18th Century Counterpoint ]. revised . en-US . Waveland Press . Google Books (limited preview) . ; ; ; ; .

*Also peer reviewed

Honors

• 1988 – Honorary doctorate, College of William & Mary
• 1988 – In connection with the honorary doctorate, Gauldin was R.T. French Company Visiting professor at Oxford University's Worcester College
• 1952 – First Prize, Student Composition, Texas Federation of Music Clubs – Sonatina
• 1952 – BMI Student Composer Award
• 1964 – Winner of the 1954 Music Mountain Contest for works by American composers for string quartet – Partita in Four Movements: Intrada; Scherzo; Passecaille; and Rondo

Bibliography

References

• Encyclopedia: . Anderson . Elsie Ruth . E. Ruth Anderson . 1982 . Contemporary American Composers. A Biographical Dictionary . Gauldin, Robert . https://archive.org/details/contemporaryamer0000ande/page/188/mode/2up . registration . 2nd . 188 . Boston . . . 81007047 . 978-0-8161-8223-7 . 7795619.
• Web site: . Broadcast Music, Inc . BMI Student Composer Award Winners .
• News: . Dallas Morning News . April 29, 1952 . NTSC Students Contest Winners . subscription . 103 . 212 . 9 (col. 5, bottom) . .
• Encyclopedia: . International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory – In the Classical and Light-Classical Fields: 1992/93 . Gauldin, Robert L. . 1992 . https://archive.org/details/internationalwho0013unse/page/382/mode/2up . registration . 13th . 382 . 978-0-948875-11-3. Internet Archive.
• Encyclopedia: . Jaques Cattell Press . Jaques Cattell Press . 1983 . Who's Who in American Music: Classical. . Gauldin, Robert Luther . https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0000unse_q2u6/page/152/mode/2up . registration . New York . . 153 . 978-0-8352-1725-5 . . 84642464 . 0737-9137 . 635577325.
• Encyclopedia: . 2008 . Who's Who in America 2009 . Gauldin, Robert L. . https://archive.org/details/whoswhoiname200901marq/page/1728/mode/2up . registration . 63rd . 1: A–L . New Providence, NJ . Marquis Who's Who . 1729 . Internet Archive.
• Encyclopedia: . 2007 . Who's Who in the World . 24th . . Marquis Who's Who . 79139215 . 0083-9825 . 978-0-8379-1137-3 . 605923732.
• Web site: . August 22, 1952 . Summer Commencement of North Texas State College Denton, Texas . 9 . University of North Texas.
• Web site: . June 10, 1956 . The University of Rochester One Hundred and Sixth Annual Commencement . University of Rochester .
• Web site: . June 9, 1957 . The University of Rochester One Hundred and Seventh Annual Commencement . University of Rochester .
• . June 7, 1959 . The University of Rochester One Hundred and Ninth Annual Commencement . University of Rochester .
• Book: . The Yamparika . Bobby Gauldin . subscription . yearbook . . . 76 . . 6307091.

External links

• Robert Gaulin at Eastman School of Music