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Arnold Morgan Whittall (born 11 November 1935) is a British musicologist, Emeritus Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis at King's College London. His academic work, including books and articles in academic journals such as Music & Letters, focuses on the theory and analysis of music, modernism in music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and musical style and structure in the works of Richard Wagner.
Whittall is also a prolific author of non-academic articles on new music. These include record reviews for Gramophone and the Western Mail.
Arnold Whittall was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 11 November 1935. He was educated at Priory Grammar School, Shrewsbury (1946–1954) and, after National Service, matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1956. There he read for the Tripos History in Part I, and Music in Part II, and graduated BA in 1959, MA in 1963. He received his PhD in 1964, for a dissertation on the Querelle des Bouffons.
Whittall began his teaching career as Assistant Lecturer at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (1962–1964), then as Lecturer at Nottingham University (1964–1969). As Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University (1969–1975), he founded the journal Soundings in 1970.
In 1975 Whittall was appointed Reader in Music, and from 1982 Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis, at King's College London. He taught for the MMus degree in Music Analysis, and supervised PhD dissertations, as well as contributing to undergraduate courses. That year, Whittall and Jonathan Dunsby founded the journal Music Analysis, with Dunsby as the founding editor.
In 1985 Whittall was a Visiting Professor at Yale University. He retired from King’s College in 1996.
At Nottingham in the late 1960s Whittall pioneered an MA degree course in Contemporary Music (e.g. Lutyens, Messiaen) with emphasis on analysis. Alan Bullard was a student there. He found both a "rigorous academic timetable" and an eclectic approach to composition. Whittall further developed his teaching at MA level at Cardiff: Jim Samson graduated Cardiff (MMus; PhD 1972); and Australian composer Norma Tyer took the MA (Wales) course there, graduating in 1973.
Brenda Ravenscroft, who took a Master's course at King's College London in the 1980s, recalled that Whittall
Arnold Whittall
Arnold Morgan Whittall (born 11 November 1935) is a British musicologist, Emeritus Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis at King's College London. His academic work, including books and articles in academic journals such as Music & Letters, focuses on the theory and analysis of music, modernism in music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and musical style and structure in the works of Richard Wagner.
Whittall is also a prolific author of non-academic articles on new music. These include record reviews for Gramophone and the Western Mail.
Arnold Whittall was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 11 November 1935. He was educated at Priory Grammar School, Shrewsbury (1946–1954) and, after National Service, matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1956. There he read for the Tripos History in Part I, and Music in Part II, and graduated BA in 1959, MA in 1963. He received his PhD in 1964, for a dissertation on the Querelle des Bouffons.
Whittall began his teaching career as Assistant Lecturer at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology (1962–1964), then as Lecturer at Nottingham University (1964–1969). As Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University (1969–1975), he founded the journal Soundings in 1970.
In 1975 Whittall was appointed Reader in Music, and from 1982 Professor of Musical Theory and Analysis, at King's College London. He taught for the MMus degree in Music Analysis, and supervised PhD dissertations, as well as contributing to undergraduate courses. That year, Whittall and Jonathan Dunsby founded the journal Music Analysis, with Dunsby as the founding editor.
In 1985 Whittall was a Visiting Professor at Yale University. He retired from King’s College in 1996.
At Nottingham in the late 1960s Whittall pioneered an MA degree course in Contemporary Music (e.g. Lutyens, Messiaen) with emphasis on analysis. Alan Bullard was a student there. He found both a "rigorous academic timetable" and an eclectic approach to composition. Whittall further developed his teaching at MA level at Cardiff: Jim Samson graduated Cardiff (MMus; PhD 1972); and Australian composer Norma Tyer took the MA (Wales) course there, graduating in 1973.
Brenda Ravenscroft, who took a Master's course at King's College London in the 1980s, recalled that Whittall