H. Wiley Hitchcock

Hugh Wiley Hitchcock(September 28, 1923 inDetroit,Michigan– December 5, 2007 inNew York, New York) was an Americanmusicologist.He is best known for founding theInstitute for Studies in American MusicatBrooklyn Collegeof theCity University of New Yorkin 1971. The institute was recently renamed the Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music in his honor.

Hitchcock received a B.A. degree fromDartmouth Collegein 1944 and an M.A. from theUniversity of Michiganin 1948. After studying underNadia BoulangerinParis,he earned his Ph.D. at theUniversity of Michiganin 1954. He taught there from 1950 to 1961 and then atHunter Collegefrom 1961 to 1971. He taught in the CUNY system until 1993, when he retired. He served as president of theMusic Library Association,1966–1967, theCharles IvesSociety, 1973–1993, and theAmerican Musicological Society,1990–1992.

Hitchcock did much work on music of the earlyBaroquein France and Italy, especially onMarc-Antoine Charpentier.He also made important contributions to the understanding of musical traditions in America, both popular and cultivated, and his text in this field is a standard reference work. In addition to Charles Ives, he focused particular attention on contemporary American composers includingVirgil Thomson,John Cage,andHenry Cowell.He was the co-editor of theNew Grove Dictionary of American Musicand a consultant for American music forThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

Books

• The Latin Oratorios of Marc-Antoine Charpentier(dissertation, U. of Michigan, 1954)
• Music in the United States: a Historical Introduction(1969; 4th ed., 1999)
• (ed., with V. Perlis)An Charles Ives Celebration(Brooklyn, NY, and New Haven, CT, 1974)
• After 100 [!] Years: the Editorial Side of Sonneck(Washington DC, 1975)
• Charles Ives(London, 1977, 3rd ed. 1988)
• (with L. Inserra)The Music of Henry Ainsworth's Psalter(Brooklyn, NY, 1981)
• Les oeuvres deMarc-Antoine Charpentier:catalogue raisonné(Paris, Picard 1982)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier(Oxford, 1990)
• Charles Ives:129 Songs(New York City, 2004)

References

• Paula Morgan, "H. Wiley Hitchcock".The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musiciansonline.
• Tommasini, Anthony (December 9, 2007)."H. Wiley Hitchcock, Who Edited Dictionary of Music, Dies at 84".New York Times.

External links

• H. Wiley Hitchcock Papers, 1949-2007Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.