1. Biography

2. Bibliography
    Books  Articles 

3. Notes

Paul Rapoport (born 1948) is a Canadian musicologist, music critic, composer^[1] and professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Biography

Rapoport was born in 1948 in Toronto, Ontario.^[2] He received his bachelor's degree in linguistics and music at the University of Michigan in 1970 and his master's degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1972 with a thesis on Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony. He went on to gain a doctorate at the same university in 1975, with a dissertation about Vagn Holmboe's four Symphonic Metamorphoses.

Part of the substantial collection of material related to composer Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji at McMaster University's library was obtained thanks to then-professor Rapoport's efforts.^[3] In addition to his work on Sorabji, he has been most associated with the music of Havergal Brian, Vagn Holmboe and Allan Pettersson as well as with various aspects of microtonal music. He has made use of microtones in his own compositions, which include a set of partsongs to poems by Erica Jong. As a critic he wrote mostly for the American magazine Fanfare, but also for Tempo, the American Record Guide, and others.

Bibliography

Books

• {{cite book|last=Holmboe|first=Vagn|authorlink=Vagn Holmboe |editor=Paul Rapoport |translator=Rapoport |location=London|title=Experiencing Music: a composer's notes|isbn=0-907689-15-9|publisher=Toccata Press|year=1991}}
• {{cite book|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|author2=Truscott, Harold |authorlink2=Harold Truscott |title=Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony, Two Studies|publisher=The Havergal Brian Society|year=1978|location=Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England|isbn=0-9505185-1-4}}
• {{cite book|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Opus est : six composers from Northern Europe|publisher=Taplinger|year=1979|location=New York|isbn=0-8008-5844-1}}
• {{cite book|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Songs of Fruits and Vegetables (for mixed choir a cappella on poems by Erica Jong)|publisher=Diapason Press (Corpus microtonale No. 23)|year=1987|location=Utrecht}}
• {{cite book|last=Rapoport|first=Paul, ed.|title=Sorabji: A Critical Celebration|isbn=0-85967-923-3|year=1992|location=Aldershot, Hampshire, England|publisher=Scolar Press}}
• {{cite book|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=The compositions of Vagn Holmboe : a catalog of works and recordings with indexes of persons and titles|publisher=Wilhelm Hansen|year=1996|location=Copenhagen|isbn=87-598-0813-6}}

Articles

• {{cite journal|last=Johnson|first=Stephen|title=Review of Experiencing Music: a composer's notes|journal=Tempo|issn=0040-2982|volume=181|date=June 1992|pages=66–7|jstor=945361|issue=181}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Sorabji and the Computer|journal=Tempo|volume=117|date=June 1976|pages=23–26|issn=0040-2982|jstor=943040|issue=117}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Roger Sessions: A Discography|journal=Tempo|volume=127|date=December 1978|pages=17–20|issn=0040-2982|jstor=945955|issue=127}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=The Symphonies of Talivaldis Kenins|journal=Tempo|volume=157|date=June 1986|pages=13–20|issn=0040-2982|jstor=945798|issue=157}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Some Equal Temperaments are more equal than others ... and decidedly more temperamental|journal=Musicworks|issn=0225-686X|pages=8–12|issue=43|date=Spring 1989}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=The Structural Relationships of Fifths and Thirds in Equal Temperaments|journal=Journal of Music Theory|pages=351–389|volume=37|issue=2|date=Autumn 1993|doi=10.2307/843787|publisher=Journal of Music Theory, Vol. 37, No. 2|jstor=843787}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Vainberg: Symphony No.17, Memory, Op.137. The Banners of Peace, Op.143 by USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Fedoseyev; Moisey Vainberg. Vainberg: Symphonies - No.14, Op.117; No.18, War - There Is No Crueller Word, Op.138 by USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Fedoseyev; Latvian State Academic Choir; Imants Tsepitis; Moisey Vainberg|journal=Tempo|issn=0040-2982|volume=202|pages=30–31|date=October 1997|jstor=945768|issue=202}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Review of Anders Beyer's The Music of Per Nørgård: Fourteen Interpretative Essays|journal=Notes, 2nd Ser.|volume=53|issue=4|date=June 1997|pages=1170–1|doi=10.2307/899479|last2=Beyer|first2=Anders|publisher=Notes, Vol. 53, No. 4|jstor=899479}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title=Review of Donemus Recording of Röntgen Concertos|journal=Tempo|volume=215|date=January 2001|pages=64|issn=0040-2982|jstor=946659|issue=215}}
• {{cite journal|last=Rapoport|first=Paul|title= A Soviet Credo: Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony by Pauline Fairclough. Ashgate, £55.00. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 4, composer's arrangement for two pianos. Rustem Hayroudinoff, Colin Stone (pnos). Chandos CHAN 10296. SHOSTAKOVICH: New Collected Works, Vol. 4. Symphony No. 4, orchestral score, edited by Manashir Yakubov. DSCH Publishers, 2003. SHOSTAKOVICH: New Collected Works, Vol. 19. Symphony No. 4, composer's arrangement for two pianos, edited by Manashir Yakubov. DSCH Publishers, 2000|doi = 10.1017/S0040298206230328|journal=Tempo|volume=60|issue=238|pages=76–80|date=October 2006|url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=TEM&volumeId=60&issueId=238}}
• {{cite journal|last=Wright|first=David|title=Review of Sorabji: A Critical Celebration|journal=The Musical Times|volume=134|issue=1805|pages=397|date=July 1993|doi=10.2307/1003097|last2=Rapoport|first2=Paul|publisher=The Musical Times, Vol. 134, No. 1805|jstor=1003097}}

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