Jeremy Noble (musicologist)
Jeremy Noble | |
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| Born | 27 March 1930 London, England, UK |
| Died | 30 June 2017 (aged 87) London, England, UK |
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| Known for | Scholarship on Josquin des Prez |
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| Discipline | Early music |
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Jeremy Noble (27 March 1930 – 30 June 2017) was an English musicologist and music critic who specialized in classical music.[1] His career comprised two fields, musicological scholarship and music criticism. In the former, he focused on early English music, Venetian music and particularly the life and work of Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez. His colleague Stanley Sadie noted that "Although only a fraction of his research has been published, the breadth and depth of his knowledge and his generosity towards fellow scholars have made him an important participant in late 20th-century musicology."[1]
As an "acute and often acerbic critic,"[2] Noble held posts at The Times and The Sunday Telegraph.
Life and career
Jeremy Noble was born on 27 March 1930 in London.[1] His father James Noble was the son of South African missionaries, while his mother Avis "came from Cornish farming stock".[2] After attending the Aldenham School, Jeremy Noble had a brief stint in the Intelligence Corps of Allied-occupied Austria.[2] He read Greats at the Worcester College of the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1953.[1][2]
Noble developed an interest in music during university and published a series of essays on the
Though he published little, his The Telegraph obituary noted that "anyone working in the field of Renaissance music was in his debt for the groundbreaking work he did in the field, and aware of his vast corpus of research notes which, if put in order, would fill several volumes".[2] The musicologist Stanley Sadie commented that "the breadth and depth of his knowledge and his generosity towards fellow scholars have made him an important participant in late 20th-century musicology".[1]
From the 1950s onwards Noble engaged in a
Noble was gay and kept a private personal life, having no long-term partner.[2] The Telegraph described him as "loyal and kind, a stout believer in Enlightenment values and Western civilisation in general. He was convinced that anyone could share in those values, given a little patience and goodwill."[2]
Selected writings
Articles
- Noble, Jeremy (Autumn 1959). "Britten's Songs from the Chinese". S2CID 144772350.
- —— (August 1963). "Clash and Consonance in the 16th Century". JSTOR 950018.
- —— (June 1971). "Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971". JSTOR 957426.
- —— (August 1971). "A New Motet by Josquin?". JSTOR 954595.
- Macey, Patrick; ——; Dean, Jeffrey; ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2022. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- —— (1 January 2023). "William Byrd | Biography, Compositions, Works, Music & Facts". Encyclopædia Britannica. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Others
- OCLC 8991008.
- Noble, Jeremy (1982). "Applications of the History of Ideas". In ISBN 978-0-306-76188-1.
- Noble, Jeremy (1984) [1980]. "Josquin Desprez (III–VI, work-list)". The New Grove High Renaissance Masters: Josquin, Palestrina, Lassus, Byrd, Victoria. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: The Composer Biography Series. Other chapters by Gustave Reese, ISBN 978-0-393-30093-2.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Jeremy Noble, musicologist – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 1 August 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ Macey et al. 2011.
- ^ Noble 1984.
External links
- Jeremy Noble discography at Discogs
- Articles by Jeremy Noble on Britannica