Richard Crocker (musicologist)

Richard Crocker
Born
Richard Lincoln Crocker

(1927-02-17)February 17, 1927
Roxbury, Boston, US
DiedNovember 4, 2021(2021-11-04) (aged 94)
US
Known forScholarship on Medieval music, particularly the sequence
Academic background
EducationYale University (BA)
Academic work
DisciplineMedieval music
Institutions

Richard Lincoln Crocker (February 17, 1927 – September 4, 2021) was an American musicologist who specialized in Medieval music. His career was spent at the University of California at Berkeley, where his research into the musical sequence was a landmark in the understanding of the genre.[1]

Life and career

Richard Lincoln Crocker was born in Roxbury, Boston, US on February 17, 1927. He received a Bachelor of Arts at Yale University, while studying under Leo Schrade. After teaching at his alma mater from 1955 to 1963, he spent his career at the University of California at Berkeley until retiring in 1994.[1][2] He died on September 4, 2021.[3]

Crocker specialized in Medieval music and his publications were instrumental in understanding the musical sequence. He also wrote on Gregorian chant and Ancient Greek music.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brett, Philip (2001). "Crocker, Richard L(incoln)". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.06851. (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required)
  2. 1 2 Slonimsky, Nicolas; Kuhn, Laura; McIntire, Dennis, eds. (2001). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music and Musicians. New York: Schirmer. p. 755. ISBN 978-0-02-866091-2. OCLC 712690363.
  3. ↑ Peraino, Judith A. (October 22, 2021). "Richard Crocker, 1927-2021". American Musicological Society. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
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