Dominique-René de Lerma (December 8, 1928 – October 15, 2015) was an American musicologist and professor of music history, specializing in African-American music.
Dominique-René de Lerma was born on December 8, 1928, in Miami, Florida, to a family of Afro-Spanish heritage.[1] He studied oboe with Marcel Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute of Music in 1949 before transferring to the University of Miami, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music cum laude in 1953.[2]
De Lerma taught at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. He published over 1000 works on music. He died on October 15, 2015, at the age of 86.[3][4]
Selected publications
- de Lerma, Dominique-René (Spring 1990). "A Musical and Sociological Review of Scott Joplin's "Treemonisha"". Black Music Research Journal. University of Illinois Press. 10 (1): 153–159. doi:10.2307/779549. JSTOR 779549.
References
- ↑ Lees, Gene (1995). Cats of Any Color: Jazz Black and White. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 22. ISBN 9780195102871. OCLC 30079054.
- ↑ "Dominique-René de Lerma". Marcel Tabuteau First-Hand. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ↑ "Antonio Green: I am writing this notice to let you know that my father Dominique-René S. de Lerma passed on October 15, 2015". Africlassical. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ↑ "Guide to the Dominique-René de Lerma Collection". Digital Commons @ Columbia College Chicago. 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
Sources
- Symphony, January–February 1994
- Gene Lees jazzletter (v10n8, August 1991) p3.
- African music: A pan-African annotated bibliography, p90.
- American music, summer 1988, v6n2, p246.
- Maultsby, Portia K.; Isaac Kalumbu. "African American Studies". The Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. pp. 47–54.
- Sphinx Organization - Dominique-Rene de Lerma -
- Guide to the Dominique-René de Lerma Collection, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago
- U.M. Score
- Dominique-René de Lerma Curriculum Vitæ
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