Howard E. Smither

Howard Elbert Smither (November 15, 1925, Pittsburg, Kansas – February 1, 2020, Chapel Hill, North Carolina)[1] was an American author, musicologist and historian of music. He is the uncle of musician Chris Smither and younger brother of the late Romance Language professor William J. Smither (1916-2007).[2]

Education

He completed his BA at Hamline University in 1950. He completed his MA at Cornell University in 1952.[3]

Career

He began teaching music at Oberlin College from 1955 to 1960, and subsequently taught at the University of Kansas (1960–1963), Tulane University (1963–1968), University of North Carolina (1968–1990) and University of Cardiff (1993–1995).[1]

He received the 1978 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award.[4][5]

He received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984.[6][7]

Bibliography

His notable books include:[8][9][10]

• A History of the Oratorio: The Oratorio in the Classical Era
• Antecedents of the Oratorio: Sacred Dramatic Dialogues, 1600-1630
• Oratorios of the Italian Baroque
• A History of the Oratorio

References

1. Asheville Area Alternative Funeral & Cremation Services: Howard E. Smither
2. "William J. Smither (obituary)". New Orleans Times-Picayune. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
3. Morgan, Paula (2001). "Smither, Howard E. (born 1925), musicologist : Grove Music Online - oi". oxfordindex.oup.com. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26024. Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
4. "A History of the Oratorio - Howard E. Smither". University of North Carolina Press.
5. "A History of the Oratorio - Howard E. Smither". University of North Carolina Press.
6. Smither, Howard E. (22 December 1977). A History of the Oratorio. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9780807812747 – via Google Books.
7. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Field-Of-Studies Music Research".
8. "Smither, Howard E. - People and organisations". Trove.
9. "No label defined". worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
10. "Howard E. Smither". www.goodreads.com.