Jonathan Dunsby

Jonathan Mark Dunsby (born 16 March 1953) is a British classical pianist, musicologist, author and translator, particularly known for his research in musical analysis. His introductory textbook, Music Analysis in Theory and Practice, co-authored with Arnold Whittall, is a standard work in the field. Dunsby has held professorships at the University of Reading (1985–2006) in the UK, and SUNY University at Buffalo (2006–7) and the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (from 2007) in the United States, and was the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Music Analysis (1982–86).

Early life and education Dunsby was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1953. He attended New College, University of Oxford, graduating with a BA in music (1973).

Performing career In 1975, Dunsby won the Commonwealth Competition in piano, and he also had successes in the Leeds, Geneva and Munich piano competitions. and then became professor of music at the University of Reading (1985–2006); additionally he was an associate professor at the University of Southern California (1983) and a visiting fellow at New College, Oxford (1992).

He was the first editor-in-chief of the journal Music Analysis (1982–86). He is the inaugural chair and life president of the UK Society for Music Analysis (from 1992),

Research Dunsby researches in musical analysis, especially as it relates to performance, as well as the history of music from around 1800. After his doctoral thesis on Brahms, his early work focused on the analysis of Schoenberg. He published an introductory textbook on musical analysis, co-authored with Whittall (1988), described in Grove Music Online as "a standard work for students and teachers".

His 1995 book Performing Music: Shared Concerns discusses performance studies as a discipline.

He has also translated the works of Jean-Jacques Nattiez and Pierre Boulez. Jonathan Dunsby. Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (Cambridge University Press; 1992) Jonathan Dunsby, Arnold Whittall. Music Analysis in Theory and Practice (Faber; 1988) Jonathan Dunsby. Structural Ambiguity in Brahms (UMI Research Press; 1981) Edited books Jonathan Dunsby (ed). Early Twentieth-Century Music (Oxford University Press; 1993) Articles and book chapters Jonathan Dunsby (1997). "Acts of Recall" The Musical Times, 138: 12–17 Jonathan Dunsby (1989). "Guest editorial: Performance and analysis of music", Music Analysis, 8: 5–20 Jonathan Dunsby. "The Multi-Piece in Brahms: Fantasien, op.116", in Brahms: Biographical, Documentary, and Analytical Studies, pp. 167–89 (R. Pascall, ed.) (Cambridge University Press; 1983)