About Kenneth Levy
Lived 1927 – 2013 (aged 86). Kenneth Levy was an American music historian, musicologist and university teacher.
Kenneth Jay Levy (February 26, 1927 – August 15, 2013) was an American musicologist who specialized in Medieval, Renaissance and Byzantine music. He was described as "among the world’s authorities on early Christian and Byzantine music".
Life and career Kenneth Jay Levy was born on February 26, 1927, in New York, New York. After service in World War II, Levy attended Queens College, City University of New York, and received a Bachelor of Arts in 1947, having studied music history under Curt Sachs and music theory under the composer Karol Rathaus. He received both a Master of Fine Arts and PhD at Princeton University, studying under Oliver Strunk and Erich Hertzmann. In 1966 he returned to Princeton, teaching there until his retirement in 1995. Levy died on August 15, 2013, in Skillman, New Jersey, US.
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music historian 1927-2013
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Kenneth Levy was born on 26 February 1927 in New York City.
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Kenneth Levy died on 15 August 2013 in Skillman.
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Kenneth Levy was a music historian, musicologist and university teacher.
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Kenneth Levy was American.
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