Gilbert Culmell Chase was born in Havana, Cuba on September 4, 1906. His father, Gilbert Paul Chase, was stationed there, an American naval officer who had participated in the Spanish American War. Chase married Kathleen Barentzen December 27, 1929. They had three sons. Dr. Chase had at least one sister, Maria Teresa Edelmira Chase (b. 1907).
Gilbert Chase was a music historian, critic, editor, and author. He studied music history at Columbia University and the University of North Carolina. Of his writings in the field of music, Americas Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present (1955), was his magnum opus. It was the first major work to examine the music of the entire United States. Chase identified the folk traditions of the American people as much more culturally significant than the genteel music tradition – which he identified as his “bête noire” (something disliked). According to Richard Crawford in America’s Musical Life: A History (p. x, 2001), Chase’s view has remained the primary view among the academic establishment in the United States.
Gilbert Chase taught at the University of Oklahoma (Professor of Music History & Acting Dean in College of Fine Arts, 1955-1957), Tulane University (Professor of American Musical History and of Latin American Studies, 1960-1966), the University of Washington in Seattle (Visiting Professor, 1968), the Institute for Studies in American Music, at Brooklyn College CUNY (Visiting Professor and Senior Research Fellow, 1972-1973),and the University of Texas (Visiting Professor in General and Comparative Studies, 1975-1979). He retired in 1979 and moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He died there February 22, 1992. Arrangements for Gilbert Chase, 85, were by Triangle Cremation Service.
Gilbert Chase was a music historian, critic, editor, and author. He studied music history at Columbia University and the University of North Carolina. Of his writings in the field of music, Americas Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present (1955), was his magnum opus. It was the first major work to examine the music of the entire United States. Chase identified the folk traditions of the American people as much more culturally significant than the genteel music tradition – which he identified as his “bête noire” (something disliked). According to Richard Crawford in America’s Musical Life: A History (p. x, 2001), Chase’s view has remained the primary view among the academic establishment in the United States.
Gilbert Chase taught at the University of Oklahoma (Professor of Music History & Acting Dean in College of Fine Arts, 1955-1957), Tulane University (Professor of American Musical History and of Latin American Studies, 1960-1966), the University of Washington in Seattle (Visiting Professor, 1968), the Institute for Studies in American Music, at Brooklyn College CUNY (Visiting Professor and Senior Research Fellow, 1972-1973),and the University of Texas (Visiting Professor in General and Comparative Studies, 1975-1979). He retired in 1979 and moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He died there February 22, 1992. Arrangements for Gilbert Chase, 85, were by Triangle Cremation Service.
Gilbert Culmell Chase was born in Havana, Cuba on September 4, 1906. His father, Gilbert Paul Chase, was stationed there, an American naval officer who had participated in the Spanish American War. Chase married Kathleen Barentzen December 27, 1929. They had three sons. Dr. Chase had at least one sister, Maria Teresa Edelmira Chase (b. 1907).
Gilbert Chase was a music historian, critic, editor, and author. He studied music history at Columbia University and the University of North Carolina. Of his writings in the field of music, Americas Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present (1955), was his magnum opus. It was the first major work to examine the music of the entire United States. Chase identified the folk traditions of the American people as much more culturally significant than the genteel music tradition – which he identified as his “bête noire” (something disliked). According to Richard Crawford in America’s Musical Life: A History (p. x, 2001), Chase’s view has remained the primary view among the academic establishment in the United States.
Gilbert Chase taught at the University of Oklahoma (Professor of Music History & Acting Dean in College of Fine Arts, 1955-1957), Tulane University (Professor of American Musical History and of Latin American Studies, 1960-1966), the University of Washington in Seattle (Visiting Professor, 1968), the Institute for Studies in American Music, at Brooklyn College CUNY (Visiting Professor and Senior Research Fellow, 1972-1973),and the University of Texas (Visiting Professor in General and Comparative Studies, 1975-1979). He retired in 1979 and moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He died there February 22, 1992. Arrangements for Gilbert Chase, 85, were by Triangle Cremation Service.
Gilbert Chase was a music historian, critic, editor, and author. He studied music history at Columbia University and the University of North Carolina. Of his writings in the field of music, Americas Music, from the Pilgrims to the Present (1955), was his magnum opus. It was the first major work to examine the music of the entire United States. Chase identified the folk traditions of the American people as much more culturally significant than the genteel music tradition – which he identified as his “bête noire” (something disliked). According to Richard Crawford in America’s Musical Life: A History (p. x, 2001), Chase’s view has remained the primary view among the academic establishment in the United States.
Gilbert Chase taught at the University of Oklahoma (Professor of Music History & Acting Dean in College of Fine Arts, 1955-1957), Tulane University (Professor of American Musical History and of Latin American Studies, 1960-1966), the University of Washington in Seattle (Visiting Professor, 1968), the Institute for Studies in American Music, at Brooklyn College CUNY (Visiting Professor and Senior Research Fellow, 1972-1973),and the University of Texas (Visiting Professor in General and Comparative Studies, 1975-1979). He retired in 1979 and moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He died there February 22, 1992. Arrangements for Gilbert Chase, 85, were by Triangle Cremation Service.
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