Haar, James

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HAAR, James

HAAR, James. American, b. 1929. Genres: Music. Career: Professor of Music, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1978. Member, Executive Board, Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 6th ed. Instructor, 1960-63, and Assistant Professor, 1963-67, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1967-69; Professor of Music, New York University, NYC, 1969-78. Publications: (ed) Chanson and Madrigal 1480-1530, 1964; The Tugendsterne of Harsduorffer and Staden, 1965; (co-ed.) The Duos of Gero, 1980; (ed with L.F. Bernstein) Il Primo Libro de Madrigali Italiani e Canzone Francese a Due Voci: Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance, by Ihan Gero, 1980; Essays on Italian Poetry and Music in the Renaissance: 1350-1600, 1986; (with I.A. Fenlon) The Italian Madrigal in the Early 16th Century, 1988; The Science and Art of Renaissance Music, 1998. Address: 868 Shadylawn Rd, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, U.S.A.