Jon W. Finson

Jon W. Finson (born 4 November 1950) is an American musicologist.[1]

Works

He became known through the publication of the first version of Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor in 2003 in Wiesbaden. Two of his six books published to date can be regarded as masterpieces of Robert Schumann research:

  • Robert Schumann and the Study of Orchestral Composition: The Genesis of the First Symphony; Op. 38 (Studies in Musical Genesis and Structure).[2] Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989, ISBN 978-0-19-313213-9
  • Robert Schumann: The Book of Songs.[3] Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA 2007, ISBN 0-674-02629-2[4][5]

Prizes

Together with Ulf Wallin, he won the 2013 Robert Schumann Prize of the City of Zwickau.

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References
  1. Jon Finson (Baritone) on Bach Cantatas Website
  2. Robert Schumann and the Study of Orchestral Composition: The Genesis of the First Symphony; Op. 38 (Studies in Musical Genesis and Structure) on WorldCat
  3. Robert Schumann: The Book of Songs on WorldCat
  4. Robert Schumann: The Book of Songs on Google books
  5. Robert Schumann: The Book of Songs on Oxford Academic


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