Jan Swafford
Jan Swafford (born September 10, 1946) is an American author and composer. He earned his
Bachelor of Arts ''
magna cum laude'' from
Harvard College and his
M.M.A. and
D.M.A. from the
Yale School of Music. His teachers included
Earl Kim at Harvard,
Jacob Druckman at Yale, and
Betsy Jolas at
Tanglewood. He has written respected musical biographies of
Charles Ives,
Johannes Brahms,
Ludwig van Beethoven, and
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as the ''Vintage Guide to Classical Music'' and the introduction to music "Language of the Spirit." His books are widely translated, including editions in Spanish, Chinese, Italian, and Portugeuese. He appeared in the award-winning 2018 German documentary ''
The Unanswered Ives''.
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