Jerome Kohl

Jerome Joseph Kohl (November 27, 1946 – August 4, 2020)^[1] was an American musicologist, academic journal editor, and recorder teacher. A music theorist at the University of Washington, he became recognized internationally as an authority on the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Life and work[]

Kohl grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska, with three siblings.^[2] During high school and college, he played clarinet in the local symphony orchestra. He received his undergraduate, and in 1971, his master's degree in music^[2] from the University of Nebraska.^[3]:242 Drafted into the army, he played in an army band during the Vietnam War.^[2] Afterwards, he started his doctoral studies in music theory at the University of Washington in Seattle.^[2] In the 1970s, Kohl joined the Seattle Recorder Society, attending and running classes at their meetings, as well as teaching privately.^[4] In 1976, Kohl co-founded and became the board president of the Early Music Guild (EMG, now called Early Music Seattle) in Seattle, attracting international players to perform in the city. The EMG held a monthly concert by local players, and in 1980, Kohl played a concert with music from the 14th century to modern times. He continued to teach recorder for the Society for decades.^[2][4]

Denny Hall, home of the Classics Department at the University of Washington

Kohl concluded his studies in 1981 with his PhD thesis,^[2] titled "Serial and Non-Serial Techniques in the Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1962–1968".^[5] He was managing editor of the journal Perspectives of New Music from 1985 to 1999.^[3] Between 2005 and 2018 he was Secretary of the Department of Classics at the University of Washington. In 2018, Kohl became Administrative Assistant at the university's Department of Political Science.^[2]

His research focus was contemporary classical music. He became recognized as a world expert on the works of Karlheinz Stockhausen,^[2][3] taking part in international conferences on his music.^[2][6] He collaborated with Stockhausen, traveling to Europe annually, and co-authored books with him.^[4]

Kohl died in Seattle from a sudden heart attack at the age of 73.^[3] His death was commemorated by a memorial tribute in Perspectives of New Music, which described his 2017 book on Stockhausen's Zeitmaße as "an astounding masterpiece".^[3]

Publications[]

• Jerome Kohl (1979). "Exposition in Stravinsky's Orchestral Variations". Perspectives of New Music. 18 (1/2): 391. doi:10.2307/832991. ISSN 0031-6016. JSTOR 832991. Wikidata Q56069606.
• — (1981). Serial and Non-Serial Techniques in the Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1962–1968 (PhD thesis). University of Washington. OCLC 15544439.
• — (Spring–Summer 1985). "Stockhausen on Opera". Perspectives of New Music. 23 (2): 24–39. doi:10.2307/832695. JSTOR 832695.
• Pascal Decroupet; Elena Ungeheuer; Jerome Kohl (1998). "Through the Sensory Looking-Glass: The Aesthetic and Serial Foundations of Gesang der Jünglinge". Perspectives of New Music. 36 (1): 97. doi:10.2307/833578. ISSN 0031-6016. JSTOR 833578. Wikidata Q56113062.
• Ivanka Stoianova; Jerome Kohl (1999). "And Dasein Becomes Music: Some Glimpses of Light". Perspectives of New Music. 37 (1): 179. doi:10.2307/833631. ISSN 0031-6016. JSTOR 833631. Wikidata Q57318353.
• — (1999). "Four Recent Books on Stockhausen". Perspectives of New Music. 37 (1): 213–245. doi:10.2307/833632.
• — (2012). "A Gedenkschrift for Karlheinz Stockhausen". Perspectives of New Music. 50 (1–2): 306–312. doi:10.7757/persnewmusi.50.1-2.0306.
• — (2017). Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zeitmaße. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7546-5334-9.

References[]

External links[]

• Jerome Kohl researchgate.net
• Karlheinz Stockhausen: Zeitmaße Routledge 2017