Gustave Reese
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Gustave Reese (b. November 29 1899, New York City - d. September 7 1977, Berkeley, California) was an American musicologist and teacher.
Reese is mainly known for his work on medieval and Renaissance music, particularly with his two publications Music in the Middle Ages (1940) and Music in the Renaissance (1954); these two books remain the standard reference works for these two eras, with complete and precise bibliographical material, allowing for almost every piece of music mentioned to be traced back to a primary source.
He was a founder-member of the American Musicological Society (AMS) from 1934, and president of the organization from 1950 to 1952.
Reese was married to Fine Arts administrator and cookbook author and editor, Carol Truax.
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- Music in the Middle Ages: With an introduction on the music of ancient times. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1940. ISBN 0-393-09750-1
- Music in the Renaissance. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1954. ISBN 0-393-09530-4
- Essays in musicology in honor of Dragan Plamenac on his 70th birthday. Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, c1969. ISBN 0-8229-1098-5
- Fourscore Classics of Music Literature. New York, Da Capo Press, 1970. ISBN 0-306-71620-8
- A compendium of musical practice. New York, Dover Publications, 1973. ISBN 0-486-20912-1
- Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music. New York, Pendragon Press, 1978 (c1966). ISBN 0-918728-07-X
- The New Grove High Renaissance Masters: Josquin, Palestrina, Lassus, Byrd, Victoria. London, Macmillan, 1984. ISBN 0-333-38237-4; New York, W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-393-01689-7fr:Gustave Reese
