Karp, Theodore
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1926 July 07 - 2015 November 05
Biographical Note
Theodore Karp was born in 1926 in New York City. He received a BA from Queens College at the City University of New York in 1947, and also attended the Juilliard School of Music and the Catholic University of Leuven. He earned a PhD from New York University in 1960. Throughout his career as a musicologist, he taught at University of California-Davis and Northwestern University. He retired from teaching in 1996, and died in 2015.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Theodore Karp collection of liturgical and musical manuscript leaves
Collection
Abstract
A collection of leaves from medieval and early modern manuscripts, including: antiphonals, missals, graduals, choirbooks, and one leaf from a book of hours.
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research; digital version also available.
Dates:
circa 1200-1799; Majority of material found within circa 1300-1599