Professor Walter Howard Rubsamen |
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Born | July 21, 1911 |
Died | June 19, 1973 |
Education | University of Munich |
Employer | University of California, Los Angeles |
Spouse(s) | Gisela Roth Rubsamen |
Family | Valerie Rubsamen, Glen Rubsamen |
Walter Howard Rubsamen was a professor of a musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Walter received full professorship at the University in 1955
Rubsamen was born on July 21, 1911 in New York City; A.B., Columbia Univ., 1933; Ph.D., Univ. of Munich, 1937; joined the UCLA music faculty in 1938, becoming professor of music (1955-73) and chairman of the music dept. (1965-73); served as president, Dante Alighieri Society of Southern California (1969-70); published Literary sources of secular music in Italy (1943), Music research in Italian libraries (1951), and Chanson and madrigal, 1480-1530 (with others, 1964); he died in June 1973.