Walter H. Rubsamen
Walter Howard Rubsamen was a professor of a musicology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Rubsamen was born on July 21, 1911 in New York City. He earned an A.B. from Columbia University in 1933 and a Ph.D. from the University of Munich in 1937. In 1938, he joined the music faculty at UCLA, becoming a full professor in 1955 and serving until his death in 1973. He was chairman of the music department from 1965 until 1973. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship twice, once in 1947 and again in 1957, and also earned a Ford Foundation fellowship.
Rubsamen also served as president of the Dante Alighieri Society of Southern California from 1969-70. He died in June 1973.Publications
- Literary sources of secular music in Italy
- "Music research in Italian libraries," Notes 6, No. 2, 220-233.
- "From frottola to madrigal: the changing pattern of secular Italian vocal music," in Chanson and madrigal, 1480-1530.
