Albert Seay
{{short description|American musicologist (1916–1984)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|11|09}}
| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, US
| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|01|07|1916|11|09}}
| death_place = Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
| known_for = Critical editions on the works of early composers and theorists
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| discipline = Medieval and Renaissance music and theory
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Albert Seay (November 9, 1916 – January 7, 1984) was an American musicologist who specialized in medieval and Renaissance music and theory. His publications included critical editions of works by the composers Jacques Arcadelt and Carpentras, and the theorists John Hothby, Johannes Tinctoris and Ugolino of Orvieto.
Life and career
Albert Seay was born on November 9, 1916, in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1937, he received both a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music at Murray State College. After receiving a Master of Music from Louisiana State University (1939), Seay briefly taught at the South-Western Louisiana Institute from 1946 to 1949. He continued his education at Yale University receiving a PhD in 1954 after studies with Leo Schrade. From 1953 until his retirement in 1982, Seay was on the faculty of Colorado College. Seay died in Colorado Springs, Colorado on January 7, 1984.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Morgan |first=Paula |year=2001 |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |title=Seay, Albert |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.25283 |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000025283 }} {{Grove Music subscription}} The music library of Colorado College, is named for Seay: the Seay Library of Music and Art.{{cite web |title=Seay Library of Music and Art |publisher=Colorado College |url=https://www.coloradocollege.edu/library/seay/ |access-date=March 5, 2025 }}
Seay chiefly specialized in the music and theory of medieval music and Renaissance music. He edited many critical editions of musicians from these periods, including the compositions of both Jacques Arcadelt and Carpentras, as well as the theoretical writings of John Hothby, Johannes Tinctoris and Ugolino of Orvieto. He was associated with American Institute of Musicology and served as editor of the Colorado College Music Press Series.
Selected bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Seay |first=Albert |year=1965 |title=Music in the Medieval World |publisher=Prentice Hall |location=Englewood Cliffs }}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Seay |editor-first=Albert |year=1979 |title=Sonate da camera: Opus 4, for two violins and basso continuo |series=Musica da camera, 55 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-357620-9 }}
References
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External links
{{Archival records
| title = Seay, Albert, 1953-1983
| location = Colorado College
| description_URL = https://ccarchives.coalliance.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/3634
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Category:20th-century American musicologists
Category:Musicians from Louisville, Kentucky
Category:Louisiana State University alumni