- John Daverio
John Joseph Daverio (
October 19 1954 –March 16 2003 ) was a musician, scholar, teacher and author, best known for his writings on the music ofRobert Schumann andJohannes Brahms .Daverio was born in
Sharon, Pennsylvania , the only son of Italian-American parents. He was a professor of music atBoston University ; Daverio was highly regarded as a teacher, and received the University's Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching. His books included "Nineteenth-Century Music and the German Romantic Ideology" (1993) and "Robert Schumann: Herald of a New Poetic Age" (1997). [cite web|title=John Joseph Daverio: Biography|url=http://johndaverio.bu.edu/biography.html]Daverio died under mysterious circumstances, drowning in the
Charles River at the age of 48. It remains unclear whether his death was accident or suicide, though foul play has been ruled out. [cite web|title=Missing BU Professor Found Dead in Charles River|url=http://www-tech.mit.edu/V123/N20/20budeath.20n.html] Some have noted an unfortunate irony in the manner of Daverio's passing, as Robert Schumann attempted suicide in 1854 by throwing himself into the Rhine river, and Daverio was among the world's leading Schumann scholars. [citation|last=Beam|first=Alex|title=This theory has a truly tragic overtone|newspaper=Boston Globe|date=April 17, 2003]References
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