Laurence Dreyfus

Laurence Dreyfus (b. 1952) is a noted Bach scholar. He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied cello under Leonard Rose, at the Juilliard School, later reading Musicology at the University of Columbia. Commuting from New York, he studied Viol with Wieland Kuijken, earning two diplomas from the Brussels Conservatoire.

In 1995 he became Thurston Dart Professor of the Faculty of Music, in King's College London. In 2002 he became a Fellow of the British Academy.

Dreyfus is a notable Bach scholar, resulting in the publication of two books under Harvard University press: "Bach's Continuo Group (1986)" and "Bach and the Patterns of Invention (1996)", the latter of which won the Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society. Most recently, Professor Dreyfus is completing a monograph entitled "Wagner and the Erotic Impulse", under contract to Harvard.

Dreyfus is also an expert in historical performance. He founded the viol consort Phantasm, which went on to win a "Gramophone" Award in 1997 for their performance of Purcell's "Fantasies".

Currently, Professor Laurence Dreyfus is a Fellow and tutor in Music, at Magdalen College, Oxford, along with the Organist, "Informator Choristarum" and Fellow in Music, Dr Bill Ives.

References

* Oxford Music Faculty Website [http://www.music.ox.ac.uk/newsletter/May_2005/ldreyfus.htm]
* News archive 2002 : Music professor elected Fellow of the British Academy [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/phpnews/wmprint.php?ArtID=235]
* Phantasm, Viol Consort: [http://www.phantasm.org.uk]