Stephen Tuttle

Stephen Davidson Tuttle (May 4, 1907 - April 9, 1954) was a musicologist and chairman of the department of music at the University of Virginia (1941-1952), and an associate professor of music at Harvard University (1952-1954).cite journal
url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4631(195607)42%3A3%3C402%3ATTM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L
journal=Musical Quarterly
title=Review: Thomas Tomkins, Keyboard Music, by Stephen Tuttle
date=1956-07
volume=42
issue=3
pages=402–407
accessdate=2008-03-15] While at Virginia he directed the Virginia Glee Club, and commissioned Randall Thompson to write The Testament of Freedom for the Glee Club in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson.cite book
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-U6dLtsEoaoC&pg=PA327&lpg=PA327&dq=%22virginia+glee+club%22+%22testament+of+freedom%22&source=web&ots=h0CDyndMNE&sig=3FvuOzTeFwWXgn18rkdyge8ZPAI&hl=en
title=From Psalm to Symphony: A History of Music in New England
last=Tawa
first=Nicholas E.
year=2001
publisher=Northeastern University Press
location=Boston
pages=327]

Tuttle was the son of Baptist missionaries and spent his childhood in the family home of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and in India.cite web
url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00157
title=Tuttle family. Papers, 1895-1975: A finding aid
accessdate=2008-03-15] Tuttle studied music at Denison University and Harvard University, where he was the roommate of composer Elliott Carter; their acquaintance resulted in Carter's composition "To Music."cite book
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3BlI21fU8_EC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22stephen+tuttle%22+%22william+byrd%22&source=web&ots=Y5K2Uivge6&sig=7LKP346bkgjQhXXswuT2YImIEMQ&hl=en
title=The Music of Elliott Carter
last=Schiff
first=David
date=1998
publisher=Cornell University Press
location=Ithaca, NY
pages=155] Following his graduation, he taught music at Harvard from 1937 to 1941 before taking the appointment at Virginia, joining the faculty along with Randall Thompson and James E. Berdahl.cite journal
url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0911FB3C5E1A7A93C3AA1783D85F458485F9
title=Virginia Broadens Its Musical Program
journal=New York Times
pages=D4
date=1941-08-31]

After joining the faculty at Virginia, Tuttle collaborated with Randall Thompson, whom he assisted in teaching undergraduate music courses. It was during this time that the commission of a piece in memory of Thomas Jefferson's bicentennial occurred. Tuttle conducted the premiere of "The Testament of Freedom" on April 13, 1943; the premiere was broadcast over the CBS network and via shortwave to US forces serving overseas in World War II.cite journal
url=http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F10D15FB3F5B15738FDDA80A94DF405B8688F1D3
title=Records: In Honor of Jefferson
last=Taubman
first=Howard
date=1946-07-21
journal=New York Times
pages=X5
accessdate=2008-03-15] In the early 1950s, Tuttle returned to Harvard in the capacity of an associate professor.cite journal
url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F12FB385E107A93C5A81788D85F468585F9
title=Tuttle to Join Harvard: U. of Virginia Music Head Will Be Associate Professor
journal=New York Times
date=1952-03-17] He died of a heart attack in his home in Cambridge at the age of 47.

Dr. Tuttle was active in the field of Renaissance music, editing volumes of music by Thomas Tomkins cite web
url=http://www.stainer.co.uk/acatalog/mb1.html
title=Stainer & Bell Ltd. Volumes 1 to 30 [Vol.5]
accessdate=2008-03-15] and William Byrd.cite web
url=http://www.oiseaulyre.com/limited.html
title=Éditions de L'Oiseau-Lyre Limited Editions
accessdate=2008-03-15] The Tomkins work was supported by a Guggenheim fellowship that Tuttle won in 1948.cite journal
url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A1EFA345A107A93C0A8178FD85F4C8485F9
title=Guggenheim Fund Grants 112 Awards
journal=New York Times
date=1948-04-12
pages=Books, 19]

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