Samuel Baud-Bovy
Samuel Baud-Bovy (27 November 1906 – 2 November 1986) was a Swiss musician, ethnomusicologist, and college professor. Baud-Bovy was director of the Geneva Conservatory of Music and a professor of Greek at the University of Geneva. He collected folk songs in the Dodecanese Islands in the 1930s, for his doctoral research.
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- Name
- Samuel Baud-Bovy
- Born
- 2 November 1906
- Birthplace
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Died
- 27 November 1986
- Occupation
- Musician, ethnomusicologist, college professor
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Teachers
- Hubert Pernot
- Honours
- honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Languages
- French
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Samuel Baud-Bovy (27 November 1906 – 2 November 1986) was a Swiss musician, ethnomusicologist, and college professor. Baud-Bovy was director of the Geneva Conservatory of Music and a professor of Greek at the University of Geneva. He collected folk songs in the Dodecanese Islands in the 1930s, for his doctoral research.
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Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986) was a composer, conductor and musician, among other activities, of Swiss nationality. The composer was born and died in Geneva. Samuel Baud-Bovy worked for Conservatoire de Musique and University of Geneva.
Languages used include French. Honours include honorary doctor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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French linguist Hubert Pernot was his mentor. After World War II he made several music collecting tours in Crete. He was a member of the International Folk Music Council from 1948, and served on the group's executive council from 1977 to 1981.
Grab des Musikologen und Politikers Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906-1986) auf dem Ancien Cimetière de Plainpalais in Genf.
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• Name — Samuel Baud-Bovy • Born — 2 November 1906 • Birthplace — Geneva, Switzerland • Died — 27 November 1986 • Place of death — Geneva, Switzerland • Occupation — Musician, ethnomusicologist, college professor
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1906
Samuel Baud-Bovy was born on 27 November 1906.
1986
Samuel Baud-Bovy died on 2 November 1986.
Publications
• "La systématisation des chansons populaires" (1965) • "L'accord de la lyre antique et la musique populaire de la Grèce moderne" (1967) • "Chansons D'epire Du Nord Et Du Pont" (1971) • "Le dorien était-il un mode pentatonique?" (1978) • "Bourgault-Ducoudray et la musique grecque ecclésiastique et profane" (1982) • "Le 'genre enharmonique' a-t-il existé?" (1986) • "Métrique Antique et Chanson Populaire" (1987)
Legacy
Baud-Bovy's ethnographic papers and field recordings, archived in the Musée d'ethnographie de Genève, document his research on the music of Crete. His papers on classical music are at the Geneva Conservatory of Music, and his papers on Greek literature are with the Modern Greek department at the University of Geneva. In 2016, Bertrand Bouvier and Anastasia Danae Lazaridis edited a collection of essays titled Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986): Néohelléniste, ethnomusicologue, musicien. His sound recordings were chosen for preservation and digitization by the United Music Foundation in 2019.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 5018306-0, Conservatoire de Musique (Genf). Fonds Ethnomusicologique Samuel Baud-Bovy.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q117367: Samuel Baud-Bovy
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- “Samuel Baud-Bovy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Krader, Barbara. Obituary: Samuel Baud-Bovy: 27 Nov. 1906 – 2 Nov. 1986. Yearbook for Traditional Music. 19. xiii–xiv. January 1987. 0740-1558.
- 2.Rouget, Gilbert. Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906-1986). Revue de Musicologie. 72. 2. 313–316. 1986. 0035-1601.
- 3.Kokkonis, Georges. Samuel Baud-Bovy à l’écoute des chants cleftiques. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique moderne et contemporain. 5. 2021-12-31. 2732-6535.
- 4.Baud-Bovy, Samuel. Le "genre enharmonique" a-t-il existé?. Revue de Musicologie. 72. 1. 5–21. 1986. 0035-1601.
- 5.Baud-Bovy, S. La systématisation des chansons populaires. Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 7. 1/4. 213–229. 1965. 0039-3266.
- 6.Baud-Bovy, Samuel. L'accord de la lyre antique et la musique populaire de la Grèce moderne. Revue de Musicologie. 53. 1. 3–20. 1967. 0035-1601.
- 7.Baud-Bovy, Samuel. Chansons D'epire Du Nord Et Du Pont. Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council. 3. 120–127. January 1971. 0316-6082.
- 8.Baud-Bovy, Samuel. Le dorien était-il un mode pentatonique?. Revue de Musicologie. 64. 2. 153–180. 1978. 0035-1601.
- 9.Baud-Bovy, Samuel. Bourgault-Ducoudray et la musique grecque ecclésiastique et profane. Revue de Musicologie. 68. 1/2. 153–163. 1982. 0035-1601.
- 10.Baud-Bovy, Samuel. Métrique Antique Et Chanson Populaire. Revue des Études Grecques. 100. 475/476. 45–57. 1987. 0035-2039.
- 11.Samuel Baud-Bovy archive. Musée d'ethnographie de Genève.
- 12.Sechehaye, Hélène. Review of Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906-1986). Néohelléniste, ethnomusicologue, musicien « Recherches et rencontres » 34. Revue belge de Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap. 71. 237–239. 2017. 0771-6788.
- 13.Samuel Baud-Bovy Collection. United Music Foundation.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 5018306-0, Conservatoire de Musique (Genf). Fonds Ethnomusicologique Samuel Baud-Bovy.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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The authorities additionally record the heading Auguste André Samuel Baud-Bovy. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was reformed. Recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as conductor, university teacher, musicologist, translator and writer.
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