Joseph Kerman

Joseph Wilfred Kerman (3 April 1924 – 17 March 2014) was an American musicologist and music critic. Among the leading musicologists of his generation, his 1985 book ''Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology'' (published in the UK as ''Musicology'') was described by Philip Brett in ''The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' as "a defining moment in the field". He was Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of California, Berkeley. Provided by Wikipedia