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Harrison Gradwell Slater is an American writer, pianist, and educator. A pianist, he studied with Anthony di Bonaventura and for many years with Paul Doguereau, the noted French pianist who was a pupil of Ravel, Emma Bardac (second wife of Claude Debussy) and Paderewski. In addition to writing and recording, Slater coaches many world-class pianists, and is chairman and Artistic Director of the Peabody Mason International Piano Competition. == Biography == Harrison Gradwell Slater combines the careers of musicologist, pianist and novelist. He has published three books on Mozart, the last of which is the mystery novel ''NightMusic'', which deals with the life and music of Mozart. The sequel, ''Nocturne'',〔Slater, Harrison Gradwell, ''Nocturne'', Editions Peabody Mason, 2010〕 explores Chopin's biography and music within a contemporary narrative. For his first book, Slater (the author's pen name since 1995) travelled to fifty-five cities in nine European countries and completed his research over three years with correspondence to archives throughout Europe, always posing unresolved questions about Mozart Gedenkstaetten – the palaces, concert halls and salons in which Mozart performed, the houses and taverns in which he lodged, and the churches and public edifices that he visited. The resulting reference book, ''In Mozart's Footsteps'',〔Wignall, Harrison James, ''In Mozart's Footsteps'', New York: Paragon House, 1991〕 has been called “an amazing feat of scholarship” by the pianist, Alfred Brendel,〔''Ibid.'', Jacket inscription〕 while Nicholas Slonimsky described it as "absorbing in its brilliance".〔 ''NightMusic'' was voted "Rising Star of 2003" by nine publishing houses, was on the Barnes & Noble bestseller list for mystery trade paperback for nineteen weeks and was optioned for a film. Scholarly articles by Slater (a.k.a. Harrison James Wignall) have appeared in the journals ''Mozart-Jahrbuch'',〔"Mozart and the 'Duetto Notturno' Tradition", ''Mozart-Jahrbuch'', 1993〕 ''Opera Quarterly''〔"Guglielmo d'Ettore: Mozart's First Mitridate", ''The Opera Quarterly'', 1994〕 and ''Mozart Studien'',〔"Mozart in Turin", ''Mozart Studien'', 1997〕〔"The Genesis of 'Se di Lauri'", ''Mozart Studien'', 1994〕 among others. Some of his recent discoveries include previously unknown Mozart documents and manuscripts that have shed light on issues of recent Mozart research. He has also written entries for the latest editions of ''The New Grove'',〔"Duetto Notturno", ''The New Grove'', 2000〕 ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'',〔Guglielmo d'Ettore, ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', 2000〕 ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera''〔Guglielmo d'Ettore, ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', 1997〕 and has published articles in ''Perspectives of New Music'',〔"Current Trends in Italian Opera", ''Perspectives of New Music'', 1991〕 ''Indiana Theory Review'',〔"Rameau's Treatment of Suspensions", ''Indiana Theory Review'', 1992〕 and the ''Nuova rivista musicale italiana''.〔"Mozart's Imperial Opponent" (Italian and English), ''Nuova rivista musicale italiana'', 1994〕 Slater's discovery in 1993 of the vocal nocturne tradition, and its influence on Mozart and Chopin are found in his seminal work ''Mozart and the Duetto Notturno Tradition'',〔''Op. Cit.''〕 and his entry "Duetto Notturno" in ''The New Grove''.〔 His present musicological work on the influence of the vocal nocturne on Chopin's piano music continues that research. Slater studied music and languages at Brandeis University, Boston University, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich and Harvard, and speaks, in addition to English, German, French and Italian. He was active as a music instructor in Boston, Munich, Milan, and Tokyo and worked at the National Theatre Munich and La Scala in Milan as a ballet pianist, performing numerous concerts. In 1995, he was awarded a PhD in musicology from Brandeis University with a dissertation on Mozart's opera Mitridate.〔''Mozart, Guglielmo d'Ettore and the Genesis of Mitridate'', Brandeis University, 1995〕 Presently, Slater has finished recordings featuring the music of Mozart〔(2003) "NightMusic: Piano Music of Mozart”, Newton Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Rink, Conductor〕 and Chopin,〔(2010) “Nocturne: Piano Music of Chopin”〕 and has completed the sequel to ''NightMusic'',〔 entitled ''Nocturne''〔 (based on rediscovered diaries related to Chopin). His research and writing of the unpublished monograph, “Mozart in Milan” continues and includes, "Mozart and Sacred Music in the Ambrosian Capital" and "Mozart's Singers in Ascanio in Alba," articles which incorporate two handwritten diaries from 1771 found by Slater in archives in Milan. He resides in an historic apartment in Back Bay, Boston, as well as in Milan, Paris and Mount Holly Township, New Jersey.〔Boatman, Gail T. ("Mount Holly native makes a little 'NightMusic'" ), ''Burlington County Times'', April 29, 2003. Accessed March 1, 2011. "A musicologist turned mystery writer, Mount Holly native Harrison Slater feels right at home in the world of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ''I am an 18th-century person,'' he said during a recent telephone interview from Boston, where he lives part of the year."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harrison Slater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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