Curriculum Vita
Dr. Clare G. Rayner
Born: August 19, 1931, Galt, Ontario, Canada
Undergraduate Study:
Military Service:
Graduate Study:
Applied Music:
Teaching Experience:
Teaching Areas:
Research Areas:
Academic Honors:
American Council of Learned Societies, Grant-in-Aid, January - June, 1974
Younger Humanist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities,
June 1971 - June, 1972
California State University Sabbatical Leave, February - June, 1972
California State University Trustees Special Faculty Research leave, January - August, 1970
Chairman, Southern California Chapter of the American Musicological Society,1969 California State University, Long Beach Foundation Research Grant, 1967-68
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (UCLA), post-doctoral research fellowship,
Summer, 1967
Cited in Marquis Who's Who in the West, 4th. ed., 1974
Cited in The WORLD Who's Who of Musicians, lst. ed., Cambridge, England 1974
München: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek MS Music 1581: A Collection of Keyboard Compositions in the South-German Tradition. Rome: American Institute of Musicology, 1976. (v. 1, pp. xviii + 101; v. 2, pp. 184; v. 3, pp. 101).
Christian Erbach: Collected Keyboard Compositions. Corpus of Early Keyboard Music. No. 36. Rome: American Institute of Musicology. 1971-74. (v. 1, Ricercars, pp. xxii + 75; v. 2, Ricercars, pp. 130; v. 3, Fantasias, Fugues, Canzonas, pp. 125; v. 4, Toccatas, pp. 155; v. 5, Introits, Intonation, Hymn, Magnificats, Kyries', Appendix, pp. 177).
Giovanni Paolo Cima: Ricercare, Canzoni alla Francese ... 1606. Corpus of Early Keyboard Music. No. 20. Rome: American Institute of Musicology. 1969, (pp. xxii + 96).
Christopher Gibbons: Keyboard Compositions. Corpus of Early Keyboard Music. No. 18. Rome: American Institute of Musicology, 1967, ( pp. xiv + 35).
Hieronymous Praetorius: Organ Magnificats on the Eight Tones. Corpus of Early Keyboard Music. No. 4. Rome: American Institute of Musicology, 1963, (pp. ii + 81).
B. Articles and Reviews
"The Wesley Kuhnle Repository at California State University, Long Beach: A Center for Historic Tuning and Temperaments." Music Library Association NOTES. (September, 1976).
"Historically Justified Keyboard Variations on Equal Tempered Tuning." The Galpin Society Journal. (April, 1975).
Dr. Gibbons' Voluntaries and Verses." In Memoriam I.L. Hibberd. North Texas State University.
"Germany: Comprehensive Bibliography of Music in Germany to 1600." Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 6th ed.
"Wesley Kuhnle" - biographical entry for Groves , 6th ed., cited above.
"Christopher Gibbons: 'that famous musician'." Musica Disciplina. (1970).
"A Twentieth Century Variation on a Seventeenth Century Sound." The American Music Teacher, "The Fretted String" (June/July, 1970).
"The Enigmatic Cima: Meantone Tuning and Transpositions." The Galpin Society Journal (March, 1969).
"Dictionaries." revised article for the Harvard Dictionary of Music, rev. ed. Harvard University Press. (1969)
Essays in Musicology: A Birthday Offering for Willi Apel. Hans Tischler (ed.)
C. Rayner (compiler). School of Music, Indiana University, 1968.
'"Willi Apel: A Complete Bibliography." Essays in Muslcology: A Birthday Offering for Willi Apel . Hans Tischler (ed.). School of Music, Indiana University, 1968
Program Notes for Carmel Bach Festival. Mozart, Quantz. 1963;
"The Italian Concerto and its Culmination." (Vivaldi, Aldrovandi, Pfeiffer, Bach, Mozart), 1965
C: Colleqium Musicum Performances:
"A Lecture-demonstration featuring A Recorder Consort and a Set of Chansons," California State University, San Luis Obispo, March 5, 1974.
"1620, Here and There," Collegium performance, University of California at Santa Barbara, June 5, 1974.
"Historic Keyboard Tunings, 1520-1620: A Lecture-Demonstration". Presented at the University of California at Santa Barbara, June 3, 1974
"Wesley Kuhnle's Approach to Historic Tunings and Temperament" Paper, and demonstration for Northern and Southern Chapters, Ameri can Musicological Society, Stanford University, April 6, 1974
"Music for the Mass," Collegium Ensembles, Santa Barbara Mission, December 2, 1973.
"Historic Keyboard Tunings in Practical Application," Paper and demonstration, National Convention, Ameri can Musicological Society, Chicago, November 11, 1973.
"An Introduction to Mean-Tone Tuning: A Lecture Demonstration." Presented, California State College, Long Beach, Music Department, October 31, 1968.
"The Enigmatic Cima." Paper, and demonstraion of mean-tone tunings, prepared for the Southern California Chapter of American Musicological Society. (Claremont, California, April 6, 1968)
"Twentieth-Century Music: Breakthrough or Hoax?" Lecture, American Association of University Women, San Luis Obispo Branch, May 1966.
"A Lecture-Performance on 20th Century Music." Solo Piano Recital, California State Polytechnic College, Little Theatre, January 1965 (Debussy, Hindemith, Khatchaturian, Schonberg, Ford).
D: Professional Activities:
Chairman, Chapter History Committee of the Southern California Chapter of the American Musicological Society; also, member of the following committees: Membership, Publications, Program and Advisory Council, 1971-72
Chairman for the following Southern California Chapter, American Musicological Society meetings, 1969: 1) March 1, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA; 2) May 3 - 4, Occidental College; 3) November 15, University of California, Irvine
California State University, Long Beach, Faculty Representative to the Southern California Chapter, American Musicological Society, 1968 and 1971.
"Trends in Twentieth-Century Music." Lecture, California State Polytechnic College Women's Club, February 1964
Flute music scored from Greek Traditional, for College Union Drama Committee's production of "Antigone." California State Polytechnic College, Little Theatre February 1964
"A Piano-Violin Recital with Emanuel R. Heifetz and Clare G. Rayner, California State Polytechnic College, Little Theatre, January 1964. (Schubert, Mozart, Haydn.)
"Intabulations of French Chansons in Royal Appendix 56 and Royal Appendix 58." Paper read at Midwest Chapter, American Musicological Society, November 12, 1961, Chicago
Adjudicating piano students for The Music Teachers' Association of California: April 1965, San Jose, California; April 1966, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, Ventura; April 1967, San Jose
E: Additional Related Activities:
Keyboard Instrument Building (Harpsichord, Clavichord and Virginal) to aid in my understanding and teaching of the performance practice of early music