Jonathan Del Mar
Jonathan Del Mar (born 1951) is an editor and conductor.
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[edit] Biography
Born in London, he studied at Christ Church, Oxford and the Royal College of Music in London. His father was conductor Norman Del Mar.
[edit] Beethoven scholar
He is most noted for his intense research of Beethoven works, particularly the new edition of Beethoven's nine symphonies for Bärenreiter. This edition has been used by conductors of the standing of Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, Sir Simon Rattle, Philippe Herreweghe, Osmo Vanska and David Zinman and orchestras such as the Hanover Band, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique.
His research on Beethoven's symphonies started in 1984. In December 1996 the score for the Ninth Symphony was published,[1][2] attracting attention from the press.[3] There were four recordings of the symphony prior to the publication of the new edition, with the conductors using the Breitkopf edition with the corrections as they were available to them; Roy Goodman was the first conductor using corrections by Del Mar, followed by Sir Charles Mackerras in 1991, Sir John Eliot Gardiner in 1992, and Claudio Abbado in 1996.[1]
The publication of the new editions of Beethoven's symphonies was concluded in 2000 with the Seventh Symphony.[2] Other works he studied, which resulted in new scores being published were the Cello sonatas (2004), string quartets up to op.95 (2006-8), and the Violin Concerto (2009).
[edit] Conducting
He was resident conductor of Cumbria Youth Orchestra from 1980 until 1996.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Aspin, Leigh (Fall 2003). "Conducting the Del Mar Edition of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony". Beethoven Forum (University of Illinois Press) 10 (2): pp. 183–190. http://bf.press.illinois.edu/10.2/aspin.html. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ^ a b Brown, Clive (June 2002). "(Untitled)". Notes. Second Series (Music Library Association) 58 (4): pp. 911–915. JSTOR 900585.
- ^ Barry, Colleen (Jan 21, 1997). "Years of work make Beethoven's music right". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press: p. 3A. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9gYiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FaYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3455,4102742&dq=del+mar+beethoven&hl=en. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
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