Jan Swafford author biography, plus links to books by Jan Swafford.

Jan Swafford

Jan Swafford is the author of Johannes Brahms: A Biography and Charles Ives: A Life with Music, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and winner of the PEN/Winship Award. Swafford is also the author of The Vintage Guide to Classical Music. His writing has appeared in Slate , the Guardian , Gramophone , and elsewhere. An award-winning composer whose work has been performed by ensembles around the country and abroad, Swafford teaches music history, theory, and composition at the Boston Conservatory.

This biography was last updated on 08/05/2014.

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