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.
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