R. Allen Lott
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EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology, City University of New York, 1986
Dissertation: “The American Concert Tours of Leopold de Meyer, Henri Herz, and Sigismond Thalberg
Master of Philosophy in Musicology, City University of New York, 1980
Bachelor of Music in Piano, Trinity University, 1977
RESEARCH INTEREST
My research interests include nineteenth-century music, sacred choral literature, American church music, the role of music in culture, and musical theater.
Dr. Lott serves as a senior research professor of music history in the School of Church Music and Worship. Dr. Lott’s research interests include nineteenth-century music and American music. His most recent book, Brahms’s “A German Requiem”: Reconsidering its Biblical, Historical, and Musical Contexts (University of Rochester Press, 2020), thoroughly documents the early reception of the work and for the first time explains why a Christian interpretation is not only logical but historically defensible.
Dr. Lott is now working on a critical edition of nineteenth-century American hymnody for the series Music in the United States of America, drawing on the rich hymnological resources of Southwestern’s Bowld Music Library. Previous publications include a festschrift for H. Wiley Hitchcock as a co-editor (A Celebration of American Music) and articles in various scholarly journals including American Music, Journal of the American Musicological Society, 19th-Century Music, and The Journal of Musicology. Other research, teaching, and personal interests include the role of music in culture, American church music, sacred choral literature, and musical theater.
Dr. Lott attends Gambrell Street Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas where he serves as pianist. He also enjoys performing on the piano and clarinet in various ministry settings.
Allen Lott has been a church pianist for much of his life. He has served in that capacity at Gambrell Street Baptist Church in Fort Worth since 2011.
Editor: Symphonie Concertante in B-flat Major for Two Clarinets by François Devienne. In The Symphony: 1720-1840. Barry S. Brook, Editor-in-Chief. New York: Garland, 1982.
Assistant Editor: American Music Recordings: A Discography of 20th-Century U.S. Composers. Carol J. Oja, Editor. Brooklyn: Institute for Studies in American Music, 1982.
“Anton Rubinstein in America (1872-1873).” American Music 21 (2003): 291-318. Anton Rubinstein's Reward - WPR
“‘A Continuous Trance’: Hans von Bülow’s Tour of America.” The Journal of Musicology 12 (1994): 529-49.
“A Berlioz Premiere in America: Leopold de Meyer and the Marche d’Isly.” 19th-Century Music 8 (1984-85): 226-30.
“‘New Music for New Ears’: The International Composers’ Guild.” Journal of the AmericanMusicological Society 36 (1983): 266-86.
Meet R. Allen Lott
After serving Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary for over 37 years, R. Allen Lott, professor of music history, continues to enjoy teaching and research at the highest levels. Writing books, researching and studying musicology, and teaching students at the bachelor, master, and doctoral levels are some of the things Lott most enjoys.