John Clough was born in Dover, Delaware in 1930. He graduated from Dover High School in 1947, earned his bachelor's degree in music at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and earned his Master's degree in music at Yale University in 1955. He taught at Oberlin 1955-70 and at the University of Michigan 1970-81. He was the Slee Professor of Music Theory at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York from 1981 until his retirement in 2002.
John Clough was one of the major music theorists during the second half of the twentieth century. He produced two music theory text books: Scales, Intervals, Keys, and Triads (1964; expanded edition, 1983; 3rd edition, 1999) and Basic Harmonic Progressions (1984). Clough was also the author of at least eighteen published articles, seven published reviews, and more than two dozen conference papers and lectures. He served as editor of Music Theory Spectrum 1985-55 and on the editorial boards of The Journal of Music Theory and Music Theory Online. His special area of expertise was the interaction of music and mathematics. His influence in the field of music theory extends beyond his own research and findings. He also shaped the field through his teaching and support he demonstrated for the work of other colleagues.
John Clough died September 3, 2003 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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