Joscelyn Godwin

Joscelyn Godwin ( born January 16, 1945 in Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, England ) is an English musicologist, translator and composer. He became internationally known by thematically broader cultural studies, in particular on the history of Western esotericism, many of which have been translated into several languages.

Godwin studied music at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and his doctorate in 1969 at Cornell University in Ithaca NY with a thesis on The Music of Henry Cowell. He then taught for two years at Cleveland State University in Ohio, and he is since 1971 professor at Colgate University in Madison County ( New York).

Works (selection)

  • Robert Fludd, Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds. Thames & Hudson, London, and Shambala, Boulder 1979. also published in French, Greek, Spanish and Japanese.
  • German: Athanasius Kircher. A man of the Renaissance and the search for lost knowledge. Clemens Zerling 2000.
  • Also published in French, Spanish and Japanese.
  • Also published in Greek and Japanese.
  • Music and spirituality. Sources of inspiration in the music of the early days to the modern era. Joke, Bern 1989.
  • Also published in French and Japanese.
  • Also published in English and Japanese.
  • Also published in Italian.
  • Also published in Japanese, Greek, French, Italian and Spanish.
  • Also published in Italian.
  • Also published in French and Portuguese.
  • Also published in French and Italian.
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