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and began a career as a concert pianist. He also worked as an assistant in the library of the
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Naumburg Professor of Music and Chief Music Librarian. He served as head of the music department from 1965 to 1968, after which he continued to teach at Harvard through 1972. From 1972 until his retirement in 1983 (with the exception of 1979 when he was
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