Jan Swafford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jan Swafford

American biographer and composer

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1946

Place of Birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Profession: composer, biographer, music critic, journalist, musicologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jan Swafford (born September 10, 1946) is an American composer and author.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from Harvard College and his M.M.A.
and D.M.A.
from the Yale School of Music.
His teachers included Earl Kim at Harvard, Jacob Druckman at Yale, and Betsy Jolas at Tanglewood.
He has written respected musical biographies of Charles Ives, Johannes Brahms, and Ludwig van Beethoven, as well as the introductory Vintage Guide to Classical Music.