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Yo Tomita (b.1961) is a scholar known internationally for his work on the manuscript sources of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach (esp. the Well-Tempered Clavier II), the Bach Bibliography and musicological font, Bach.
He graduated from the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo specializing in piano and completed an MMus in performance at Leeds University and thereafter PhD in musicology. He initially joined the staff at Queen's in March 1995 as Research Fellow. He was reappointed as Lecturer in 2000, promoted to Reader in 2001 and to Professor in 2007.
Since 2000, he has served as member of the organising committee of the Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music, and chaired the 14th Conference in July 2010 held at Queen's. In November 2007, he also organised the international symposium ‘Understanding Bach’s B-minor Mass’ at Queens. From 2005 to 2009, he served the editorial board of the Journal of Musicological Research. From 2006 to 2009 he became the trustee of the Bach Network UK, and from 2010 became the members of both the council and editorial team of its journal, Understanding Bach. In September 2011 he was appointed Senior Fellow at Bach-Archiv Leipzig. In autumn 2012, he was invited by the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA, to become the third Gerhard Herz Visiting Bach Professor.
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- 1 Active
R1781SON: Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, Book II - Composition, Revision and Reception
01/08/2006 → 17/12/2019
Project: Research
Research Output
Chopin's Canons: Technical development, chromaticism and its relationship with the aesthetics of his late style
Kato, I. & Tomita, Y., 10 Apr 2018, In : ONgaku Kenkyu: Daigakuin Kenkyu Nenpo.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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The Passions as a Source of Inspiration? A Hypothesis on the Origin and Musical Aim of Well-Tempered Clavier II
Tomita, Y., 01 Jun 2018, Compositional Choices and Meaning in the Vocal Music of J. S. Bach. Sanders, R. & Peters, M. (eds.). Lexington Books, p. 225-242 17 p. (Contextual Bach Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Revisiting the reception of J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier II in Pre-Classical Vienna
Tomita, Y., Sep 2017, A Musical Offering: Essays in Honour of Gerard Gillen. Houston, K. & White, H. (eds.). Dublin: Four Courts Press, p. 318-359 41 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Deciphering the performance hints hidden in J. S. Bach’s quaver beams
Tomita, Y., Feb 2016, In : Early Music. 44, 1, p. 89-104 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
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'Geheimnisse der Harmonie': Bachfest Leipzig 2016: Review
Tomita, Y., Oct 2016, In : Bach Notes: The Newsletter of the American Bach Society.. 25, p. 9-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Prizes
Activities
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier II
Yo Tomita (Invited speaker)04 Apr 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
出版譜の編集史からみたバッハの《平均律クラヴィーア曲集》
Yo Tomita (Invited speaker)11 Apr 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
バッハの《インヴェンション》と《平均律クラヴィーア曲集》ーー作曲者の視点からみた作品の意義と教育的価値を探る
Yo Tomita (Invited speaker)04 Apr 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Ulster Socety of Organists and Choirmasters Centenary Conference
Desmond Hunter (Organiser), Yo Tomita (Organiser)15 Sep 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Thesis
Franz Liszt's Piano Sonata in B Minor: Context, Analysis and Hermeneutics
Author: Whitelaw, B., 2017Supervisor: Thomson, A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Tomita, Y. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters Thesis › Masters