Miloš Velimirović
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Miloš Velimirović (born December 10, 1922) is Professor of Music, Emeritus, on the faculty of the University of Virginia. He is considered an international expert in the areas of Byzantine music, the history of Slavonic music, and the history of Italian opera in the 18th century. Velimirović is the author of a chapter on Christian chant in Syria, Armenia, Egypt, and Ethiopia, and another on Byzantine chant, in The New Oxford History of Music, volume II, The Early Middle Ages to 1300, published in 1990.
[edit] Academic Career
Beginning in 1957 to 1969 Velimirović taught at Yale University. From 1969 to 1973, Velimirović was on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He taught at the University of Virginia from 1973 to 1993.
[edit] Recognition
In 2003, Velimirović was invited to a symposium at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. As a follow-up to this event, his Russian colleagues presented him with a festschrift volume entitled Byzantium and East Europe Liturgical and Musical Links in honor of Miloš Velimirović. The volume was originally written in Russian and included contributions by authors from nine countries.
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