Barbara Garvey Jackson

Birth date: Sep 27, 1929 Death date: Sep 20, 2022

Barbara Ann Garvey was born September 27, 1929, in Normal, Illinois, the elder daughter of Neil Ford Garvey and Eva Glenola Burkhart Garvey. She was educated in the public schools of Lexington and Urbana Illinois, attending high s Read Obituary

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Deborah Hayes, Prof Emerita, U/Co

180w ago

My condolences to Barbara's family. She was a brilliant and exceedingly generous scholar who brought to musicology countless new and valuable ways of understanding music and music history.

Sandy Glass

193w ago

I send my sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of . Professor Emerita Barbara Garvey Jackson. I am saddened beyond measure to hear of her death. I am a former student of hers, currently visiting from Australia. We were looking forward to catching up in Fayetteville at her house, the house where I served as her and Kern’s house- and catsitter for many summers. If we'd had the chance to do that, I would have expressed my deepest gratitude to her for her tutelage as my Honours mentor, and for her enduring friendship in the decades since then. There was so much to share, and I’ve no doubt it would have been a highlight of this trip back home.

There are many fond memories of my work with Barbara. She was the key figure in leading me down the wonderful path of historical music performance practice. I remember our collaborations on various recital performances, with me singing and her on fortepiano, clavichord, and/or harpsichord. She also taught me the viola da gamba and introduced me to Max van Egmond, with whom I would later study while on a Fulbright in Amsterdam, something I know I would not have achieved without her encouragement and support. Her eminent scholarship and warm friendship guided me during and well after my studies at the University of Arkansas ended.

Vale, dear teacher, colleague, and friend.

Dr. Wayne "Sandy" Glass
Pambuls NSW, Australia

David Franks

193w ago

Dr. Jackson was one of the best professors I had in my entire college career. She engaged students in the classes she taught, and outside of them as well; I'm sure she taught at least as much outside of class as in it—in her office, on stage, and even in the hallway. Her knowledge and understanding of the various subjects she delved into was profound, and she was able to create dialogues about them—and live them—in a striking way. She unified teaching, learning and performing in an exemplary manner.

Ethel C Simpson

193w ago

Barbara Jackson was in my life a model of the academic scholar-teacher. She published not only pedagogical works, but especially works about women in music in many standard reference works and a book-length guide. She also established Clar-Nan Editions, publishing the music of many neglected composers. But what I admired most was her sense of academic life as a vocation. I once heard her refer to the "novitiate" of graduate school, and she pursued her work with rigor and enthusiasm in equal parts. When a student got an A from Dr. Jackson, they knew they had done outstanding work. She truly lived the academic vocation of teaching, research, and service. May we see more like her.

Ethel C. Simpson
Emeritus professor, U of A

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193w ago

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Sandy Foster Hamilton

193w ago

My passionate love for music history is due to the influence of Dr. Jackson. She took me under her wing and taught me to play the viola da gamba and baroque ornamentation. I roomed with her at The National Women in Music Conference. There, I discovered her delightful sense of humor. I loved her so much.

John T. West, Iii

193w ago

I knew Dr. Jackson as Dr. Seagraves. I was a freshman music major at Arkansas Tech in 1957, where she taught music theory, music history and other classes I attended every day for 2 years. We had never seen anything like her -- speeding to class every morning on a BICYCLE . Before her second year was over she was establishing a symphony orchestra.I was used to making A's in my classes, but was glad to manage B's in hers. And once, i music history, an A-. I went on to graduate school at The University of Texas where I earned a PhD in English and saw more than a few nationally recognized scholars. In my judgment, there might have been a total of five as intelligent as she was, and no more than one or two in the same class when it came to character. I was so lucky to have been a student of hers, one of the very first.

Dr. John T. West, III

David Kirkley

193w ago

Condolences to you the family. I was a student at the University of Arkansas from 1980 till 1986. My experiences with Dr. Jackson were polarizing. My junior music history experience was difficult at best but I survived. In the summer of 1984 she asked me to help move a harpsicord and we struck up conversations of mutual friends....from Arizona and Utah...John and Sean Wilson. I came back from the LA at the end of the summer of 1984 and began Graduate school and I my experience was the exact opposite from undergraduate courses. My experiences with her during Grad school was incredible. I came to really respect and admire her knowledge of music and her passion for teaching. I am so lucky to have been able to work with her at her time at the U of A. Thank you so very much Dr. Jackson.

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193w ago

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