Researching William Caplin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 335 people with the Caplin surname? In that year Caplin was ranked number 3244 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Caplin and the Caplin Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 506 people with the Caplin surname in the UK? Caplin is now ranked number 3563 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called William Caplin
William Caplin
William E. Caplin (born 1948) is an American music theorist who lives and works in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he is a James McGill Professor at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University. Caplin served as president of the Society for Music Theory from 2005 to 2007 and was its vice-president from 2001 to 2003. His earlier work concentrated on the history of music theory, but he is best known for a series of articles and two books on musical form in European music around 1800. The first of those books, Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven has been widely influential and was a major factor in the revival of interest in musical form in North-American music theory.
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Other names that sound a bit like Caplin
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