Joshua Rifkin

Joshua Rifkin (born April 22, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist, and musicologist. He is currently a professor of music at Boston University. As a performer, he has recorded music by composers from Antoine Busnois to Silvestre Revueltas; as a scholar he has published research on composers from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Rifkin is known among classical musicians for his theory that most of Bach's choral works were sung with only one singer per choral line. Rifkin argued that "so long as we define 'chorus' in the conventional modern sense, then Bach's chorus with few exceptions simply did not exist." He is best known among the public for helping to revive ragtime in the 1970s by recording three albums of Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records.

"Adamite": Classical Gems from Bach to Vivaldi - 2025-09-09T00:00:00.000000Z

"Academia": A Classical Education - 2025-08-23T00:00:00.000000Z

"20th Century Recordings": Orchestral Music - 2025-07-22T00:00:00.000000Z

"Classical Summer": Antonio Vivaldi - 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000000Z

"Baroque Legends": Handel & Vivaldi - 2025-06-13T00:00:00.000000Z

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