Robert Donington

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Robert Donington (1907 – 20th January, 1990) was a British musicologist and instrumentalist influential in the early music movement and in Wagner studies.

He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and studied at the University of Oxford. His expert knowledge of early instruments and the interpretation of pre-classical music owed much to a period of study with Arnold Dolmetsch at Haslemere, Surrey.

He died in Firle, Sussex at the age of 82.

Books

  • The Instruments of Music (1949)
  • Tempo and Rhythm in Bach's Organ Music (1960)
  • The Interpretation of Early Music (1963)
  • Wagner's Ring and its Symbols (1963)
  • The Rise of Opera (1981)
  • Baroque Music: Style and Performance (1982)

External links

  • Obituary in Early Music, November 1990[1]

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