David Hiley | |
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Born |
Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England | 5 September 1947
Occupation | |
Known for | Scholarship on plainchant |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Early music |
Institutions |
David Hiley (born 5 September 1947) is an English musicologist. He specializes in early music, particularly plainchant, early polyphony and English music. [1]
David Hiley was born in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England on 5 September 1947. He studied with Bernard Rose and David Wulstan at Magdalen College ( BA 1968), and with Ian Bent and Howard Mayer Brown at King's College London ( PhD 1981), with a doctorate on the sacred music of Norman Sicily. After posts at Eton College (assistant music master; 1968–73) and Royal Holloway College, University of London (lecturer; 1976–86), he joined the University of Regensburg as a professor of musicology, where he has been since 1986. [1]
Hiley specializes in early music, particularly plainchant, early polyphony and English music. [1] His publications include two book-length surveys of plainchant, Western Plainchant (1993) and Gregorian Chant (2009). [2]
Among his memberships are as honorary vice-president of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society (PMMS; 1996); member of Academia Europaea (1998); and corresponding member of the American Musicological Society (2002). [3] From 1978 to 1990 he edited the PMMS' Plainsong and Medieval Music journal. [1]
David Hiley | |
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Born |
Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England | 5 September 1947
Occupation | |
Known for | Scholarship on plainchant |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Early music |
Institutions |
David Hiley (born 5 September 1947) is an English musicologist. He specializes in early music, particularly plainchant, early polyphony and English music. [1]
David Hiley was born in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England on 5 September 1947. He studied with Bernard Rose and David Wulstan at Magdalen College ( BA 1968), and with Ian Bent and Howard Mayer Brown at King's College London ( PhD 1981), with a doctorate on the sacred music of Norman Sicily. After posts at Eton College (assistant music master; 1968–73) and Royal Holloway College, University of London (lecturer; 1976–86), he joined the University of Regensburg as a professor of musicology, where he has been since 1986. [1]
Hiley specializes in early music, particularly plainchant, early polyphony and English music. [1] His publications include two book-length surveys of plainchant, Western Plainchant (1993) and Gregorian Chant (2009). [2]
Among his memberships are as honorary vice-president of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society (PMMS; 1996); member of Academia Europaea (1998); and corresponding member of the American Musicological Society (2002). [3] From 1978 to 1990 he edited the PMMS' Plainsong and Medieval Music journal. [1]