David Hiley
David Hiley (born September 5, 1947 in Littleborough , Rochdale (previously Lancashire ), England ) is a British musicologist.
Life
After attending school (Windermere Grammar School), Hiley decided in 1965 to study musicology. He studied at Magdalen College , Oxford. From 1968 to 1973 he was a lecturer (master's) at Eton College . This was followed by studies at King's College of London University . Here Hiley received his doctorate in 1981 with a thesis on the Norman-influenced liturgical music of Sicily. In 1975/76, Hiley wrote for the major English-language music encyclopedia project The New Grove . From 1976 to 1986 he was a lecturer at Royal Holloway College (University of London). In 1986, Hiley was offered the professorship for “Music of the Middle Ages” at the University of Regensburg , which Hiley held until 2013. Since 1998 he has been a full member of the Academia Europaea .
Hiley is mainly concerned with the music of the Middle Ages . He mainly published studies on Gregorian chant .
Works (selection)
- Western Plainchant. A handbook. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1993, ISBN 0-19-816289-8
- Historia Sancti Emmerammi Arnoldi Vohburgensis circa 1030 (= Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen / Musicological Studies LXV / 2). Inst. Of Mediaeval Music, Ottawa 1996, ISBN 0-931902-42-8
- Moosburger Graduals. Munich, University Library, 2 ° Cod. Ms. 156. Schneider, Tutzing 1996, ISBN 3-7952-0845-9
- The development of the sources of medieval liturgical song (= Wolfenbütteler Mittelalter-Studien 18). Harrasowitz, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-447-05145-0
Web links
- Literature by and about David Hiley in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage David Hileys at the University of Regensburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Membership directory: David Hiley. Academia Europaea, accessed June 28, 2017 .
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SURNAME | Hiley, David |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musicologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Littleborough , Rochdale , England |