Thomas Binkley

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Thomas Binkley , also Thomas Eden Binkley , (born December 26, 1931 in Cleveland , † April 28, 1995 in Bloomington ) was an American classical lutenist, musicologist and specialist in early music . In 1960, Binkley was the actual founder of the Munich Ensemble Studio of Early Music .

life and work

Binkley studied at the University of Illinois in Urbana (BM. 1956, PhD. 1959) and at the University of Munich (1957–1958). One of his fellow students in the field of early music performance practice was the lutenist James Tyler.

He began his musical career with the Munich Ensemble Studio der early Musik , which was highly influential in early music and was founded on his initiative in 1960. With this ensemble he recorded over 50 records. With this ensemble he received the Edison Award (Amsterdam), the Grand Prix du Disques (Paris), the German Record Prize (Baden-Baden) and the Dickenson College Arts Award (Pennsylvania).

From 1973 to 1977 Binkley taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and played in their ensemble for early music. After returning to the USA in 1977, he initially worked as a visiting professor at Stanford University . In 1979 he founded the Early Music Institute at Indiana University Bloomington . He was director of this institute until January 1995. The institute (under Paul Elliott, for example) published its own series of publications.

He has published numerous articles and reviews on the performance practice of early music in journals and essay collections.

Rating

In the performing practice of medieval monody, Binkley was unique. In terms of making music, teaching and performing, he was an absolutely charismatic figure who challenged and inspired all of her partners in terms of musicality. He set the highest standards for the Early Music Institute . The students learned to ask the crucial questions of the respective music in order to reveal the poetic essence of the respective piece in the performance.

In April 1995, Binkley died of complications from cancer. Bloomington University established the Thomas Binkley Scholarship Fund in memory of the deceased .

swell

  • Indiana University Bloomington: Thomas Binkley. Archived from the original on March 11, 2020 ; accessed on March 1, 2020 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Thomas Binkley. In: Indiana University Bloomington.
  2. ↑ James Tyler: A Guide to Playing the Baroque Guitar. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis 2011, ISBN 978-0-253-22289-3 , p. 161.
  3. ↑ The rating given here was carried out by and on the pages of the Historical Performance Institute of Indiana University Bloomington.
personal data
SURNAME Binkley, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Binkley, Thomas Eden (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lutenist, musicologist and specialist in early music
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1995
Place of death Bloomington