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Robert Donington
OBE (4 May 1907 – 20 January 1990) was an English
musicologist and instrumentalist. He was influential in the
early music movement and in
Wagner studies.
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Life and career
Robert Donington was born on 4 May 1907 in
Leeds , Englands, UK. 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 was appointed OBE in the
1979 Birthday Honours .
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He died in
Firle ,
Sussex on 20 January 1990 at the age of 82.
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Selected publications
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).
String playing in baroque music , with recorded illustrations by
Yehudi Menuhin ,
George Malcolm , (1977).
A performer's guide to baroque music (1973).
The Rise of Opera (1981).
Baroque Music: Style and Performance, a Handbook (1982).
Opera and its symbols : the unity of words, music, and staging (1990).
Articles
The Psychology of Tristan , Times Literary Supplement , 18 June 1971, pp 699–700
References
International National Academics Other