Robert Donington

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Robert Donington (4 May 1907 – 20 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 was born in Leeds, and 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, a Handbook (1982)

Sources

Sadie, S. (ed.) (1980) The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians, [vol. #5].

External links

Obituary in Early Music, November 1990

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 14811389 LCCN: n50026711 ISNI: 0000 0000 8093 6669 GND: 1020894148 NDL: 00512927

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Name	Donington, Robert
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Date of birth	4 May 1907
Place of birth	Leeds
Date of death	20 January, 1990
Place of death	Firle

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