Dent, Edward Joseph, 1876 - 1957 (Professor of Music)

Person

Staff Only

Dates and places

b. Ribston, Yorkshire, 16 July 1876; d. London, 22 Aug. 1957. Educated at Eton, King's College (matric. 1895, Fellow 1902 - 1918, 1926 - 1957). Studied under Charles Wood and Stanford. From 1918 to 1926 worked in London as a music critic. 1926 returned to King's as Professor and Chair of Music. Dent translated opera libretti into English and published works on Busoni, Mozart and Scarlatti. Director (later governor) of Sadlers Wells Opera, and director of Covent Garden Opera Trust. President of the International Society for Contemporary Music, 1923 to 1938; President of the International Music Society, 1931 - 1949. Fellow of the British Academy. Honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard Universities. After his death the Royal Musical Association instituted the Dent medal for work in musicology.

Legal status / Nationality

British

Sphere of activity

Professor of music, translator of opera libretti into English

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence between E.M. Forster and E.J. Dent, 1901 - 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/151

Scope and Contents

1 autograph postcard, signed, to E.M. Forster. 3 Aug. 1907.
32 autograph letters, signed, (1 incomplete) and 5 autograph postcards, signed, from E.M. Forster. 1901-15.
Photocopies of 3 autograph letters, signed, 1 typed letter, signed, and 1 autograph postcard, signed, from E.M. Forster. 1930-55.
To request these documents, please use the following call mark: 18/fascicled/Dent, E.J.

Dates: 1901 - 1955