Dent, Edward Joseph, 1876-1957 (Professor of Music)
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Biography
Edward Joseph Dent (1876-1957), musicologist, was born at Ribston Hall, Wetherby, Yorkshire, on 26 July 1876. He attended Eton and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a Fellow, 1902-1908 and from 1926 until his death. Dent was Professor of Music at the university, 1926-1941. He published pioneering studies in English on Alessandro Scarlatti, Ferruccio Busoni, the Mozart operas, and the development of English opera. He was also a founder of the International Society for Contemporary Music and, from 1938, its Honorary Life President. Dent died in London on 22 August 1957.
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University Publisher: Correspondence with Dent, E.J., 1936 - 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/3/1308
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10 carbon typed letters.
Dates:
1936 - 1946
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