Sven Hansell
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Born | Sven Hostrup Hansell 23 October 1934 University of Illinois (PhD) |
Occupation | Musicologist |
Sven Hostrup Hansell (23 October 1934 – 6 March 2014) was an American musicologist and Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Iowa. He was a specialist in the music and performance practices of the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as a harpsichordist and composer.[1][2]
Life and career
Hansell was born in
Johann Adolf Hasse
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Hansell taught music history and harpsichord at
At the time of his death Hansell was married to the German musicologist Marie-Agnes Dittrich . He was formerly married to the musicologist and organist Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell.[4]
References
- ^ a b University of Illinois Musicology Division. PhDs Completed in Musicology
- ^ a b Iowa City Press-Citizen (2 November 1993). "Early music concert will offer familiar, unfamiliar"
- ^ Dittrich, Marie-Agnes and Hansell, Kathleen Kuzmick (February 2015). "Sven Hostrup Hansell (1934–2014)". American Musicological Society Newsletter, Vol. 45, No. 1, p. 30.
- ^ New York Times (27 March 2014). Obituary: Sven Hostrup Hansell.