Wilfrid Mellers
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Wilfrid Mellers (b. April 26, 1914) is a music critic, musicologist and avant-garde composer. From 1964 until 1981 he was founding professor and head of the Music Department at the University of York in England; he remains emeritus professor of music there. He also is an honorary fellow at Downing College. On July 12, 1981, he received an honorary degree of music from the City University, London.
The 2004 York Late Music Festival opened with a weekend tribute to Mellers.
Books by Mellers
- Caliban Reborn: Renewal in Twentieth-Century Music
- Music in a New Found Land: Themes and Developments in the History of American Music
- Beethoven and the Voice of God
- Vaughan Williams and the Vision of Albion
- Bach and the Dance of God
- A Darker Shade of Pale: a Backdrop to Bob Dylan
External links
- recent photo (http://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/dow_server/mfs/images/W.H._Mellers.jpg)
