Barbara Thornton
Barbara Thornton (January 6, 1950 – November 8, 1998) was an American singer, musicologist, and groundbreaking performer of medieval music. Thornton, described as “one of the most eminent medieval voices of our time”, was born in Summit, New Jersey and educated at Sarah Lawrence College, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. In 1977, she founded the ensemble Sequentia with Benjamin Bagby in Basel.
Barbara Thornton
- Born
- 1950 · Summit.
- Died
- 1998
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- singer · woman conductor · music arranger · musician
- Education
- Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
- Languages
- English
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Barbara Thornton (1950 – 8 November 1998) was a musician, singer, conductor and arranger.
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Born at Summit in 1950, died in 1998.
Barbara Thornton studied at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. The recorded working language is English.
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- Anderson, Martin. 1998. Obituary: Barbara Thornton. ‘’Independent’’ (18 November).
- Neumann, Klaus L. 1999. "Barbara Thornton, 1950–98". Early Music 27, no. 1 (February): 169.
- Tick, Judith. 2001. "Women in Music, §I: Historiography". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Weber, Jerome F. 2001. "Harmonia Mundi". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Zahn, Robert von. 2001. "Cologne". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
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