Thomas Binkley
Thomas Binkley (Cleveland, Ohio, December 26, 1931 – Bloomington, Indiana, April 28, 1995) was an American lutenist and early music scholar. Thomas Eden Binkley studied at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BM. 1959) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1957–58). He taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel (1973–77).
Thomas Binkley
- Born
- 1931 · Cleveland.
- Died
- 1995 · Bloomington.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- musicologist · lutenist · conductor · music arranger · actor · musician
- Languages
- English
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Thomas Binkley (Cleveland, Ohio, December 26, 1931 – Bloomington, Indiana, April 28, 1995) was an American lutenist and early music scholar. Thomas Eden Binkley studied at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BM. 1959) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1957–58). He taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel (1973–77).
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He was then founding director of the Indiana University Early Music Institute at Bloomington, Indiana from 1979 until his death from cancer at the age of 63. For twenty years (1960–1980), he led the Studio der frühen Musik in Munich with Andrea von Ramm (1928–99) and Sterling Jones, producing an extensive discography of medieval music. Binkley was effectively house artist for EMI Electrola in the first years of the EMI Reflexe series in Germany. The distinctive Dalíesque covers for the series were designed by Roberto Patelli (b. 1925) an Italian graphic artist resident in Cologne.
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Thomas Binkley died on 28 April 1995.
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- 1.Lasocki, David. The Several Lives of Tom Binkley: A Tribute. Early Music America. 16–24. Fall 1995.
- 2.Larry Palmer. Binkley, Thomas (Eden). 2001. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.43688.
- 3.Thomas Binkley, 1931–1995. Early Music. 23. 3. 538–540. 1995. 3138144.
- 4.Braatz, Thomas. Andrea von Ramm (Mezzo-soprano). Bach Cantatas Website. June 2006.
- 5.Fabrice Fitch; Reflections on the Reflexe label in Early Music. OUP. Em.oxfordjournals.org.
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Thomas Binkley is recorded with the occupation music arranger. Recorded as musicologist, lutenist, conductor, music arranger and actor.
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