Daniel Leech-Wilkinson
Encyclopedia
Daniel Leech-Wilkinson is a musicologist
, who is currently a Professor of Music at King's College London
.
He studied composition, harpsichord and the organ at the Royal College of Music
, and then completed an MMus at King's College London
specialising in 15th-century music. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge
, on the topic of 14th century compositional processes.
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
, who is currently a Professor of Music at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
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He studied composition, harpsichord and the organ at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...
, and then completed an MMus at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
specialising in 15th-century music. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, on the topic of 14th century compositional processes.