Bonnie Jean Blackburn (born July 15, 1939,

Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York City ...

) is an American

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

Career

She graduated in 1970 from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

with a PhD. She studied with

Edward Lowinsky Edward Elias Lowinsky (January 12, 1908 – October 11, 1985) was an American musicologist. Lowinsky was one of the most prominent and influential musicologists in post-World War II America. His 1946 work on the "secret chromatic art" of Renaissan ...

and

Howard Mayer Brown Howard Mayer Brown (April 13, 1930 – February 20, 1993) was an American musicologist. Brown obtained his BA from Harvard in 1951 and his Ph.D. in 1959, studying under Walter Piston and Otto Gombosi among others. He conducted and performed on ...

. She was lecturer at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

, and visiting faculty member at the

in 1986, and

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 1846 ...

in 1989–90. She moved to Oxford in 1990 and became a freelance editor. She married

(died 1985) and subsequently

Leofranc Holford-Strevens Leofranc Holford-Strevens (born 19 May 1946) is an English classical scholar Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman li ...

. She is a corresponding member of the

American Musicological Society The American Musicological Society (AMS) is a musicological organization which researches, promotes and produces publications on music. Founded in 1934, the AMS was begun by leading American musicologists of the time, and was crucial in legitim ...

., and was elected a Fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars span ...

in 2005.

Awards

*1988

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

. *2005

Fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom # C ...

."Blackburn, Dr Bonnie Jean"
''Who's Who'' (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2017). Retrieved 1 July 2018.

Works

*With Edward E. Lowinsky & Clement A. Miller, ''A Correspondence of Renaissance Musicians'', Oxford University Press, 1991 *''The Oxford Companion to the Year'', Bonnie J. Blackburn, Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Oxford University Press, 1999,
"Two Treasure Chests of Canonic Antiquities"
''Canons and Canonic Techniques, 14th-16th Centuries: theory, practice, and reception history''], Editors Katelijne Schiltz, Bonnie J. Blackburn, Peeters Publishers, 2007,
"Lorenzo de Medicii, A Lost Isaac Manuscript, and the Venetian Ambassador"
''Música franca: essays in honor of Frank A. D'Accone'', Editors Frank A. D'Accone, Irene Alm, Alyson McLamore, Colleen Reardon, Pendragon Press, 1996,
"Motets Based on Popular Songs and Solmization Syllibles"
''The Josquin companion'', Editor Richard Sherr, Oxford University Press, 2000, *''Music As Concept and Practice in the Late Middle Ages'', Edited Reinhard Strohm, Bonnie J. Blackburn, Oxford University Press, 2009, *''Uno gentile et subtile ingenio: studies in Renaissance music in honour of Bonnie J. Blackburn'', Editors Mary Jennifer Bloxam, Gioia Filocamo,

, Turnhout: Brepols, 2009

References

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