Glen Haydon was 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 m ...

instrumental in the founding of the Department of Music at the

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. He remained chair of the department until his death in 1966.DR. GLEN HAYDON, 69, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC
/ref> Haydon wrote ''Introduction to Musicology'', one of the first books on the subject written in English. He also played a key role in the creation of the Music Library at the University. Haydon travelled extensively through

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during the summers prior to

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collecting the books and periodicals that would become the nexus of the library's collection. He was a 1934 initiate of the Alpha Rho chapter of

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America (colloquially known as Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Mu Alpha, or simply Sinfonia) () is an American collegiate social fraternity for men with a special interest in music. The fraternity is open to men "w ...

at Carolina.

Publications

*''Introduction to Musicology'' (1941) *''The Evolution of the Six-Four Chord; A Chapter in the History of Dissonance Treatment'' (1971)

External links

Music Library at UNC Chapel Hill
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