David Hiley (born 5 September 1947) is an English musicologist. He specializes in early music, particularly plainchant, early polyphony and English music.[1]

David Hiley
Born (1947-09-05) 5 September 1947 (age 77)
Occupation
Known forScholarship on plainchant
Academic background
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Academic work
DisciplineEarly music
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Life and career

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David Hiley was born in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England on 5 September 1947. He studied with Bernard Rose and David Wulstan at Magdalen College (BA 1968), and with Ian Bent and Howard Mayer Brown at King's College London (PhD 1981), with a doctorate on the sacred music of Norman Sicily. After posts at Eton College (assistant music master; 1968–73) and Royal Holloway College, University of London (lecturer; 1976–86), he joined the University of Regensburg as a professor of musicology, where he has been since 1986.[1]

Hiley specializes in early music, particularly plainchant, early polyphony and English music.[1] His publications include two book-length surveys of plainchant, Western Plainchant (1993) and Gregorian Chant (2009).[2]

Among his memberships are as honorary vice-president of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society (PMMS; 1996); member of Academia Europaea (1998); and corresponding member of the American Musicological Society (2002).[3] From 1978 to 1990 he edited the PMMS' Plainsong and Medieval Music journal.[1]

Selected bibliography

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Books

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  • Hiley, David (1993). Western Plainchant: A Handbook. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816289-6.
  • —— (2009). Gregorian Chant. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-69035-5.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d —— (2001). "Hiley, David". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47773. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. ^ Crocker, Richard (2011). "Gregorian Chant. By David Hiley". Music and Letters. 92 (4): 633–636. doi:10.1093/ml/gcr082. JSTOR 41418777.
  3. ^ "David Hiley". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 24 December 2023.