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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 (BM. 1956, PhD. 1959) and the University of Munich (1957–58). He taught at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel (1973–77). He was then founding director of the Indiana University Early Music Institute at Bloomington, Indiana from 1979 till 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.

References

1. David Lasocki The several Lives of Tom Binkley: A Tribute. Music Library, Indiana University, appeared in Early Music America, Fall 1995, p. 16-24
2. Jrank Encyclopedia entry
3. Obituary by David Fallows in Early Music, OUP 1995
4. Braatz, Thomas (June 2006). "Andrea von Ramm (Mezzo-soprano)". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
5. Fabrice Fitch; Reflections on the Reflexe label in Early Music. OUP

External links

• Thomas Binkley Discography on EMFAQ

• 1931 births
• 1995 deaths
• American lutenists
• American musicologists
• American performers of early music
• 20th-century classical musicians
• 20th-century American musicians
• Musicians from Cleveland