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Thomas Binkley (Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 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). Then was founding director of the University of Indiana University School of Music 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)</ref> and Sterling Jones, producing an extensive discography of medieval music.

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 Encylopedia entry
3. Obituary by David Fallows in Early Music, OUP 1995

External Links

Thomas Binkley Discography on EMFAQ

• 1931 births
• 1995 deaths
• American lutenists
• American musicologists