John Whenham
John Whenham is an English
musicologist and academic who specializes in early Italian
baroque music. He earned both a
Bachelor of Music and a
Master of Arts from the
University of Nottingham, and a
Doctor of Philosophy from the
University of Oxford. He is a leading expert on the life and works of
Claudio Monteverdi, and is the author of the books ''Duet and Dialogue in the Age of Monteverdi'' (
Ann Arbor, Michigan:
University Microfilms International, 1982) ''Monteverdi, 'Orfeo' '' (
London:
Cambridge University Press, 1986), ''Monteverdi, Vespers (1610)'' (Cambridge University Press, 1997), and ''
The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi'' (with
Richard Wistreich, Cambridge University Press, 2007). For five years he was co-editor of the journal ''
Music & Letters''. He was head of the music department at the
University of Birmingham from 2001 to 2011.
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