Fallows, David (Nicholas)
Fallows, David (Nicholas)
Fallows, David (Nicholas), English musicologist; b. Suxton, Dec. 20, 1945. He was educated at Jesus Coll., Cambridge (B.A., 1967), King’s Coll., Univ. of London (M.Mus., 1968), and the Univ. of Calif, at Berkeley (Ph.D., 1973). In 1973–74 he was a lecturer in music at the Univ. of Wise, at Madison. In 1976 he became a lecturer, in 1982 a senior lecturer, and in 1992 a reader in music at the Univ. of Manchester. In 1982–83 he also was a visiting assoc. prof, at the Univ. of N.C. at Chapel Hill. He was awarded the Dent Medal in 1982 and in 1994 he was made a Chevalier de 1’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. In 1999 he was made a corresponding member of the American Musicological Soc. Fallows has contributed articles to various journals and reference works on early music. He also publ. the study Dufay (London, 1982; rev. 1987), Songs and Musicians in the Fifteenth Century (Brookfield, Vt, 1996), and Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415–1480 (1999).
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