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Dent, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1957

LC control no.n 50001702
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LC classificationML423.D37 Biography
Personal name headingDent, Edward J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1957
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Variant(s)Dent, E. J. (Edward Joseph), 1876-1957
Associated countryEngland Great Britain
Associated placeCambridge (England)
Birth date1876
Death date1957
Place of birthRibton (England)
Place of deathLondon (England)
Field of activityMusicology
AffiliationKing's College (University of Cambridge) Royal Opera House (London, England) National Theatre (Great Britain)
Profession or occupationCollege teachers Musicologists
Found inHis Alessandro Scarlatti ... 1905.
Purcell, H. Dido & Aeneas, c1987: t.p. (Edward J. Dent)
New Grove (Dent, Edward J(oseph); b. July 16, 1876, Ribston, Yorks., d. Aug. 22, 1957, London; English musicologist, teacher, translator, and critic)
Purcell, H. Dido and Aeneas, c1937: t.p. (E.J. Dent)
Edward J. Dent, 2023, ©2023: title page (Edward J. Dent) page 1 (he was fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and professor of music 1926-1941, helped to found and run what became English National Opera, the Royal Opera House, the National Theatre, the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM), the International Society for Musical Research (ISMR), and was in on the establishment of the Arts Council)