Margaret Bent#
| Membership Number: | 1638 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MUSICOLOGY & ART HISTORY |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1981 - 1992 Professor (including Chairmanship), Music Department, Princeton University
- 1975 - 1981 Visiting Professor, then Full Professor and Chairman, Music Department, Brandeis University
- 1972 - 1975 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Goldsmiths’ College, London
- 1954 - 1972 Teaching for universities of London and Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- English, French and Italian music of the 14th to 16th centuries
- Music theory, counterpoint, analysis, musica ficta, text-setting
Honours and Awards
- 2004 Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
- 2002 Notre Dame University, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
- 2002 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- 1997 Glasgow University, Honorary D. Mus
- 1995 Member of Academia Europea
- 1995 Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
- 1994 Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1993 Fellow of the British Academy
- 1984-6 American Musicological Society, President
- 1983 - 84 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1979 Royal Musical Association, Dent medal
