Nicholas Temperley

Curriculum Vitae 

Personal:

• Born: Beaconsfield, England, August 7, 1932
• American by naturalization (1977)
• Married, 3 children

Education:

• Eton College, 1945–51
• Royal College of Music, London, 1951–52
• King’s College, Cambridge University, 1952–59

Degrees:

• B.A. (double First in Music), 1955; Mus.B., 1956; M.A., 1959; Ph. D., 1959, all at Cambridge University
• Associate of the Royal College of Music (in Piano), 1952
• Associate of the Royal College of Organists, 1958

Honors and Awards:

• Foundation Scholar, Eton College, 1946–51
• Foundation Scholar, King’s College, 1953–56
• John Stewart of Rannoch Scholar in Sacred Music, 1953–56
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois, 1959–61
• Undergraduate Instructional Award, UIUC, Summer 1969
• Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1970–71
• Associate, Center for Advanced Studies, UIUC, 1970–71
• Otto Kinkeldey Award of the American Musicological Society (for the best
• musicological book published in 1979), 1980
• University Senior Scholar, UIUC, 1986–89
• Honorary Fellow, Guild of Church Musicians, 1990–

Employment:

• Assistant Lecturer in Music, Cambridge University, 1961–66
• Fellow and Director of Studies in Music, Clare College, Cambridge, 1961–66
• Assistant Professor, Music Department, Yale University, 1966–67
• Associate Professor, School of Music, UIUC, 1967–72
• Professor, School of Music, UIUC, 1972–96; Emeritus, 1996–
• Chair, Musicology Division, UIUC, 1972–75; 1992–96

External Grants:

• Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1975–76
• Research Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1982–86

Professional Positions:

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Musicological Society, 1978–80
• Editorial Board, 19th Century Music, 1978–
• Editorial Board, New Berlioz Edition, 1980–
• Board of Advisors, Garland Symphony Project, 1980–90
• General Editor, Oxford Studies in British Church Music, 1986–
• Editorial Board, American Music, 1991–

Memberships:

• Royal Musical Association, 1955–
• Victorian Society [of Great Britain], 1957–
• International Musicological Society, 1964–
• American Musicological Society, 1967–
• council member, 1974–76
• editorial board, 1978–80
• Otto Kinkeldey award committee, 1982–84
• AMS 50 committee, 1988–90, 1993–97
• Music Library Association, 1974–
• Sonneck Society for American Music, founding member, 1975–
• board of directors, 1975–76
• Midwest Victorian Studies Association, founding member, 1977–
• vice president, 1982–84
• president, 1984-86
• British Music Society, 1979–
• advisory board, 1979–81
• Hymn Society of America, 1980–
• chair of research committee, 1983–87

Nicholas Temperley
2136 Music Building
University of Illinois
1114 Nevada Street
Urbana, IL 61801