About Glen Haydon
Lived 1896 – 1965 (aged 68–69). Glen Haydon was an American musicologist and university teacher.
Glen Haydon was an American musicologist instrumental in the founding of the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He remained chair of the department until his death in 1966.
Haydon wrote Introduction to Musicology, one of the first books on the subject written in English.
He also played a key role in the creation of the Music Library at the University. Haydon travelled extensively through Europe during the summers prior to World War II collecting the books and periodicals that would become the nexus of the library's collection. He was a 1934 initiate of the Alpha Rho chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at Carolina.
Publications Introduction to Musicology (1941) The Evolution of the Six-Four Chord; A Chapter in the History of Dissonance Treatment (1971)
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Who was Glen Haydon?
American musicologist (1896–1966)
When was Glen Haydon born?
Glen Haydon was born on 9 December 1896.
When did Glen Haydon die?
Glen Haydon died in 1965.
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Glen Haydon was a musicologist and university teacher.
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Glen Haydon was American.
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