Anthony Newcomb

American musicologist. Born New York, NY, USA Died Berkeley, CA, USA November 18, 2018 Dean and professor emeritus at UC Berkeley whose research focused on vocal music of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras, and later the ontological connections between Wagner and 18th and 19th-century instrumental works. Recipient of the Royal Musical Association's Dent Medal (1981), editor of the Journal of the American Musicological Society 1986-1990 and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1992.