Thomas J. Mathiesen
 Thomas J. Mathiesen, Distinguished Professor and David H. Jacobs Chair in Music. D.M.A., University of Southern California, 1971. Research interests in the history of music and music theory in the ancient world and the Middle Ages, textual criticism, bibliography, and the music for silent films. Author of Apollo's Lyre: Greek Music and Music Theory in Antiquity and the Middle Ages (University of Nebraska Press, 1999), Greek Views of Music (W. W. Norton, 1997), Ancient Greek Music Theory: A Catalogue raisonné of Manuscripts RISM B/XI (Henle, 1988), Aristides Quintilianus on Music in Three Books: Translation, with Introduction, Commentary, and Annotations (Yale University Press, 1983); editor of Thesaurus musicarum latinarum: Canon of Data Files (University of Nebraska Press, 1999), (with Andreas Giger) Music in the Mirror: Reflections on the History of Music Theory and Literature for the 21st Century (University of Nebraska Press, 2002), and (with Benito Rivera) Festa musicologica: Essays in Honor of George J. Buelow (Pendragon Press, 1995); general editor, Greek and Latin Music Theory, 11 vols. (University of Nebraska Press, 1982-2004), and Studies in the History of Music Theory and Literature, 4 vols. to date (University of Illinois Press, 2006-- ). Articles and reviews in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 2d ed., The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2d ed., Oxford Companion to Music, Cambridge History of Western Music Theory, Acta musicologica, American Journal of Archaeology, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, Early Music, Imago musicae, Indiana Theory Review, Journal of Musicology, Journal of Music Theory, Music and Letters, Music Theory Spectrum, Speculum, and various Festschriften and conference reports. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (1985, 1992, and 1994), the Guggenheim Foundation (1990), the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (1980), the American Council of Learned Societies (1977), and other institutions; Kinkeldey (American Musicological Society), Berry (Society for Music Theory), Duckles (Music Library Association), and three Deems Taylor (ASCAP) awards for various publications listed above.
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