Anthony Baines

Anthony Cuthbert Baines (1912–1997) [1] was an English organologist who produced a wide variety of works on the history of musical instruments, and was a founding member of the Galpin Society.[2]

He attended Westminster School and then read for a degree in chemistry at Christ Church, Oxford. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music as a bassoon player, and went on to perform with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.[3]

  1. ^ Obituary in Early Music (1997) vol. 25 no. 2, pp. 345–346, doi:10.1093/earlyj/XXV.2.345.
  2. ^ Experimental Musical Instruments, volumes 12–13, 1996.
  3. ^ A. C. Baines (ed.): Musical Instruments Through the Ages (Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1961), cover text.