Ita Beausang | |
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Born | Cork, Ireland | 18 November 1936
Died | 20 November 2024 Dublin, Ireland | (aged 88)
Nationality | Irish |
Other names | Ita Margaret Hogan |
Occupation | Musicologist |
Ita Margaret Beausang (née Hogan; 18 November 1936 – 20 November 2024) was an Irish musicologist and educator. In 1962 she completed the first PhD thesis in musicology to have been written in Ireland. She specialised in Irish music of the Classical period, and in female Irish composers, in particular Ina Boyle.