John Tyrrell (musicologist)

John Tyrrell
Born17 August 1942[1]
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
(now Harare, Zimbabwe)
Died4 October 2018(2018-10-04) (aged 76)
NationalityBritish
Known forStudy of Czech music, particularly biography of L. Janacek, editor of second edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Scientific career
FieldsMusicology, Czech studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Cardiff

John Tyrrell (17 August 1942 – 4 October 2018) was a British musicologist. He published several books on Leoš Janáček, including an authoritative and largely definitive two-volume biography.[2][3] Tyrrell was born in Salisbury, Zimbabwe and worked as a professor of music and executive editor of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He died in 2018, aged 76.

  1. ^ Profile, encyklopedie.brna.cz; accessed 25 July 2020.(in Czech)
  2. ^ "John Tyrrell, musicologist who helped revive interest in Leos Janácek – obituary". The Telegraph. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Professor John Tyrell". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 5 April 2022.