Kellman, Herbert (1930-) | University of Illinois Archives

Herbert Kellman (1930- ) is professor emeritus of musicology, specializing in Renaissance music. Kellman received a diploma in composition from New York College of Music (1950); a bachelors of arts degree, magna cum laude, from the City University of New York (1957); and a masters of fine arts degree in musicology from Princeton University (1959). From 1961 to 1962, Kellman was a Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellow at Princeton. Prior to coming to the University of Illinois Kellman taught at the City College of New York (1962-1963) and the State University of New York, Buffalo (1963-1966).

In 1966 Kellman joined the University of Illinois, where he founded the Renaissance Archives alongside Charles Hamm. Three years later, he became an associate professor. Following Hamm's departure from the University, Kellman edited a five-volume catalogue of the Renaissance Archives called Census-Catalog of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music, 1400-1550, which was released between 1979 and 1988. Kellman is also the editor of facsimilie editions of two manuscripts of polyphony, London, British Library, Royal 8 G VII and Vatican Library, Chigiana C VIII 234; The Treasury of Petrus Alamire: Music and Art in Flemish Court Manuscripts, 1500-1535; and Sources of the Music of Josquin des Prez.

Kellman has received fellowships and grants from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Edowment for the Humanitites, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He is also a member of the International Editorial Board of the New Josquin Edition and the series editor of Renaissance Manuscript Studies with the American Institute of Musicology. Following his retirement in 2000, a festschrift entitled, Essays on Music and Culture in Honor of Herbert Kellman, was produced and edited by Barabra Haggh.

Faculty Emeritus Bio, online at: https://music.illinois.edu/people/profiles/herbert-kellman/.

Curriculum Vitae, Box 1, folder 20.