Charles M. Atkinson

Charles M. Atkinson
EducationUniversity of New Mexico
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
OccupationsMusicologist, writer

Charles M. Atkinson is an American musicologist and writer. He was a university distinguished professor in the department of music at Ohio State University.

Atkinson attended the University of New Mexico, earning his BFA degree in 1963. He also attended the University of Michigan, earning his MM degree in 1965, and earned his PhD degree in musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975. In 1977, he published his first journal in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, and in 2009, he wrote the book The Critical Nexus: Tone-System, Mode and Notation in Early Medieval Music, published by Oxford University Press.

In 2015, Atkinson was awarded the Haskins Medal by the Medieval Academy of America, and in 2021, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Würzburg.

References

  1. 1 2 "Charles M. Atkinson". Ohio State University. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Charles Atkinson (Ohio State University)" (PDF). Fondazione Ugo e Olga Levi. February 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Charles M. Atkinson named University Distinguished Professor". Ohio State University. June 21, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  4. ↑ Atkinson, Charles M. (2009). The Critical Nexus: Tone-System, Mode, and Notation in Early Medieval Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195148886 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "Atkinson awarded Haskins Medal by Medieval Academy of America". Ohio State University. March 24, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Charles M. Atkinson Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Würzburg". Ohio State University. December 23, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2026.